Sugar Bowl Safety

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

On a safety he is on the sideline and probably like most times a coach is asking him what happen and he is telling them what happened. Coaches have no idea most of the time who is the covering official, they ask anyone that is in a striped shirt. The Umpire I am sure knew of the conversation and was relaying what he knew. And if I am not mistaken the OSU side was the chain side where the Umpire would be located by mechanic on the ensuing kickoff.

Peace

I am vey aware of the kick-off mechanics. I still think it is funny he happened to be the largest guy on the crew and twice the size of Tressel. I would think that in a situation as critical as this, the white hat could have found it iin his heart to visit with the coach; since it was he who confered with the covering official and not the umpire. Even more strange was the lack of communication from the linesman. But every crew has its way of working things out. And the bottom line is that it WAS a judgement call.