Super Bowl No Call

[grunewar]

Did the Ravens get away with a no-call?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Did the Ravens get away with a no-call?

Pass interference ... and THEN a hold? I'll mail that Harbaugh a rulebook if the other Harbaugh will reimburse the $80 I lost when he took that ill advised safety.

[OKREF]

The ball was snapped from the 5. They was contact within the 5 yards by both players. However, after they crossed the goal line, the DB wraps his arm around Crabtree, grabs his jersey and prevents him from getting to position to make a play on the ball. Not saying he would have caught the ball, but was prevented from the attempt.

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Pass interference ... and THEN a hold? I'll mail that Harbaugh a rulebook if the other Harbaugh will reimburse the $80 I lost when he took that ill advised safety.

He was saying the 2nd down play was DPI and the 4th down play was a hold.

This was a close judgement call that could go either way (and probably would have been supported either way). I go with the guys on the field wearing stripes who have earned the right to be there. They have seen this play hundreds of times in their career. They get paid big bucks to make judgment calls and they did.

[grunewar]

Bell: Super Bowl non-call was the right call

[sloth]

First, you can't judge the play in slow motion. You need to watch real time speed in order to judge hold/no hold. The game is played at a ceratin speed and officiated at the same speed...when you slow it down, you loose all perspective.


I have the reciever initating contact (rememeber he is still a potential blocker if A is running a sweep to that side). My philosophy has always been that if a reciever wants to be treated as a reciever he needs to avoid contact. He needs to establish that his intention isn't to block. In this particular play, if the reciever tries to avoid contact, I'm more likely to consider holding.

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Bell: Super Bowl non-call was the right call

This is my favorite quote:

Had referee Jerome Boger or head linesman Steve Stelljes, the official closest to the play, thrown a flag it would have been a disaster that would have likely settled the Super Bowl by a penalty.

Could you imagine the outcry in the officiating world if Boger had a flag on this play? Talk about fishing in someone else's pond!