Land Clark

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Maybe they feel that the playoff is not the same as a Bowl game?

What other Bowl did he work?

Heart of Dallas Bowl (Illinois vs. LA Tech)

It was my understanding that working a conference championship game disqualified an official from working a bowl game.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Heart of Dallas Bowl (Illinois vs. LA Tech)

It was my understanding that working a conference championship game disqualified an official from working a bowl game.

Well we are in a new era. So maybe they changed the rules to give crews another chance. And honestly, I do not have an issue with it. This is a business where you are given opportunities based on your performance to some extent.

Peace

[Mike51]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Land Clark is working the Sugar Bowl tonight, his second bowl game this season AND he worked the PAC-12 Championship Game. Now, Clark is phenomenal and probably the best referee in the conference. But how does this happen? I didn't think it would even be permissible for an official to get THREE postseason games.

Someone more knowledgable about college football officiating can enlighten me.

Who else is on this crew?

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by Mike51

Who else is on this crew?

Don't know.

[Reffing Rev.]

I will say I thought the running into the kicker call was spot on.

Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.

I will say I thought the running into the kicker call was spot on.

I liked that one too. I would have liked to see a flag on Urban Meyer's headset reaching low earth orbit but I guess that's asking too much in a national semifinal game.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by AremRed

I liked that one too. I would have liked to see a flag on Urban Meyer's headset reaching low earth orbit but I guess that's asking too much in a national semifinal game.

Oh such negative vibes against teams from the Big Ten, LOL!

MTD, Sr.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.

I will say I thought the running into the kicker call was spot on.

MTD, Jr., and I scoured the NCAA Football Rules Book and we found the Section of the Rules with regard to Roughing and Running Into The Kicker, but we could not find an exact definition of each.

And it sure did look like Roughing The Kicker.

MTD, Sr.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

MTD, Jr., and I scoured the NCAA Football Rules Book and we found the Section of the Rules with regard to Roughing and Running Into The Kicker, but we could not find an exact definition of each.

And it sure did look like Roughing The Kicker.

MTD, Sr.

The way it's enforced is pretty clear -- if you hit the kicking leg and not the plant leg and if it's not "compressed", it's only going to be running into and not roughing. If you hit the plant leg, it's 15.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

MTD, Jr., and I scoured the NCAA Football Rules Book and we found the Section of the Rules with regard to Roughing and Running Into The Kicker, but we could not find an exact definition of each.

And it sure did look like Roughing The Kicker.

MTD, Sr.

It is like a lot of things in life where you will not find a hard definition to something, but to those that work the game would not have a hard time making a decision. He was only displaced and not hit very hard. If he was roughed, he would have gone down primarily because of the contact. He went down mostly acting or trying to embellish the contact, while landing in the same place.

Peace