USC Got Robbed in MNC

by the usual suspects on Nov 10, 2006 1:17 PM CST

According to an article on Yahoo! Sports, instant replay should have overturned two calls in the national title game:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=jo-replay111006&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Since when did Matt Leinart start writing for Yahoo! Sports?

While I admit there are issues with the replay system and errors are sometimes made, I can't stand the thought of USC alums still trying to paint a picture that they were the better team.

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Waaaaaaah!

Like they would have stopped us from scoring from there. They did -so- well stopping VY all night.

by Peter Bean on Nov 10, 2006 1:19 PM CST reply actions

Beating an irrelevant dead horse

Slow news day.

by whoopspat on Nov 10, 2006 1:22 PM CST reply actions

It's a mea culpa...

...for printing all those dreadful things about Reggie Bush.

I'm not reaching for my kleenex just yet. You have to win with whatever circumstances are handed to you, whether that's a blunder on the field or a blunder in the booth. Anyway, the replay officials didn't make Keith Rivers commit an incidental face-mask on 4th and MNC for Texas on their last drive.

All right, now I do need a tissue.

by DC Trojan on Nov 10, 2006 1:23 PM CST reply actions

that was 3rd down

wasn't it? i don't remember having a heart attack, which surely would have happened if we'd been stopped on 4th.

by Vice President Coco (40118) on Nov 10, 2006 1:42 PM CST up reply actions

I think it was 4th

But it was so blatent that I wasn't worried about it. Jan. was really that long ago? Wow.

And, um, yeah. Any 'Poligists that want to crown USC for last year should be reminded of the interception by Drew Kelson. It was a blatant miss. Just as the Vince knee down was. The difference is that Texas still would have scored had they reversed the call.

If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable.

by GoHorns on Nov 10, 2006 1:45 PM CST up reply actions

4th down

wouldn't that have been 4th down and Texas would have had to kick a field goal?

by joey @ Burnt Orange Nation on Nov 10, 2006 2:43 PM CST up reply actions

pretty sure that...

...Texas were going for it on 4th down in Texas territory. The moment stands out because I have rarely whipsawed so fast from fear to joy to fear so quickly.

by DC Trojan on Nov 10, 2006 2:57 PM CST up reply actions

Play by play records

It was 3rd and long.

1-10 U44 TEXAS drive start at 02:09 (4th)

1-10 U44 Young, Vince pass complete to Taylor, Ramonce for loss of 2 yards to the
UT42 (Rucker, Frostee)

2-12 U42 Young, Vince pass incomplete to Sweed, Limas.

3-12 U42 Young, Vince pass complete to Cosby, Quan for 7 yards to the UT49 (;Ting,
Ryan;Bing, Darnell), PENALTY USC face mask (Bing, Darnell) 5 yards to the
USC46, 1ST DOWN UT.

Cats and dogs sleeping together.

by EYESofBEVO on Nov 10, 2006 3:06 PM CST up reply actions

so close...

...I was only wrong about the player and the down. Damn those facts!

It was still painful to watch.

by DC Trojan on Nov 10, 2006 3:52 PM CST up reply actions

Attack victims

rarely pick out the perps in a line up. The searing pain of the incident distorts their visual memory.

I've gathered that much from Law and Order.

Cats and dogs sleeping together.

by EYESofBEVO on Nov 10, 2006 3:55 PM CST up reply actions

Replay also would have overturned

an sure interception by Drew Kelson to kill a USC scoring drive.

It all evens out in my book. Media needs to quit whining.

In the end, it's still 41-38.

by Brandon 97 on Nov 10, 2006 1:30 PM CST reply actions

The argument on the Bush lateral kills me

Do they even look up the rules?

It wasn't a forward pass and the "apparent" trajectory of the ball has nothing to do with it. Not a single NCAA rule mentions or describes how an official should be looking at the way a ball moves in the air.
Its about where the ball stikes an animate object on the field (i.e. the WR's hand who Bush tried to pitch to). It hit his hand behind the spot of the pass, therefore it is not a forward pass.

How an airborne ball looks in slow motion has nothing, nada, zippo to do with the rules -- and the replay officials can not overturn a call based on phantom trajectories.

This guy and the alums crying need to STFU.

Kudos to the USC alumni who have gotten past this and can see that the officials didn't do either team any favors.

Cats and dogs sleeping together.

by EYESofBEVO on Nov 10, 2006 2:17 PM CST reply actions

exactly

thats like saying every fumble that goes out of a players hands in the forward direction is a forward lateral.

by the other Andrew on Nov 11, 2006 1:35 AM CST up reply actions

A replay against N.D.

I guess these people forgot about the "PUSH" bush against N.D. Should have usc been playing against Texas anyways ??

by Hooked4Life on Nov 10, 2006 4:25 PM CST reply actions

2005 MNC Officating

That article was bullshit. The Reggie Bush deal was too close to be overturned, no two ways about it. VY's knee is another issue, but that play still gives UT a first down at the USC 12 at that point in the game. Kelson's pick would have give Texas a shot at a 23-7 halftime lead (instead of 16-10), had that been reviewed.

The only thing i'm trying to say is that the officating was horrible in that game, but I believe it affected both teams equally and nobody has any business stressing about it now.

The fact is that instant replay hasn't made the split second, close calls that officials on the field can't be blamed for if they get it wrong initially.

by AMB on Nov 10, 2006 8:05 PM CST reply actions

Time to move on

The media I'm sure has plenty to cover, or uncover if you're Yahoo Sports. Whats the point? the game has been played and it won't change a thing.

I've moved on, there too many other issues to focus on with this season.

Conquest Chronicles

by Paragon SC on Nov 11, 2006 2:15 AM CST reply actions

Exactly

Agreed, time to move on.

Yahoo Sports seems to enjoy covering all things USC (good or bad, I might add), from that story to the whole Reggie Bush fiasco. Do they have informants on campus digging up old records on players and doing interviews or what?

by AMB on Nov 11, 2006 4:42 AM CST up reply actions