And iirc Wetjen got facemasked on a punt return at about the Iowa 45 which would have put Iowa at the Nebby 40, that is already in FG territory.
There was a graphic last evening that Nebby used 6/7 different field goal kickers this season.
honestly looked like it should have been an 11 yard punt, I thought maybe we had a 15 yard penalty, but that wasn't the case. It was moronic.
Drew himself said he was kicking it 64 during warmups going that direction and told coach so--how bout KF giving them the ball and the wind to start the 3rd so we had it in the 4th huge play and it almost backfired when they came out and went doen the field--
2 different receivers grabbing the dbs face mask to pull him out of the play. They are coached that way. Rhule is a pos.
Yeah, normally you dont want to give a team the ball and the wind to start any half of the game, it bit Kirk about 6 -8 years ago against Purdue
You are correct. That was an egregious facemask penalty that is impossible to miss. And then they call Iowa for PI?! And a similar thing happened again with the Nebraska D-back grabbing an Iowa receiver's facemask with NO PENALTY. I don't understand why KF wasn't out there throwing his notepad at those incompetent goofs. I mean not making those calls is totally ridiculous. It was like that bowl game against Florida many years ago . . .
But they called PI on Iowa on the play where the Nebby D-back grabbed and held onto the Iowa facemask, so splain that . . .
That's exactly what I told my wife. I said they have to be coached to do that for it to happen again and again. Just like most/all teams teach O-linemen to hold on every play.
Sure. Everything is the same. Good is bad and bad is good. It's easy to say the earth is flat and "both teams were affected equally," but I wouldn't mind seeing some evidence. I'm old-fashioned that way.
I’ve actually heard their fans say the punt fumble was a bad call, the LJ td had a push in the back and raiola fell on the ball when he fumbled.
It happened right in front of me and the ball went out of bounds around the 36 or 37 yard line....NEVER seen such a poor spot....
I was in the top of the North Endzone and could tell it was missed by a minimum of 10 yards. Not sure I’ve ever seen a punt spot missed that badly before.
Hawks won with an embarrassing 5 1st downs vs a team that gave up 60 pts to Indiana and 500 yds to USC.
Agreed, I will say that it is very rare for a punt to be caught well(as much as you can at Iowa) out of bounds on the 50 and then to determine that it went out at the exact same yard line. There is some physics or something that says it may be impossible.
The mechanic makes it really difficult for the officials.
He was in their ass several times Friday. Way more then you usually see him. It does no good though..
You are of course, correct.
Agreed, but the referee really doesn't know where it went out... He has to be watching the punter for roughing, and the sideline officials all have responsibilities to watch on the field as well. Despite having eight officials, nobody is really watching exactly where the ball goes.
Nebraska frequently lined up with the slot receiver and the wide out standing at the line of scrimmage. Only the man furthest out is an eligible receiver, which means the slot guy is ineligible. If that guy ran downfield, as soon as Dimestore Mahomes threw the ball, it became a penalty, regardless of who he was throwing to.
