Overturn call on TV was a complete guess by the officials.
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I could understand maybe an inch away, but not a foot and a half. Ridiculous.
The key word being "maybe". Maybe isn't good enough to overturn the call.
Good grief. I agree with the OP. It's the end of the world.
You could make the case that his elbow hit first, and then an instant later the ball/hand hit the pylon. So they must have surmised that the ball was short when the elbow hit.
It did nothing but help us in the end, run a little more clock.
It did nothing but help us in the end, run a little more clock.
And b/c of the (guess) call, Stanley doesn't tie Long for the Iowa TD record, right?
Correct and that's shitty. If only Stanley had two more years to try to do it...
Yep.
I'd like to know what they saw to overturn it. There has to be incontrovertible proof to change the call.
Anybody else just look up incontrovertible?
What's worse is not giving the MVP, Wadley the ball to beat the record when he is the only reason for winning the game.
Except his right elbow hit and he was holding the ball in his left hand.
The evidence against wasn’t indisputable based on the angles we saw. Yet...overturned!
Exactly, and so did the refs. Unfortunately, the refs "thought" he was short too. Thats not enough to overturn.
And why no goal line cameras? Isn't that a spot on the field that might have some important calls?
Right...its possible they had camera views that the audience didn't...unlikely though. I'm glad it did not cost us the game. If it had we be dwelling on that for the next 6 months.
I was under the impression they had the same angles available to them as the TV viewers did. Could be wrong though.
Thats surely a joke right?! We have guys on here that are so disenchanted they constantly complain about the playcalling even in a win now… Iowa hands the ball to the upback which I scream at the TV for everyone to do in the NFL on down all the time and he gets shoved into the end zone and your wish is they handed it 8 yards back to Wadley...?!?!?!
Not to mention the defense forced three turnovers and in the second half held there Tail-back to 14 carries for 31 yards & the only reason we were in the game was Wadley...hmmmm...ok
It's first down and goal Hawks, make BC burn their time outs stopping Iowa from scoring so they don't have an opportunity to use them trying to score themselves to tie it.
Besides, w/o Wadley's all purpose yards, Iowa didn't stand a chance to win this game. Reward the young man for his time at Iowa with the TD and setting the record to basically end the game.
Besides, w/o Wadley's all purpose yards, Iowa didn't stand a chance to win this game. Reward the young man for his time at Iowa with the TD and setting the record to basically end the game.
I agree that you win and die as a team. But there is absolutely no argument that Wadley was the main factor in this win. He was the calming presence when all else looked bleak for much of the first 3 quarters. And oh btw if Butler wasn’t there to push the fullback in he wasn’t scoring on that particular play
they never spot those closer than the half yard line. It’s like the only option is to pick in half yard increments.
Correct. That single play had several all times Iowa records hanging in the balance. Chuck Long's 27 td's passing in one season. If overturned potencially Iowa could have handed off to Wadley, and that would have tied the record for most career TD's at 36 I believe. And of course if Iowa had failed to score after the overturn, and not won the game, KF doesn't tie coach Fry for the most career victories. Yes, there's always next season for KF and Stanley, but that was still a lot of interesting twists of the all time Iowa record book hanging in the balance on one call.
Exactly, that's why that is a smart play. He is immediately at the line with help behind him as opposed to 8 yards back & getting tripped up.
It's pathetic to not have goal-line cameras
This Bowl is a joke just like their Field!!
This Bowl is a joke just like their Field!!
I like to think I'm a good Hawk fan but I also thought he was short even in the live play. Just looked short. Wasn't surprised when replay called it short. I thought his knee hit before he crossed the GL.
The two field camera angles were set up down the left and right baselines, which unfortunately didn't help us at all in that goal line situation.
We got a free 2nd chance for a TD in the first half; you won't see me complaining about this spot.
Saying "maybe", "I think" or "I thought" isn't enough to overturn the call.
I think the worse officiating error was the missed block in the back on a huge BC gain.
