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Bigtime (big-time? big time?) offensive shootout here, 10-3 at the half. Only touchdown was scored by the Stanford D. Two turnovers on both sides. Missed FGs. Stanford is putting massive pressure on Golson but have a hard time catching him.

I expect turnovers to be at least as big on this wet field in the second half.

That Eifert kid is the real deal. What a playmaker.

That dude is going to be a beast on Sundays.

I don't normally bitch about officiating but this was ridiculous. Every questionable call went for ND. And the last play was pretty obviously a TD. Oh well, ND at ND on NBC - what can you expect? Worst coverage of a football game in memory.

Mikey wrote:I don't normally bitch about officiating but this was ridiculous.

You have every reason to bitch, Mikey. That last call at the goal line was fucking bullshit. Christ-in-a-replay-booth...

Yeah, that's a tough call at the end there. I believe the play should've been overturned and ruled a touchdown, but it wasn't the easiest call in the world. Stanford definitely didn't get the calls ND did, but the Cardinal had their opportunities and they didn't cash in on them. Tough break.

Pretty imaginative play calling there on the goal line. ND had no idea what was coming...

Mikey wrote:And the last play was pretty obviously a TD.

Yeah, it obviously was if his left elbow wasn’t down before he tried to stretch the ball across the line… Something neither of the announcers mentioned/saw at the time.

The Seer wrote:Pretty imaginative play calling there on the goal line. ND had no idea what was coming...

Playcalling sucked. Nunes went back to looking like a high school caliber QB. It must be frustrating to play for Stanford's D.

Truman wrote:

Mikey wrote:I don't normally bitch about officiating but this was ridiculous. And the last play was pretty obviously a TD. Oh well, ND at ND on NBC - what can you expect?

You have every reason to bitch, Mikey. That last call at the goal line was fucking bullshit. Christ-in-a-replay-booth...

Uhhh, you do know that it was a Pac-12 crew on the field, don't you? Claiming a pro-ND bias for the refs, under those circumstances, is a tad unusual. And ND got whistled for a few unusual penalties during the game, including a false start by the center, as well as a few other false starts that were close enough that they could've been no-calls.

As for the last play, in addition to what Ken mentioned, there was the issue of a whistle as well, from what I've been told. Not to mention the fact that he lost control of the ball before it crossed the goal line.

It was a tough way for Stanford to lose, admittedly. But somebody was going to lose that game.

A whistle was not the issue. if the Headlinesman had blown his whistle his right arm would have been extended over his head, which is the signal for dead ball. If he did blow his whistle then Stanford would have been able to replay 4th down as the runner wasn't down.

The TD call or non call came down to the HL's call, had he called it a touchdown, replay would have upheld it.

In my opinion it was a TD.

Terry in Crapchester wrote: Uhhh, you do know that it was a Pac-12 crew on the field, don't you? Claiming a pro-ND bias for the refs, under those circumstances, is a tad unusual.

Pac 12 officiating is so horrific that it is quite common for them to err on the side of the home team OOC as to mask their proven shortcomings. It's a no brainer for them.

Terry in Crapchester wrote:
It was a tough way for Stanford to lose, admittedly. But somebody was going to lose that game.

we were all losers in that game

/s/
the moron that watched that abortion (me)

Fuck Stanfurd. Punish the undeserving. It's God's will.






I mean, look at them !!!

So the whistle should blow anytime a runner is stopped? If so for how long should he be stopped before the whistle blows?

Left Seater wrote:The TD call or non call came down to the HL's call, had he called it a touchdown, replay would have upheld it.

Agreed on this point, I don't think the video was conclusive enough either way.