Official PSU - Auburn Whiteout Game Thread

[psualt]

I agree with you. It was at the very least questionable enough to not overturn the call. Maybe the worst part of it is the announcers not bothering to take a critical look at the replay to acknowledge the possibility. I was happy to not be able to hear the announcers over the crowd noise most of the night.

Not looking at things critically bothers me as well. That ball was moving and they won’t even look at it. How you don’t question whether he secured it before being grounded misses the entire point.

 

[rmem]

The problem with the Mustipher fake punt was THE REFS DID NOT BLOW IT DEAD UNTIL AFTER HE GOT FIRST DOWN YARDAGE.

They, by all rights, could have blown it earlier and with the lack of push we got initially nobody would have thought anything other than "c'mon JF, why'd we do that!?"

They didn't. The line judges even ran in like they blew it dead. We weren't getting that call after the other blatantly bad calls.

Yes, that was the problem. And why are announcers such idiots they cannot point out obvious things like that? I guess it has to be even more obvious, like the "grounding" penalty against Clifford that even Herbie has to start talking about it. In a very friendly manner, of course.

 

[lionville]

That all 8 officials would lose track of the down, by itself, is grounds for a suspension and a public apology to PSU. Add in replay. They were asleep as well.

Those officials should be fired and never work an NCAA football game again.

 

[wex18]

On the play where Smith was called for a personal foul on Nix, Auburn's wide receiver was lined up offsides. I told my wife that before the ball was snapped, Auburn would be called for a 5-yard penalty. Instead, no penalty on Auburn and a phantom personal foul on PSU.

 

[BudatPSU]

I agree. Numerous times. By the way, did anyone read JF’s lips as he celebrated leaving the sideline and headset behind? Looked as if he were quoting Bill O’Brien.

He must have been saying something about fighters.

 

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[Chickenman Testa]

How about the mark on Auburn's last scoring drive where the Auburn receiver caught a little dunk pass underneath the coverage on 2nd down..... the Auburn player then ran backwards in an attempt to get around the defender before any contact was ever made and then was promptly tackled at that point.... The corrupt SEC Crew marked him 3rd-&-1 giving him forward progress to point where he caught the ball despite the receiver never having been touched by a defender and ran backwards voluntarily trying to evade the defender??? Literally should have been 3rd-&-3 or 4 and they marked him inside a yard of the line to gain!!!

Yeah @Tom McAndrew and I posted almost simultaneous messages on that one.

 

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[mn78psu83]

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That is a great view. It really shows you how skilled Dotson is.

 

[Psugo823]

Ref mix-up forces Penn State to punt early in win

A mix-up by the SEC officiating crew assigned to Saturday's Auburn-Penn State game cost the Nittany Lions a down and forced them to punt prematurely in the second quarter.

www.espn.com

Didn't see an apology in there.

 

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[psuro]

Anyone know this guy? He has some interesting points. Especially about the turning point of the game

 

[Beachwineguy]

Anyone know this guy? He has some interesting points. Especially about the turning point of the game

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Josh Pate has a podcast for 247 sports. It’s also broadcast on YouTube. He’s one of my favorites as he’s pretty impartial. He made his first trip to a White Out this year and was very impressed with the atmosphere.

 

[WyomingLion]

Good stuff but how do you never mention the officials in the game? They took 2 possessions from PSU, thus 2 scoring opportunities.

 

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[PSUoh90]

Yurcich > Ciarrocca

Time to outscore the refs!!!!!

Yurcich was undoubtedly the difference maker on Saturday night, and unfortunately, he isn't going to be at PSU for very long.

 

[ram2020]

Yurcich was undoubtedly the difference maker on Saturday night, and unfortunately, he isn't going to be at PSU for very long.

What if Franklin goes to USC? hahaha, promote MY!!!

 

[PSUoh90]

What if Franklin goes to USC? hahaha, promote MY!!!

Ha. In the event that does happen, I think PSU would go after someone with a higher profile. That said, MY will be a head coach within the next couple of years. If Clifford continues to play as efficiently as he did against Auburn, I fear MY will be gone after this season.

 

[ram2020]

Ha. In the event that does happen, I think PSU would go after someone with a higher profile. That said, MY will be a head coach within the next couple of years. If Clifford continues to play as efficiently as he did against Auburn, I fear MY will be gone after this season.

We can never have nice things!