Well, at least we’ll get the B1G refs to return the favor next year in Auburn 🤪
The old timers running the down box on penn states side had the 3 on his marker. Refs made him change it.
What would be the sense in that? They already told him it was fourth down and a time out wasn’t going to change it.
Sarcasm my friend…I thought it was a given. Next time I’ll use more than an emoji to reflect such.
The refs checked with the booth upstairs. They said 4th down also.
I thought the same thing. Almost like he knew it wasn’t, but felt the need to try and convince the world that it was. I believe that’s called gaslighting - a specific type of manipulation where the manipulator is trying to get someone else (or a group of people) to question their own reality, memory or perceptions. Which brings me to this question: are we 100% sure it wasn’t 4th down?
Are their Jedi mind tricks starting to work on you? Definitely not 4th down.
I think the intentional grounding call played a role in that, but I just re-watched it and it was definitely third down. But how much of that is on us rather than the refs? In other words, what if we just ran a third down play? Would they have given the ball to Auburn if we didn’t get a first down? I guess we’ll never know the answers.
Yes, but loss of down just means you don’t get the down over again like other penalties.
Right, I just watched it and it was clearly 3rd down. But how much of that is on us? What if we had just run a third down play? Would the refs have given the ball to Auburn if we didn’t get a first down? Also, let’s not forget we were down 3 when that happened.
Yeah, I feel like I do have to ask because the chains were changed back to third down just before we punted, so who knows what might have happened. I guess it’s irrelevant now, though.
WTF are you talking about? You are blaming yourself for a bad call? I bet you are big with the ladies.
Huh? No. My point is, if the chains on the sideline were wrong, what recourse do we have, if any, to correct them? It would’ve been obvious had they spent a minute reviewing the previous plays. I just don’t know what you do in that situation.
I guess I’m not being clear. Right before Penn State punts, the officials come together to confer. The line judge looks over at the sideline and says something. The announcers then say “the officials say it’s fourth down, but the yard marker now says third down” right before the ref announces that it is fourth down. Franklin obviously is yelling it’s only third down from the sideline, but that clearly did not do anything. My point is what could he have done to rectify the situation other than yell, which clearly had no impact?
The official told Franklin that the down was confirmed by the replay official
That brings up even more questions about the competency, honesty, and/or griftability of the officials. How could the replay official have possibly confirmed that it was fourth down? Either he did not review the previous plays, he did and lied, or the crew on the field was told it was not fourth down and they are lying. There really can’t be any other explanations.
They said the refs even called the replay booth and they said it was 4th down too. They couldn't have looked at the tape either, they just made a call. Pathetic really.
because he thought all he was allowed to do was check if the prior play was 3rd down. And it was marked as 3rd down, which was wrong because they didn't know what they were doing. This is how dumb they were. i suspect that what we saw was nothing more sinister than the Keystone Cops
If that is what happened, then my humblest apology. Late hour and more beer than I typically consume were likely responsible for me missing such…not an excuse.
