Garret Taylor also dropped a game clinching interception on that drive.
So it was 17-6 and then
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We do have those troubles. John Reid seems like the only guy who can make the catch, stay on his feet, and deliver a return.
Reid is also the most penalized player on the D this year, but it shows he is doing it right imo
I agree...it was close to OPI...I am fine with the no call but I have seen similar calls like that before. I guarantee you that if it was near beginning of game and less on the line, the officials may have thrown a flag. Just my opinion.I'm thinking to myself, nothing is ever easy for PSU in these big gamesWatch Iowa, after doing virtually nothing all night somehow score quick and have 3 times out left. What happens-an unbelievable catch (might have been OPI) by their receiver to score. Then they have 3 timeouts and plenty of time. All I could think of was the past few years when we couldn't get that one key first down to ice a game on 3rd and short-USC, OSU, MSU but kudos to Cain and the offense for stepping it up and shoving it down Iowa's throat to preserve the win.
I'm thinking to myself, nothing is ever easy for PSU in these big games
The BS on the Iowa drive was the QB fumble well short of the first down. Clock should have ran and it should have been 4th and short long before their TD pass. But yes Penn State play calling and hard running by Cain was a nice way to finish the game.....
There’s an old saying to the effect that there’s a reason good athletes end up in the secondary instead of as wide receivers.
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Bigger issue on that TD drive for
Iowa is Brisker’s dropped INT, and allowing Iowa to convert 3rd and 8 and 4th and 5.
Iowa is Brisker’s dropped INT, and allowing Iowa to convert 3rd and 8 and 4th and 5.
I was shocked we didn't see a holding penalty on that last game sealing drive for PSU. Every time Cain picked up 4-5 yards I was always looking where's the flag as you know one is coming. Luckily they didn't throw one.
It’s footnote 873 on Appendix BB to the Supplement to the Big 10 football rule book (1955 rev)
Photo #2 is basically the same type of hold that PSU got flagged for on one of its many TDs on the O'Neill-gate drive?
That’s what I saw. During the replays of the questionable catch, ABC only showed the shoulder grab one time.
Biggest concern about how the game was closed out was there were 2 golden chances for INTs to put the game on ice that got dropped.
Good analogy. I contend that John O'Neill acted alone.
So pick your favorite O'Neill (and crew) moment of the game. Coincidentally (?) they are all third down plays. Feel free to add others like some above.
1. Close enough!
2. No holding here!
3. Blatant pass interference if I ever saw it!
You're on a roll, Rules!!
There's no doubt he uses his hands to "throw Reid past him" (by the shoulder as you say) to gain inside position. The offensive player is entitled to go up for the ball and make incidental contact, but not to use his hands to push or pull the defender to gain position and advantage as he does here. It is OPI, but honestly you won't see it called that often imo as it isn't severe and obvious. But it was, by Rule, OPI as the receiver very clearly grabs Reid's shoulder and "throws him past" to gain "inside position" (i.e., illegally used his hands to take away Reid's inside pisition on the throw that he had well established).
Why didn't Reid jump or react? Maybe because he had a WR all over his back/head before the ball arrived.
This frame literally shows nothing.
WRs including PSUs push off on underthrown balls and it is never called PI. How often is offensive PI called? Not very often in games I've watched. This was essentially a jump ball and the Iowa receiver made a great play.
Thanks for the pic, not even a measurement here. Can't advance a fumble the fumblerooski, holy roller rule
