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06 September 2010
No PI?
The Virginia Tech vs Boise State Game was predetermined.
I'm not here to rant about bad calls from referees but instead to point out some obviously bonehead decision making that could have been better orchestrated by a child with a little Super Nintendo Techno Superbowl experience.
4th Quarter - 3rd and 8 - 2:06 remaining. The clock's been stopped by Boise State's LAST timeout and Virginia Tech attempts a difficult pass play to keep their drive alive. The pass falls incomplete and the clock stops with 2:00 left and Virginia Tech is forced to kick it back to the Broncos. On their ensuing drive, a block in the back where a flag is thrown is instead a 'no-call' and a late hit penalty is called on VT before the offensive player gets his foot out of bounds (from his vantage point) leading to a touchdown.
What Would Have Happened in the Real World. Virginia Tech Runs another rushing play that fails to achieve the first down. The play takes 6 seconds and getting the ball back into position takes another 5 seconds. Now the play clock starts at 45 seconds and every single second of that play clock is exhausted as they kick it. There's 1:10 left in the 4th. Boise State gets the ball back and whether the block in the back is called or not, 13 seconds are exhausted on that play. There's 57 seconds left.
Now finish the game. Either Virginia Tech needs to fire the staff they pay millions of dollars, hire a child who's been taught simple subtraction, or enjoy collecting from whoever purchased this game. It wasn't me, cause I'm not buying it.
Okay, so there's a little referee bashing going on here. Don't let me get started on the touchdown they took back from Hawaii against USC.
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atch, you're right, I went through the last series, looks like they could have gotten the clock down to about 31 seconds if they just snapped it with one second on play clock and only ran running plays.
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