No Bama in the Playoffs

[dangdirtysooner]

Why did they stop the game for probably a minute — with no timeouts left — to allow Auburn to run their FG team onto the field? Someone needs to show me that rule. Again, no timeouts, and no time for substitutions.

The officials are obligated to make sure the correct amount of time is on the clock at the end of halves. The time keeper let the clock run after the whistle blew, so after they confirmed that on the review, they were obligated to put 1 second back on the clock.

 

[22Horn]

Yes, correct call!

poor Saban!

 

[Statalyzer]

The mindset that if a team which finishes 10-3 but won their CCG is out is flawed.

The mindset that would put a 3 to 5 loss team in over a 1-loss team just because the former won the single "right" game that they wouldn't have gotten to play in at all without imbalanced divisions is cripplingly flawed.

 

[militaryhorn]

The mindset that would put a 3 to 5 loss team in over a 1-loss team just because the former won the single "right" game that they wouldn't have gotten to play in at all without imbalanced divisions is cripplingly flawed.

You don't get to a CCG without winning a few games. Why should loses matter if 'they' say the 4 best teams should get in, it's the same logic you prescribe too.

Look at the MLB playoffs this past year, did anyone think Washington was the best team in MLB? They got in because of how they set up their playoffs and got on a hot streak to win it all.

The committee has within their power to set up criteria for entry into the playoffs. I agree that it should be conference champions only. Until they expand to include all conference champions, then they could choose best non conference champs.

Meaning a 16 team playoff with all conferences represented with a select few non champions to get to 16 teams.

 

[HornDawg1957]

The officials are obligated to make sure the correct amount of time is on the clock at the end of halves. The time keeper let the clock run after the whistle blew, so after they confirmed that on the review, they were obligated to put 1 second back on the clock.

It's fine that they're obligated to make sure the correct amount of time is on the clock. But if they have to go to review to make that determination, then don't allow the offense to run their field goal team onto the field during the review and get in a set position before the whistle is blown so that they're ready to snap the ball for the field-goal attempt as soon as the referees mark the ball ready for play and blow the whistle. If they hadn't made the clock mistake in real time, there's no way they get their offense lined up, set, and have time to do a spike before a second runs off, nor do they have time to get the field goal team on the field.

Frankly, I'd be in favor of them checking the replay to see where all the players happen to be on the field at the 0:01 mark, making the players return to the general area where each of them was, and then letting everybody scramble to get into position as they place the ball down, mark it ready for play, and then blow the whistle to start the clock.

 

[Joe Fan]

I think Baylor's non-conference patsies puts them behind Utah if they both win out.

i thought this was impressive -- the Baylor D held every Big 12 offense below their scoring average

And their TCU and Texas Tech games went to OT -- Baylor held TCU to 9 and TTU to 20 in regulation.

 

[VYFan]

It's fine that they're obligated to make sure the correct amount of time is on the clock. But if they have to go to review to make that determination, then don't allow the offense to run their field goal team onto the field during the review and get in a set position before the whistle is blown so that they're ready to snap the ball for the field-goal attempt as soon as the referees mark the ball ready for play and blow the whistle. If they hadn't made the clock mistake in real time, there's no way they get their offense lined up, set, and have time to do a spike before a second runs off, nor do they have time to get the field goal team on the field.

Frankly, I'd be in favor of them checking the replay to see where all the players happen to be on the field at the 0:01 mark, making the players return to the general area where each of them was, and then letting everybody scramble to get into position as they place the ball down, mark it ready for play, and then blow the whistle to start the clock.

That would have been the “fair” outcome in that case, but that’s a heck of a rule to write and enforce. Would it prevent coaches from huddling with players during reviews, and on a long pass that was disputed would the offensive players (and defense) have to go back 50 yards to wherever they happened to be after the pass (maybe restarting with some on top of others like a wrestling restart)?

It would have to be something like “if a review creates an obvious unfairness, the referees can fix it.” Then, there is a lot of discretion, probably too much.