🏈 Kentucky obvious push-off for the win!?

[Bamabacker]

While I'm happy KY won just to keep the SEC East interesting but oh my! How did the refs not call that offensive push off for the final TD.

 

[Bamabacker]

 

[ColAngus]

Unbelievable that wasn’t called. So obvious.

 

[JoshB]

Contact within 5 yards?

 

[ColAngus]

Shit, if that’s allowed we should go for two after every touchdown. No way Tua gets less than 50%.

 

[XXL TideFan]

I'm good with it. Helped my bets for the day.

 

[Tidestalker]

Have no issue with that... CB needs to get his weight up!

Rather the players decide it on a play like that than a ref push them back 15 yards.

 

[ColAngus]

Didn’t think offensive blockers are allowed to extend their arms like that and push off. But hey, if it doesn’t get caught, right? Ask Clemson.

 

[ColAngus]

Have no issue with that... CB needs to get his weight up!

Rather the players decide it on a play like that than a ref push them back 15 yards.

So you’re ok with the Clemson pick to win the NC rather than the refs push them back?

 

[rick4bama]

I'm good with it. Helped my bets for the day.

Also it help me too!

 

[OldPlayer]

Contact within 5 yards?

That's not a rule.

Ball wasn't in the air at the time of the push.

 

[bamafan9201]

I’m torn a little but both players had arms extended so it’s hard not to call that hand fighting

 

[planomateo]

All 8 of Mizzou's possessions in the 2nd half went three and out...can't win a ball game doing that. In hindsight, Pinkel was a pretty good coach...

 

[TerryP]

Contact within 5 yards?

That's not a rule.

Josh, you're mixing NFL rules with college rules--illegal contact in the NFL. In college, it's a one yard rule where the receiver can't initiate contact with the defender. There's two questions here in my view. One, who initiated contact? And two, if it's the TE, why wasn't offensive pass interference called?

 

[planomateo]

Wait, what? This by definition, is bush league.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

That's Offensive pass interference...period
They called the other pi to give ky a shot for another play... this play
Should have been called...

 

[rick4bama]

Going do this last night.

 

[OldPlayer]

Contact within 5 yards?

That's not a rule.

Josh, you're mixing NFL rules with college rules--illegal contact in the NFL. In college, it's a one yard rule where the receiver can't initiate contact with the defender. There's two questions here in my view. One, who initiated contact? And two, if it's the TE, why wasn't offensive pass interference called?

If the ball isn't in the air when the push occurs, it's not a pass. It's not the intent of the play, it's when it occurs.

 

[TerryP]

If the ball isn't in the air when the push occurs, it's not a pass. It's not the intent of the play, it's when it occurs.

I believe that caveat--the ball isn't in the air--has to do with defensive pass interference.

There are three instances where I know it's not PI:

Contact occurs within one yard of the neutral zone.
When two or more are going for the same pass.
When a defensive player contacts a player--within in the legal distances--before the pass is thrown.

You're completely right that the offense can't block while the ball is in the air. It's my recollection they can't push off at any point if they are outside of that one yard demarcation.

Sounds like we're headed for a rule book here, doesn't it?

 

[ColAngus]

Regardless of whether he was supposedLy run blocking, the TE extended his arms and pushed off. If that’s not offensive PI, then why doesn’t every team run that play from the two?