🏈 Mugging in progress (pic)

[Big_Fan]

There were quite a few no-calls yesterday that could have been called.

Julio almost caught that one anyway.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Yah, they PI'd a ton and weren't called for it.

 

[bear facts]

Yes, it was a mugging but the pass should have never been thrown in that direction.

 

[Big_Fan]

Yes, it was a mugging but the pass should have never been thrown in that direction.

Refs make the call and its first and goal at the 2.

Sometimes you make the throw hoping to get the call.

 

[bamarooski]

This picture should be sent to the SEC office! for training!

 

[tidentrue]

but Verne did say that Jose Smith was interfered with.

 

[Southern Bama]

but Verne did say that Jose Smith was interfered with.

:rofl:

 

[JoshB]

yea i was extremely pissed on that one. there were a few thrown at Julio's direction where certain Ole Miss players were all over him, and not in a good coverage kinda way, more like an attempted molestation kind of way. woulda been nice to get a cpl of those calls. especially since on one of Ole Miss' drives they called it on one of our DB's on a throw that was HORRIBLE overthrown that the receiver had no chance in hell to catch.

 

[bear facts]

Refs make the call and its first and goal at the 2.

Sometimes you make the throw hoping to get the call.

Also know that in the red zone, especially inside the ten, one is not trying to draw an interference call first but actually trying to score--that is first priority for the offense.

How games are called by the officials can also dictate what kind of routes will and will not have a tendency to work. It was apparent from our first pass attempt in the endzone (which, too, could have drawn a pass interference call) and a couple throws immediately thereafter, that the officials yesterday were going to allow the dbs (on both teams) some leeway in terms of physicality while the ball was in the air. Unless it was blatant pass interference, neither offense was going to get such a call.

You don't throw into a double-turned-triple-team coverage hoping to get a call, either. If you go back and watch the replay, Maze ran a route which sucked his defender toward Julio and that corner of the endzone. Fortunately, JJ's athleticism and size countered any Ole Miss' defenders' chance of coming down with that ball.

The "alley hoop" pass seemed to be the primary option from the beginning on that play and would have worked great had Julio was being isolated one-on-one, but he wasn't. GM appeared intent on making it work when it really wasn't there. One drawback to that kind of pass is that it also allows the secondary time to react & recover and has to be timed perfectly against a solid secondary. To me, poor judgment on the qb's part was exhibited on that play.