🏈 The Unsportsmanlike that was on WV

[rick4bama]

The one that when Sims ran out of bound. The guy on the sideline push him? Do you think it was the right call?

 

[bama alum]

In real time, yes. I can see why the refs made that call. After watching the replay, it seemed less obvious. Regardless, [HASHTAG]#13[/HASHTAG] had no business putting his arms up on Sims like he did. Dumb move on his part.

 

[steelmagnolia]

no

 

[Bamabww]

We got a break on that one I think.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Horrible call. Officials screw up those calls (late hit OOB's) way too often. Unless someone lays a dude out several feet OOB, theres just no need to throw a flag. 3/4 of the penalties are guys making plays right on the boundary or someone barely touching a player like happened today.

 

[mhardiman]

Agreed; it should not have been called much like the pass interference called on the defender on Cooper or the first down on (I think) our first or second possession the ref's didn't measure, and if the yellow line on our TV screens was right we were short. The calls definitely went our way in this game.

 

[planomateo]

Bad call, just my opinion, we got more gifts than WVU all game.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Bad call, but to me it kind of made up for the lack of holding on that long TD return they had. When you tackle a blocker then continue to hold them as they are down and while they get up that should probably be called.

 

[BamaCore]

Based on what we saw? We probably got away with one. Remember though, we couldn't hear anything. It honestly could have been something he said.

 

[ElephantStomp]

We got a gift on that one, but we got plenty of gifts all night.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Based on what we saw? We probably got away with one. Remember though, we couldn't hear anything. It honestly could have been something he said.

Could be, but the ref that made the call wasn't anywhere near the play or at least close enough to hear anything that was said and on the replay Sims was yapping too

 

[bamaledge]

It may have been a bad call, BUT there were worse NO-CALLS through the entire game in WV favor. I felt like coach in Remember the titans, " He's lining up off sides". The one WV wide receiver was lining up off sides on nearly every freaking play.

 

[rick4bama]

It look like WV on the first drive got a favor spot for a first down, but we too on ours first drive did also, but that looking at the yellow line and we all know you can't go by that.

 

[silvermetalflake]

In a game where a player can tackle in a manner befitting a WWE body slam and probably (in quick and secretly low verbal way) then belittle "the slammed" as they lie spread on the turf ("No you don't get that 1st, biitch!!"), are we really gonna be little girls about a little love-tap elbow shove out of bounds?

 

[sean]

i agree that it didn't warrant a penalty. it's not like he ran up and hit Sims. he was just standing there when Sims came through and let Sims hit him. and obviously he was bigger so Sims took the brunt of the hit and that caused the flag to come out.

of course there are also about 10 to 20 penalties (mostly holding) that go uncalled in any given game. it happens to every team in every game.

 

[Argo]

In my opinion, and it goes for either side.....if a player is running full speed into a heavily populated area with equipment and benches, and someone on the sideline watching the play doesn't try to safely grab the player once out of bounds to help slow the player and reduce the chance of serious injury, then there should be a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct. By definition, that is a pure example of unsportsmanlike conduct.

I'm all for bone crunching crack-back blocks on the field. I even like hitting defenseless receivers across the middle of the field because it's a play on the field. But all players should care about other player's safety after the play is over. Specifically when running full speed into a blind area.

 

[alabama mike]

I thought it was a bad call.

 

[BamaFan334]

I thought it was called on the sideline? I was told is was their defensive play caller that holds up the signs was in the way instead of being backed up and behind the line. Maybe I was told wrong, but that's what was going around our section.

 

[psychojoe]

In my opinion, and it goes for either side.....if a player is running full speed into a heavily populated area with equipment and benches, and someone on the sideline watching the play doesn't try to safely grab the player once out of bounds to help slow the player and reduce the chance of serious injury, then there should be a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct. By definition, that is a pure example of unsportsmanlike conduct.

I'm all for bone crunching crack-back blocks on the field. I even like hitting defenseless receivers across the middle of the field because it's a play on the field. But all players should care about other player's safety after the play is over. Specifically when running full speed into a blind area.

Play hard on the field, but protect each other in these situations when a palyer is vulnerable to injury.

I thought that there were a couple of plays where Cooper was hit out of bounds which were no calls.

 

[FLTidefan]

I think the only reason they threw the flag was because he is a quarterback. You gotta remember the amount of protection they receive is only rivaled by two people, the Pope and POTUS.