re: Worst officiated games this year

Like I said. I am not getting into a long drawn out argument over it. I gave you the rule. Nothing goes into detail as to how far the hands have to be extended, or how hard the hit has to be...they just don't do that. The rule said an exception was if the hands were extended and the SC players hands were extended. If you choose to not go by the rule then that doesn't affect me in any way.

The rules are there for a purpose and people can argue..."But it doesn't say...." or stuff like that.

The ref gives a specific arm signal for a blind side block penalty. He never gave the signal for a blind side block. You don't need audio for that.

Whichever game my favorite team lost

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Alabama at Tennessee - that game should’ve been a Vols blowout but the officials kept them in that game

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you mean the 7 point win where the vol db was holding the 17 year old receiver guy not once, but twice on successive plays?

i ain't saying Bama would have won or lost, but it was an extremely shitty job by the refs.

was it the worst? Nah, probably LSU/SC or GA/UTa

This is the definition and rule concerning Blind Side block and penalty from the 2023 NCAA Football Rule Book Page. Definition on Page FR 29; Penalty on Page FR-99 (Link: LINK ):

DEFINITION:
"Blind-Side Block
ARTICLE 7 A blind-side block is an open field block against an opponent
that is initiated from outside the opponent’s field of vision, or otherwise in
such a manner that the opponent cannot reasonably defend themselves against the block"


PENALTY:
"Blind-Side Block
ARTICLE 18 No player shall deliver a blind-side block by attacking an
opponent with forcible contact (Exceptions: (1) the runner; (2) a receiver in
the act of attempting to make a catch) (Note: In addition, if this action meets all the elements of targeting, it is a blind-slide block with targeting (Rule 9-1-3 and 9-1-4). (AR 9-1-18-I)"

Neither this definition nor rule specify which part of the body the offender uses, nor which part of the offended opponent is struck. The key element is forcible contact from the blind side. In viewing the video there is contact by the SC player with both hands to the helmet of the LSU QB. Forcible or not? That is in the eyes of the beholder. The penalty is 15 yards and a first down since it was a live-action play. So the ultimate issue is whether it was forcible. The ref apparently thought it was.
Be happy to read anything FROM the rule book that says otherwise.

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You can’t de-cleat a defenseless player who is not capable of making the play.

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Would you like to keep up that narrative, or would you like to start dealing in FACTS?

It was a fact. Watch the play. Tell your player to not blind side someone who can’t make the play

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SEC officials went from being some of the best in the country the past couple of decades to probably second from the bottom

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Only an Alabama fan could suggest this and actually believe it.

Everybody forgets that play and that was crucial to the outcome also. That was the worst call of the game. There was absolutely no player even capable of getting offensive PI on that play if you watch the replay

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Neither this definition nor rule specify which part of the body the offender uses, nor which part of the offended opponent is struck. The key element is forcible contact from the blind side. In viewing the video there is contact by the SC player with both hands to the helmet of the LSU QB. Forcible or not? That is in the eyes of the beholder. The penalty is 15 yards and a first down since it was a live-action play. So the ultimate issue is whether it was forcible. The ref apparently thought it was.

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Yep, and hard to argue with the call as the ref saw the qb get nailed to the turf after a rough hit.