Week 6 college football thread: Calgorithm is Gonna Get You

[dixiehack]

FSU likes to think of itself as a powerhouse, but it's really a nouveau riche outfit. Beverly Hillbillies Southeast. They don't have the kind of cash it takes to buy their way out of the ACC or get rid of a coach the way ATM did.

At least a generation ago, the Noles fans I knew felt quite insecure, even with a couple of recent nattys in the bank. Because it didn't admit for good until after World War II, there wasn't the deep history of wealthy boosters that Florida and the other higher-end SEC schools enjoyed.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Judgment calls aren't open to review. Replace the word "offside" in your question with holding, pash interference, etc.

Whether a receiver has a foot inbounds or has possession on a catch or is in the end zone is a judgment call too. But they review it. Pash interference, holding, etc., are subjective calls; offside isn't. You is or you ain't.

 

[MileHigh]

Whether a receiver has a foot inbounds or has possession on a catch or is in the end zone is a judgment call too. But they review it. Pash interference, holding, etc., are subjective calls; offside isn't. You is or you ain't.

All penalties fall under they are not reviewable. Pash interference: Did he grab him or not with the ball in the air? Let's go to review! Inbounds/out of bounds have clear markings. Same with clock adjustments. It's pretty simple.

 

[micropolitan guy]

All penalties fall under they are not reviewable. Pash interference: Did he grab him or not with the ball in the air? Let's go to review! Inbounds/out of bounds have clear markings. Same with clock adjustments. It's pretty simple.

Oh, I understand, but when a bad call is this blatant there should be some way to challenge it. Offside is an easy challenge; it's 180-degrees different than a bang-bang play like PI, clipping, etc. There's a LOS camera with a good angle on every single play.

As usual, it sucked to be the Gophers.

 

[MileHigh]

Oh, I understand, but when a bad call is this blatant there should be some way to challenge it. Offside is an easy challenge. There's a LOS camera with a good angle on every single play.

The line has to be drawn somewhere -- and the line is all penalties are not reviewable. No matter how egregious. Ask the Saints against the Rams.

 

[micropolitan guy]

The line has to be drawn somewhere -- and the line is all penalties are not reviewable. No matter how egregious. Ask the Saints against the Rams.

Targeting is reviewable.

I'm not being a deck here. Officiating is an impossible job. I just think offside is an easy review and perhaps an exception should be made.

 

[MileHigh]

Targeting is reviewable.

I'm not being a deck here. Officiating is an impossible job. I just think offside is an easy review and perhaps an exception should be made.

Targeting is reviewable for confirmation. There is still a penalty. It's why it's announced, "Personal foul, with targeting." If they take off the targeting, it's still a personal foul penalty, but the player is not disqualified -- a HUGE penalty. You're talking about offside vs. targeting.

 

[dixiehack]

Any proposal that boils down to "we should review more things" is 99 percent of the way to "No" for me.

 

[MileHigh]

If you look at the film, it's tight, but a Minnesota player appears to block a Michigan player before the ball goes 10 yards. That's a penalty in high school and college. No flag was thrown. So let's review that?

If you're going to run a trick play -- and an onside kick is considered a trick play -- it's got to be 100 percent legal. And for onside kicks, the pane of glash theory is in effect. In essence, the 35-yard line is a pane of glash and if someone from the kicking team breaks that pane by crossing early -- that's any body part, including a hand/arm -- it's a penalty.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

At least a generation ago, the Noles fans I knew felt quite insecure, even with a couple of recent nattys in the bank. Because it didn't admit for good until after World War II, there wasn't the deep history of wealthy boosters that Florida and the other higher-end SEC schools enjoyed.

Wasn't it a teachers college until 1950-something?

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Wasn't it a teachers college until 1950-something?

It was the Florida State College for Women until 1947.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

It was the Florida State College for Women until 1947.

Doesn't leave a long tenure to foster old money.