Conquer Club

It's 2003, in Tempe, Arizona. Miami vs. Ohio State. Miami's ahead by a touchdown in OT, and it's 4th-and-hopeless for the Buckeyes. The OSU QB drops back and looks for wideout Chris Gamble, who's inthe corner of the endzone, gaurded by freshman cornerback Glenn Sharpe. He chucks the ball up, but the ball is over Gamble's head. Gamble leaps, and has a hand on the ball, might of even caught it, but Sharpe delivers a hard hit, and the ball comes popping free. It hits the ground. The line judge calls incomplete pass, and the endzone official, Terry Porter, does nothing. Tempe erupts. Miami has won the national championship for the second year in a row. Their winning streak is alive at 35. But wait! Mr. Porter has finshed his crossword puzzle and thrown a flag! On what? Pass interference, defence. In other words, first down at the Hurricanes two. So repack the fireworks, get all the people off the field, and get that Hurricane away from the reporters. You haven't won. Half-an-hour of depression later, the Miami quaterback throws an incomplete pass, and the game is over. Now that Mr. Porter has runined our football lives, let's go back to the actual play in depth.

In college football, you are allowed to jam recievers as long as the ball is not in the air. So you could be sixty yards down field, and as long as the ball hadn't been thrown, you can ram him and shove him all you want. So that's what Sharpe does. Bumps and nudges Gamble until the ball is in the air. Gamble and Sharpe go up. Gamble touches the ball. Sharpe hits Gamble. Ball falls to turf. Game over, end of story, right? Wrong. So why'd Porter call such a ridiculously wrong call? "I replayed it in my mind," said Porter, "I wanted to make sure I had the right call. Unbelievable. But don't just look at my probably biased point of view. Watch this video and see who you agree with. Voice your opinion here. It's time for justice to be served!

-W123

wrightfan123 wrote:It's 2003

That's the key. That, and Michigan wasn't involved.

It was incomplete. A catch is both hands on the ball having full control of the ball.

If I put my hand on a ball in mid air, it's not a catch.

Unless this kid has freakishly long fingers that would allow him to catch a football above his head one-handed, in which case this wouldn't even be an issue.

vtmarik wrote:It was incomplete. A catch is both hands on the ball having full control of the ball.

If I put my hand on a ball in mid air, it's not a catch.

Unless this kid has freakishly long fingers that would allow him to catch a football above his head one-handed, in which case this wouldn't even be an issue.

Um.. it's not about whether it's a catch, it's about whether there was a foul or not.

wrightfan123 wrote:Um.. it's not about whether it's a catch, it's about whether there was a foul or not.

Ah, sorry, misread it.

Well, this is wikipedia:

Pass interference may include tripping, pushing, pulling, or cutting in front of the receiver or pulling on the receiver's arms. It does not include catching or batting the ball before it reaches the receiver. Once the ball touches any defensive player or eligible offensive receiver the above rules no longer apply and the defender may tackle the receiver or attempt to prevent him from gaining control of the ball.

So, since the player had a hand on the ball, it's not pass interference.

So... Who defrauded the city and how much did they get? I didn't quite understand what the first post was about.

you can't call that pass interference. On the other hand this was 4 years ago and there not going to overturn the decision now.

where is the i don't care/gfy/hecter is a cunt/dancing mustard iz a poop/anything else i missed option?

s.xkitten wrote:where is the i don't care/gfy/hecter is a cunt/dancing mustard iz a poop/anything else i missed option?

Look, if you don't care, don't post

It was incomplete IMO.

This and the way college sports are ranked made me stop watching college sports...

wow terry porter was somking pot that call is intierly idiotdict

Almost like your post. It was a horrible call. Though if you look closely maybe will see the bribe money OSU gave him.

wrightfan123 wrote:

s.xkitten wrote:where is the i don't care/gfy/hecter is a cunt/dancing mustard iz a poop/anything else i missed option?

Look, if you don't care, don't post

but in order for the poll to be completely fair, you should put one of those options in...

besides, why should i not be able to post if i don't care...it is an opinion on the thing you are discussing after all...

I still want to know who defrauded the city of Miami and made off with the taxpayers money.

MeDeFe wrote:I still want to know who defrauded the city of Miami and made of with the taxpayers money.

*Shit*. I thought I fled far enough but it will catch up on me.

MeDeFe wrote:I still want to know who defrauded the city of Miami and made off with the taxpayers money.

It was a football game, not a fraud scheme.

It was the most touchy call I've ever seen, but you can't argue that it wasn't his right to throw the penalty flag. There was minimal touching, but the right arm of the OSU receiver was bumped on the way up.

On a side note, the link you posted is from the point of view that they made the correct call. Also, they point out that the Miami DB grabs his facemask after the deflection...also grounds for a penalty.