(11-14-2011 08:46 AM)Lucy Wrote:  And it will be a travesty that Clemson is in the championship game when they were credited with a touchdown that they should not have, which made a huge difference in the game.

http://network.yardbarker.com/college_fo...me/8054119

Quote:THE GAME: Wake Forest at Clemson

THE SITUATION: Clemson had the ball, second-and-goal at the Wake Forest 7-yard line with 1:30 left in the third quarter. Wake Forest led 28-14.

THE PLAY: Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd completed a 7-yard pass to Brandon Ford for a touchdown. After a review, the touchdown stood as called.

MY TAKE: There will be a lot of discussion about this play this week. Yes, Ford had a foot down with possession of the ball, but he also came from out of bounds. My Twitter account blew up. The referee announced after the review that the ruling on the field stood. By making that announcement, he left some questions dangling. Touching of a pass is reviewable, and one would have to assume that replay looked at the fact Ford was out of bounds, essentially making him ineligible. If he is the first to touch the pass, it is a 5-yard penalty for illegal touching. That’s what should have been called. The only possible reason for this not to be a foul is if Ford was pushed out of bounds before he came back in bounds. By the replays I saw, it did not appear Ford had been pushed. It’s going to be an interesting week in the ACC, especially because Clemson came back to win 31-28.

It is sad that ACC football officials are as incompetent as the basketball refs. It is time for the conference to clean house from Swofford on down...

How o you expect the officials to get that right when Wake Forest was pretty much tackling our DL all game long and received no holding penalties.

ACC officials are the absolute worst.

(11-14-2011 11:16 AM)ecuacc4ever Wrote:  Lucy, I agree with you -- the Clemson receiver was out-of-bounds (and not FORCED either), then failed to re-establish himself inbounds before catching the pass.

I just KNEW it was going to be overturned. Heck, I even explained it to my football UNSAVY wife who understood the matter at hand.

I assumed that it was a judgement call as to whether he was forced out of bounds or not. Judgement calls aren't reviewable. I think they were only reviewing if he came down with the ball.

(11-14-2011 08:46 AM)Lucy Wrote:  ...It is sad that ACC football officials are as incompetent as the basketball refs...

I'm not getting into who should have won. I agree there were some terrible calls that went both ways -- at this point it's impossible to know who would have won a "correctly called" game.

(11-14-2011 08:46 AM)Lucy Wrote:  ...It is time for the conference to clean house from Swofford on down...

I think you will find a lot of support for that! Maybe you can use some of your Wake Forest "gang of [NC] four" pull?

(11-14-2011 11:18 AM)catdaddy_2402 Wrote:  ACC officials are the absolute worst.

They seem to get worse every year.

(11-14-2011 11:18 AM)catdaddy_2402 Wrote:  ACC officials are the absolute worst.

ACC officials look pretty good compared to Big East officials.