Cool.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:08 amI’ll go with some of that. It was an unnecessary hit. The kicker probably would have taken himself out of the play if the guy had just gotten in front of him. He kicked from just outside the hash mark.Vrede too wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:09 pmHe sure didn't punt from that close to the sideline. It wasn't a direct trot to the sideline, but more in that direction than the center of the field. I'll settle for, "It was close - he almost drew the penalty," thanks. My point all along is that it was a dirty hit, whether or not it was technically a penalty, and the reporter's point was that the refs did not zap Auburn when it was "close" and "almost" and they could have. That's not a pro-Bama bias.
Had there been a penalty, I hope that I would have been more pissed at the Auburn player than the refs.
I did not see that replay.Notice that on the same play the bama tackler sort of picked the Auburn runner up by his legs/feet and after dropping him on his head another bama player straddled him so he couldn’t get up. That started a lot of pushing and shoving both ways.
No flags.
Could be that got all the attention.
btw - my son agrees with you that there could have been a penalty
Cool.
Once again, this is a USA Today article that raised the possibility of OPI. If she wanted Bama to look unquestionably "heroic", she never would have written the article. A Bama booster would leave it to others to whine about the possible OPI.But the slanted article was written by a bama fan or an Auburn hater. How is this not biased?
“The call was one of a number of decisions by the officials that earned scrutiny from fans and coaches,
(All fine, except all of her examples are pro bama)
including an incompletion on what appeared to be a first down catch from Jermaine Burton
Called an incompletion on the field and by review. It was ever so close but his toe was in the white)
"ever so close" is hardly a definitive bias.
and a review for an illegal forward pass from Jalen Milroe.
(What controversy, he went several yards over the line before throwing the ball)
Again, the refs never called it illegal. When review calls it, that equals controversy even if we, the analysts and the reporter ultimately agree that review got it right.
The Crimson Tide pulled out a 27-24 win on Jalen Milroe's heroic
(and of course the bama an is a heroic guy)
(and of course the bama an is a heroic guy)
31-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Bond on 4th and goal.”
Now really, on what planet is this an unbiased article?
A game winner like that is certainly something. Are you really griping because of the adjective she chose? Non-heroes would have missed the receiver.