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People who don't have enough cash to buy tix to every round are probably holding out for the World Series. Yankees fans are spoiled that way.

The camera angle still isn't the same as what the ref had.

Sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn't. Sometimes the higher angle shows more and sometime a lower angle shows more. Depends on the play and where the officials are.

Refs had different angles than the cameras. At least one of them saw a knee on the ground.

You're still assuming that he wasn't down. You can't see his knees.

I will say that from what I've seen of the replay, it was not conclusive enough to overturn regardless of which way it was originally called.

Bogus pass interference call? You're really grasping at straws. Better hurry out to your local Target and buy some BYU gear before next Saturday.

The refs didn't win the game. Stanford lost the game because they didn't have the balls to try a pass one time in four downs.

4 calls? There was the personal foul penalty and the end zone play. Also, upset Stanford fans I could understand. Upset fans who just wanted to see ND lose are whiny hypocrites who deserve to see ND get 20 breaks in a row.

There's a big difference between "ND got the benefit of 50/50 calls" and "Stanford got jobbed".

When the tackler leaves his feet and has his head down, that is what gets called. It's something the refs are told to look for.

I guess you won't be happy until we get sensors on all the helmets, and the referees will consult handheld computers with a readout on whether or not there was helmet to helmet contact before throwing a flag. And there's no angle that shows him not down, so the ruling on the field stands as called.

Five years ago maybe, but with all the concussion hype it's called almost every time now. I have two friends that ref HS and small colleges and they've been told to flag liberally and if they miss too many head to head hits they won't continue to work games.

I was taught to tackle with my feet on the ground and my head up, not flying through the air with my head down. He led with his helmet and he hit the guy in the head. He happened to barely miss a head to head his but that's almost impossible to tell at full speed. I still haven't seen a replay of the last play that 100% determines that neither knee touched the ground before he crossed the line.

Perspective from field level is very different from high up in the stands or on camera. Guy was leading with his head and that's going to get flagged nearly every time. The ref doesn't get the benefit of being 100 feet up in the air to see whether or not it's the head or shoulders that make the contact.

I just watched the replay five times, he went in with his head down. His head barely missed Golson's by inches. From a lot of angles, it's going to look like a head to head hit. How many games have you seen from the sideline, or do you just pass judgment on TV?

Yes, I know that play isn't reviewable, I'm just pointing out how the 2005 call was 100% obvious where the 2012 is not, even when you slow it down to super slow motion.

I'm not complaining about the play. I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of everybody who wants to complain about the refs only when they benefit ND.

He was leading with his helmet, that's why he got the flag. He just happened not to make contact with his helmet, which is nearly impossible to tell live at full speed.

You're right, it's not comparable. The video evidence is 100% conclusive that Bush was pushed. The video evidence isn't 100% that the player wasn't down before crossing the line.

Easy to make up a story from 20+ years ago.

So, blatantly not enforcing a rule is fine when it goes against ND, but not being able to be 100% certain as to whether the runner got hit with a head or a shoulder at full speed is a travesty. I see where you're coming from.

Because you're pretty predictable. The refs could make any number of bad calls AGAINST ND and you'd never say a damn thing. All you ND haters are a bunch of f***ing hypocrites.

You can't see both of the runners knees to know for sure that he wasn't down before crossing the goal line, and the last time I checked, hitting somebody in the head is a personal foul. And validly pointing out the officiating now but not doing so after the USC game in 2005 is hypocrisy.

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