On Dec 7, 2008, at 11:58 PM, Oliver Barry wrote: > The Gators had some good fortune along the way. Who knows what > would have happened if Dont’a Hightower’s fingertips had not made > contact with Jeff Demps’ facemask when Alabama appeared to have > stopped the Gators with a bit more than 10 minutes left?
Had Hightower not grabbed the facemask, Demps would have run for the first down. It was clear that the facemask turned Demps's head and slowed him down, making the tackle possible. Strange that people ask "what if" a penalty had not been committed, but ignore the effect that the penalty had on the play. -Zeb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
