After LSU figured it out and nose tackle came and hit him, Pouncey did stop tilting his head, I thought.
Also, as far as grabbing the jersey goes...yes, liek Sandy says, it happens all the time and all receivers do this. BTW, I do hate Lundquist and don't care too much for Danielson at all. On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Sandy Alonso <[email protected]> wrote: > See below for my attempt at answering your questions... :-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Helen Huntley <[email protected]> > *To:* gatortalk <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, October 11, 2009 8:04 AM > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Officiating > > Whew! What a relief that the game is over. On the touchdown, the announcers > indicated Riley could have been called for grabbing the defender's jersey. > What do you think? Was it something the officials just didn't see or was it > a good no call? What do they teach the receivers as far as what they should > do and what they should avoid in trying to get separation? > > *It's my understanding that it definitely can be called as holding on the > receiver...but, like holding on the line, it's one of those things that > happens on most every play. In the replay, though, it didn't seem to me > that Riley's jersey grab REALLY was the cause of the defender not keeping up > with him...when Riley grabbed his jersey, the guy had already turned and > slowed as though he thought Riley Cooper had stopped behind him to catch the > ball.* > > I also was confused about the center's tilting his head to indicate the > ball was about to be snapped. I got the impression from the announcers that > it's OK to do that as long as the defender doesn't come across and hit the > center. If he just comes cross or hits someone other than the center, it's > defensive offsides, but if he hits the center it's offensive? Can anybody > shed any light on that? Thanks. > > *Maybe I mis-heard what they were saying on the broadcast, but I thought > the reason Pouncey stopped tilting his head was because LSU finally figured > out it was the signal of the ball being hiked in a silent snap count, thus > why the LSU defender broke through and "blew up" Pouncey early in the 2nd > half. It seemed to me the reason for abandoning that signal (last year he'd > do a pumping sort of motion with his arm prior to the snap) was because it > was now signaling LSU and they were reacting to it. I'm sorta mystified why > there wasn't some sort of other "backup signal" just for this reason.* > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
