Just think that one through. How do the chain gang know where to start?

Oct 20, 2019
7:54:40pm

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So much bad officiating on one series

BigYfan

10/20/19 6:39pm

I don’t get the angst over the timeout issue

BYU Fan

10/20/19 6:49pm

Kalani was pissed about that. Game clock didnt start until 7 seconds on the play

rggee

10/20/19 6:52pm

Because you can’t call a timeout and then challenge without another timeout.

bluecougar1985

10/20/19 6:58pm

It's not really fair to say its 4th down to force a timeout but then change the

rggee

10/20/19 7:00pm

I never saw them call it 4th down, every indication was they were calling for a

bluecougar1985

10/20/19 7:04pm

They definitely didnt wave the clock to stop until Boise called TO

rggee

10/20/19 7:07pm

We can split hairs on stuff like this all day, but the fact is they incorrectly

bluecougar1985

10/20/19 7:18pm

And then gave them a favorable spot based on "inconclusive" evidence.

ochobeeguy

10/20/19 7:22pm

He didnt make the 35. Simple geometry means that's 4th down if you start at the

rggee

10/20/19 7:25pm

If the lines are all painted straight. Isn't that why you have chains?

ochobeeguy

10/20/19 7:37pm

Just think that one through. How do the chain gang know where to start?

All-American

10/20/19 7:54pm

This is covered in the written rules. No matter where it actually starts, or

Lance71

10/20/19 8:33pm

Have you ever been on the field to see the lines? They are definitely not perfectly straight

YIsForBrigham

10/20/19 9:47pm

I trust the lines more than the chain gang.

All-American

10/21/19 11:27am

You shouldn’t. The chains are much more accurate

YIsForBrigham

10/21/19 2:27pm

Why bother bringing chains out to measure at all, if they can just eyeball it?

All-American

10/21/19 2:31pm

According to the initial spot he made the 35. There was no replay

StalwartBraveTrue

10/20/19 11:59pm

No he didnt.

rggee

10/21/19 5:35am

I dont agree.

rggee

10/20/19 7:24pm

And I dont agree with the sign that says 50 is the speed limit.

bluecougar1985

10/20/19 7:26pm

I agree!

rggee

10/20/19 7:30pm

It seems to me that it is usually one process

BYU Fan

10/20/19 7:31pm

When they challenged the play they did not have any timeouts left

BigYfan

10/20/19 7:06pm

At the end of the day, it really was 4th down and Boise used their final TO.

Corn Pop

10/20/19 7:00pm

Exactly.

rggee

10/20/19 7:01pm

Huh?

RealityCheck

10/20/19 8:41pm

I hated that about the timeout and challenge. I was screaming at the TV saying you need a TO to challenge.

PessimisticCB

10/20/19 9:05pm

They gave the timeout back when they decided to

Vernon Dozier

10/20/19 9:26pm

BSU was able to stop the clock 10 seconds before the officials called for

StalwartBraveTrue

10/21/19 12:11am

^^^^this^^^^

BigYfan

10/21/19 3:32am

I’ll have to rewatch it as I was at the stadium....

Vernon Dozier

10/21/19 7:06am

But if it had been a 1st down, the ref would have stopped the clock immediately.

rggee

10/21/19 5:56am

What are you talking about?

StalwartBraveTrue

10/21/19 11:23am

I know. They called timeout because the refs had it as a 4th down. Then they

rggee

10/21/19 11:25am

Seems to me coaches should be judicious about when they call timeouts.

StalwartBraveTrue

10/21/19 2:20pm

I was surprised when they said Boise was challenging!

NVCougar

10/20/19 10:03pm

Come on, the world isn't against us

StantonMac

10/20/19 10:15pm

I need to amend this slightly...

StantonMac

10/20/19 10:35pm

Wait, if they didn’t challenge it why did they get the timeout back? Too many

bluecougar1985

10/21/19 6:51am

Because they never had to use the timeout.

Vernon Dozier

10/21/19 7:12am

correct they announced that it was a challenge by Boise St and that they got

BigYfan

10/21/19 8:24am

That is really interesting, but then why did the Ref announce that Boise was

NVCougar

10/21/19 10:42am

my amendment ...

NVCougar

10/21/19 10:46am

It's true that the white hat said that Boise State was challenging the ruling

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