*** Husker FB Misc Topic bullsh#t Thread ***

runningblind said:
Isn't that the same as the big hubbub in the NFL this weekend with the OL not reporting (or the refs missed it etc) and catching a pass for Detroit's 2 PT conversion?  Lineman aren't allowed to handle the ball on a set play I didn't think.  Not to say that really makes a ton of sense, but it is the rule AFAIK.
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This is correct and why it had to be a “fumble”

 
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runningblind said:
Isn't that the same as the big hubbub in the NFL this weekend with the OL not reporting (or the refs missed it etc) and catching a pass for Detroit's 2 PT conversion?  Lineman aren't allowed to handle the ball on a set play I didn't think.  Not to say that really makes a ton of sense, but it is the rule AFAIK.
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College rules are different from the NFL.  NFL players can "report eligible" (which is what the controversy was about).  But as long as they report, they can be an eligible receiver.

College linemen are never eligible receivers.  However, they can catch backwards passes.  There was an OL that scored on a backwards pass in a bowl game this year.  The Huskers tried this in a bowl game a few years ago but I don't think it worked.

I don't think they could take a direct handoff, at least not from their initial position.  But I don't know how that rule reads exactly.

 
runningblind said:
Isn't that the same as the big hubbub in the NFL this weekend with the OL not reporting (or the refs missed it etc) and catching a pass for Detroit's 2 PT conversion?  Lineman aren't allowed to handle the ball on a set play I didn't think.  Not to say that really makes a ton of sense, but it is the rule AFAIK.
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The Lineman who caught the ball for Detroit did report to the official.  The official's job is to then report it to the Defense, but obviously reported wrong number to Dallas.  The result of the officials screw up was to throw a flag too.  This was terrible officiating and nothing anyone can do about it or overturn it.  So yeah, officials do what they want, right or wrong, win or lose, good or bad, and that's it.  Detroit should have won and got robbed by officiating.

In college ball though, lineman are not eligible on forward passes.  :)



 
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admo said:
The Lineman who caught the ball for Detroit did report to the official.  The official's job is to then report it to the Defense, but obviously reported wrong number to Dallas.  The result of the officials screw up was to throw a flag too.  This was terrible officiating and nothing anyone can do about it or overturn it.  So yeah, officials do what they want, right or wrong, win or lose, good or bad, and that's it.  Detroit should have won and got robbed by officiating.
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Detroit was trying to be deceptive about it.  Unfortunately they were too deceptive and confused the official instead of just the defense.

The NFL’s position is that the Lions tried to engage in deceptive and gamesmanship by hiding the true identity of the eligible player. The Lions wanted the Cowboys to think it was Dan Skipper, when in reality it was Taylor Decker. The Lions assumed Allen would figure it out, and that he would announce to the stadium that 68, not 70, is eligible. The Lions hoped that, amid the noise and the chaos, the Cowboys would focus on the wrong guy.

That’s fine, as long as the effort doesn’t work so well that it fools the referee. As explained in the video from the league, it’s about giving the defense fair notice as to who is, and isn’t, eligible. The Lions deliberately tried to skirt that requirement, in order to gain an advantage over the Cowboys.
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Also, the referee always announces over the microphone which player has reported as eligible.  If he announced the wrong number, someone on the Lions could have caught it before the play.

 
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