Non-Call on Westerkamp

Mavric said:
Huskers19911 said:
I didn't see the call as wrong or correct. If we were on the other side, and a PI was called, I feel like many on here would have argued about the call and wanted it reversed. In this case, the call didn't go our way. As a coach, I never let my players blame refs for the outcome of the game (and most posters don't seem to be blaming the loss on the refs, but some are hinting at it).

Play through adversity, through refs, and play the game. We had chances to win, and some would argue we actually had more calls go our way than Wisconsin.
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I think that's a lot of it. It's one of those plays that's close enough it could go either way. Probably gets called a lot. Doesn't get called some times. If it goes your way, you think it's the right call. If it goes against you, you tend to think you got screwed.

Watching it a few more times and really slowing it down. I think Westy slowed down to try to cut underneath Watt. But they clipped knees as Westy cut made his move and that's what tripped him up. You can tell by the way Westy fell that there wasn't much contact in the chest/shoulder area. If that would have been the case, Westy would have been knocked back. Instead Westy's torso keeps going forward but his legs kick out from under him. Officials are also more inclined to let leg contact go as incidental. I think that combined with the pass not being really close led them to pass on the call. Again, I'm not saying that is right. Just that I think an argument can be made for why they did what they did.

The real shame is that TA won't check to a second option. He double-clutches as he sees Watt dropping into that zone but still tries to fire it in there. Had he come to the near side, it would have been an easy throw to Reilly who had a smaller defender posted up on a curl route.
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True statement - TA has done a lot of good for this team, however it would be great to see him check down in a few more cases. There were a couple times that Westy came off the sideline complaining to the staff and i'm sure it had to do with balls that should have been checked down to him or somebody else that was open. The guys on the other half of the field are hard to see, however when the second receiver or RB is less then 10 yards away it should be a simple adjustment.

 
It must have been a bad call. I've had three unrelated non Husker fans approach me today in Chicago and say we got screwed. Really looked like Westercamp gave up on the play. Was the ball catchable or does that not matter?

 
Well we will never know if the ball was catchable because Watt picked him and he had to slow down his route. Same thing that was called offensive PI on Brandon Reilly last week...

 
From the only angle I've seen it looked like the ball was just a couple of yards away. That's only two steps. Hard to be definitive, but I certainly don't see how anyone could have been sure enough that was uncatchable, certainly not enough to negate a contact on the receiver.

Tommy's never been good at checking down, but in fairness, most times did he have enough time to find the secondary receiver? Seemed he made a lot of throws on the run or with pressure in his face.

 
Most all Wisconsin fans I've seen on reddit agreed that it was blatant PI and couldn't believe it wasn't called, so let's forget about the, "If it was called against us we'd all argue it was clean" argument please.

 
I have a good friend who is a Wisconsin fan and HATES Nebraska, I texted him about this play as soon as the game ended and he replied " I have no idea what you are talkng about" with that sacrastic smilie emoji. It was PI should westy have let up? No, had he ran through it and ran into Watt maybe it would of drew more attention and a possible flag, live and learn, but refs are having too much effect on games (look at FSU/Clemson game)

 
Several, yes. Most would probably agree that the receiver was clearly interfered with and that a flag would have been the least outrageous thing in the world.

 
I actually thought that Westy "settled down" in his route for a moment. He didn't stop because of contact, which could play into the judgment call of whether he was interfered with.

 
Mavric said:
https://twitter.com/BigTenNetwork/status/793570339636715520
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That's a bunch of bullsh#t. Jordan keeps running that route fullspeed and he gets offensive PI, or gets hurt. There's contact altering the reciever's route while the ball is in the air by a defender. These offcials need to be held accountable. They blew the call. Bill's explanation makes that more clear to me. At least admit the mistakes.
Jimbo Fisher is right. These guys need to be held accountanle too.

 
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Mavric said:
I'm being totally legit here: I'm not sure the non-call was all that bad. I kind of thought that during the game but wanted to watch it a bit more.

I'd really like to see another angle on this. But it looks to me like Westy slows up and I'm not sure if Watt initiated any contact.

Honestly looks like a bit of.a flop by West to me. And I'm a huge Westy fan. But I just don't see much there.
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agreed so everybody quit cryin!

 
marko polo said:
Mavric said:
I'm being totally legit here: I'm not sure the non-call was all that bad. I kind of thought that during the game but wanted to watch it a bit more.

I'd really like to see another angle on this. But it looks to me like Westy slows up and I'm not sure if Watt initiated any contact.

Honestly looks like a bit of.a flop by West to me. And I'm a huge Westy fan. But I just don't see much there.
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agreed so everybody quit cryin!
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quit crying over everyone crying!

 
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