HomerChampless
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I think the rules are clear cut. Lomax will sit until the 3rd quarter of the Pitt game (one full game suspension)
It was the correct call according to the rules.
The rule itself is terrible in that it leaves the DB in a no win situation where he is ejected even if he has no ill intentions. West's head was like two feet off the ground when they collided so there was basically no possible way for Lomax to tackle him without being penalized, and he couldn't really tell if the ball was caught or not until it was too late.
Again, correct call, but terribly written rule
It's not a no win situation. There is absolutely no purpose for Lomax to go in for the tackle the way he did. Tackle properly with your head up and your arms open instead of head tucked and arms tucked and you won't have a problem. It's called proper technique and the Iowa Dbs have been horrible tackling this year because they're trying to get the big hit.
No, if he hit West in the head with his arms, chest, whatever, it is a penalty. If he wouldn't have led with his shoulder, it would have been less obvious, but he still would have done something against the rules.
Here is the primary reason why it was a bad call. Lomax did not initiate the contact. Lomax was going for the interception and the momentum of the clown reciever caused the contact. So the contact was initiated by the clown receiver, not Lomax.
Targeting and Initiating Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Rule 9-1-4)
No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, fist, elbow or shoulder. When in question, it is a foul. (Rule 2-27-14)
If you dive at your opponent and intent to make initial contact with your shoulder or forearm you're going to get called. It's that simple.
If he would have kept his head up and went to tackle him properly we wouldn't be having this discussion because his chest would have been the first thing to come in contact with him.
No, if he hit West in the head with his arms, chest, whatever, it is a penalty. If he wouldn't have led with his shoulder, it would have been less obvious, but he still would have done something against the rules.
Edit: Upon reviewing the rule, it does not single out chest or torso as something with which you can not tackle, so according to the rules, Lomax could have theoretically tackled without penalty if he would have used only his chest and not let his arms or helmet make contact with West's helmet. I submit that this technicality really has no basis in realty since that's virtually impossible to do.
He can use his arms to wrap the opponent. He just can't use his forearms or elbow to make contact with his helmet.
Honest question, did you ever play football? Did you ever go through tackling drills?
Rude people are getting annoying.
Lomax said it himself that he was going for the ball. I am not making that up.
Next year we will have our Refs.This was the worse called game since the 2006 Outback Bowl, and possibly the calls that the refs did get wrong had an even bigger impact. Perhaps up to a 24 point swing caused by the referees. To you people that say that Iowa should have played better you are not necessarily wrong but this game should be team vs team, not team vs team + refs. Here is a short list of some of the worse calls in the history of college football.
On the play where the clown Quarterback pitched the ball to the clown. It was dropped, Iowa picked it up and was running it in for a TD. It was clearly not a forward pass. I had a perfect view of it since the LOS was directly across from my seat on that play. Everyone in my section saw it too. That should have been Iowa Ball, and a probable Iowa touchdown would have resulted.
Second on the first clown "touchdown" the clown receiver clearly picked the ball up off the ball. I once again had a great view of this. The replay also showed this. Everyone in the stadium saw this. Somehow it was not even reviewed. How is that possible. How much did the clowns pay off the refs on this one? Or were they trying to make up for bad calls on other games I don't know. However anyone who thought that was a TD was either blind or on the take. So that "touchdown" should be taken off the board.
Next was the phoney targeting call. Lomax did not launch himself, there was no helmet to helmet. Both players were going for the ball and they collided. There was nothing intentional about it! Anyone who thinks otherwise is on the take. This time they did review it but they still got it wrong. How did that happen? This allowed an clown drive to continue for an ill gotten touchdown when this should have ended in a clown 4th and long. This also unfairly took Lomax out of the game and this had a probable affect on Iowa defense for the rest of the game.
Later on at the end of the the Iowa field goal drive. Jacob Hillyer was tackled when he was going for the catch and there was no call. This was so obvious that the entire stadium noticed it at once. This would have been a first down, and could have helped lead to an Iowa touchdown rather than a field goal. It was just an awful no call. This is made even worse by the clear inconsistency that we would see later on.
This blatant inconsistency would occur on the final clown drive. Josey Jewell made less contact and later on the clown pass. Plus the clown pass was clearly uncatchable. It was as if the refs were trying to manufacture a way to keep the clown drive going. This would have lead to a 4th and 6 on the Iowa 43 for the clowns. A probable punting situation with just enough time for a potential Iowa field goal drive. Or at least overtime. However if the previous calls would have been correct it would not have come to this.
I find this favoritism sickening. I really have some problems with the refs, and I hope one of these years this gets fixed. Until this gets fixed I propose that Iowa discontinues the series with the clowns until they receive an official apology and a system is in place to keep this from happening again.
Butt hurt much? Why no mention of the picked up pass interference flag that was CLEARLY 3 yards down the field, not at the line of scrimmage as the clearly pro squawkeyes refs said. Yes, Squawk fans you were beat and outplayed and out coached. Accept it.