About the incomplete pass call...

See post #338 in the Gators vs Pups summary thread.

 

Meh - probably the right call on the field and the right call not to overturn it. It’s very unlikely that that ball completely bounced off only his hand and into his chest like that.

 

Even if the refs had called it a catch in the first place, they would have overturned it just to help UGA. The SEC officiating is getting more and more corrupted year by year.

 

Agreed. the side veiw replay looked like a catch, but the view looking between his arms did not show any daylight beneath the ball and his arms were not together. The ref saw the ball bounce so no way he was going to call it a catch and had the the rear view been better, they might have over-turned the call, but it wasn't. Correct call on field and review, but it still sucked. A little better thrown ball would have been a TD.

 

The problem with the call was the call on the field. The ref assumed it hit the ground. There was no clear evidence that it hit in the ground, but one could argue there was no clear evidence that it didn't hit the ground either....

 

Schrödinger’s Cat…ch

 

I'm wondering why he didn't try to catch it with his hands, instead of letting it hit his arms.

 

Thats whats at the heart of the debate.

 

I do not understand instant replay on the field, if the quality of the film that the camera collects looks like film from a 1950's technicolor reel.

We can get absolute clear pictures from space, but not a clear picture on a football field of a major game in 2025.

 

Because it was at game speed and he is trying to adjust to a terrible pass and has literal seconds to respond.

 

His feet also slid out from under him trying to come back for the ball. I'm amazed he was able to get his hands under it at all...

 

His feet slipped coming back to the ball he was off balance

 

i saw the play in slo mo a few times. I think Sturdivant gave a great effort. I thought he would have went for the hands catch rather than having to make an inverted basket catch, which resulted in the ball hitting his forearms. Sturdivant obviously wasn't the problem.

If you watch the play in slo mo, there were multiple guys open and DJ had time once he got outside to set his feet and make the throw.. He also could have cut to his right against the flow and i believe he clould have easily rushed for the first down.
Just my opinion on this.

 

I

do winder about that. I can get how many frames per second on a video game and their shit looks like it was filmed with a strobe light.

 

The bolded part is what I honed into on the replay. Had the forearms and hands been closer together, I would of argued that this was a completion. The forearms and hands being around 8" apart (my best guess) had the ball hitting the ground and causing the bounce.

 

The fact that we’re all still discussing and actually debating this really answers the broad question, does it not?

 

Thought the same thing. We have hi def tv. What kind of cameras are they using? I remember the first time I saw Hi Def and individual blades of grass were perfectly clear. I was amazed. Now with cameras everywhere for the games none could get a clear view that was in focus.

 

Who’s forearms are you using to judge size?