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From: dwhitney@uok.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: Oklahoma-Texas Game
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Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 12:20:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  8 12:20:00 1984
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Nf-From: uok!dwhitney    Nov  8 11:20:00 1984

Well, if you had bothered to watch the FIRST play of that
drive, the Texas receiver on a pass play drops the ball 
when hit; a clear fumble.  One replay showed the ref marking
the ball and giving possession to OU; but the other overruled
him.  Yes, one play does not a game make, but in this case had
the refs called a fumbled a fumble, the interception in the end
zon
would have made no difference.

About the intentional safety:
Let's assume the Man from UCLA is right.  Get the ball, run around,
fall down, run a few seconds off.  Don't forget, however, that a 
slick ball already caused him to drop one snap in the end zone;
do it again and you could give up a touchdown.  Try to kick that
deep in the endzone and the other team puts on any rush, a blcok
could end up in a touchdown.

Sorry, friend, but the intentional safety WAS the smart thing to do;
what the refs did was not.  You are correct in that one play does ot
a game make; but the three plays the refs blew, in this case, certainly
did.

David Whitney
Look Out Nebraska, 'cause Here We Come...
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