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From: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: Oklahoma-Texas Game
Message-ID: <2324@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 18:12:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 20 18:12:13 1984
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> 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...
> ctvax!uokvax!uok!dwhitney

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