Irony of the ref backing AK off the inbound pass?

[jaymOU]

Am I the only one who thinks that after taking all that time staring at the replay monitor, the refs still blew the call. It certainly looked like the OSU guy knocked the ball away from Buddy to me.

Yes, clearly out on Solomon. Buddy's hands were bringing the ball back to him, Solomon poking it away sent the ball out-of-bounds. But no way were they reversing that call. And, there was not a great angle for the review.

 

[skyvue]

But no way were they reversing that call. And, there was not a great angle for the review.

They certainly should have reversed the call if there was an conclusive angle showing they'd missed it. Why wouldn't they?

 

[Zimwillett]

A bunch of the OU fans at the game voiced their displeasure with this little irony, but I'm glad the conference seems to have addressed it with the officials. If anything, I see it as almost an acknowledgment that they got it wrong at KU.

 

[DenverSooner]

Yes, clearly out on Solomon. Buddy's hands were bringing the ball back to him, Solomon poking it away sent the ball out-of-bounds. But no way were they reversing that call. And, there was not a great angle for the review.

I agree and the only way I could possibly say it was off Buddy is if you say Solomon only hit Buddy's hand and fouled him. Therefore, Buddy was actually touching the ball and fouls are not reviewable . I am not sure if that is right that fouls are not reviewable.

Buddy was pulling the ball towards him. That is he was trying to possess the ball. It went out to his left. The only person applying force in that direction was Solomon. Solomon was simply trying to deflect the ball so OU couldn't get it. He had no real chance to get the ball simply because it was so far way. I think it was a horrible call.

I am surprised the Solomon fans are not pointing out his impact on this last play. Kid has game, proved big time in the final second. He was simply pacing himself prior to that.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

I am surprised the Solomon fans are not pointing out his impact on this last play. Kid has game, proved big time in the final second. He was simply pacing himself prior to that.

let it go man

 

[campbest]

You don't actually know this. You are assuming it because the announcer said this.

Baseline official made the call, which means the ball went out off the court of play on the baseline, should have come back in from that portion of the court.

 

[chuckb]

It is good, but it's not as though the ref in the KU game didn't know the rule. He knew it and he even told Mason to back off, but he didn't enforce it.

Why in the world shouldn't fans feel free to point out the irony of an official moving our player back on a very similar play?

People make mistakes. Refs make mistakes. You make them (I suppose); I make them; everybody makes them.

The guy missed a call. It's insane how many people expect referees to be perfect, not just on this board, but everywhere. And it's just as insane to create some conspiracy every time a call goes against us.

I'm glad he got it right last night. I am. Better officiating should always be the goal and it's pretty obvious that someone higher up said something to refs about the 3 foot rule. It's absolutely good for us and the game.

A call went against us. It's ridiculous the way some fans want the ref, or all of them, to do some sort of penance for the mistake. We can't undo it.

 

[chuckb]

Am I the only one who thinks that after taking all that time staring at the replay monitor, the refs still blew the call. It certainly looked like the OSU guy knocked the ball away from Buddy to me.

I saw two different angles and just couldn't tell. Buddy got his hand to it 1st and then Solomon's came in later but I couldn't tell if Solomon hit the ball or if he hit Buddy's hand which then hit the ball. I'm not sure why there were no other angles on replay, but it's possible that on review, they couldn't tell for sure and just couldn't reverse the call.

 

[chuckb]

Baseline official made the call, which means the ball went out off the court of play on the baseline, should have come back in from that portion of the court.

The ball clearly went out of bounds in the corner, where OSU inbounded the ball. It doesn't matter that the baseline ref made the call. They inbound it where it went out of bounds.

I don't know for sure who hit it out but it was obvious that they were right in inbounding the ball where they did. And Ford damned sure should have known where it went out and where it was going to be inbounded. If a ref told him the wrong spot, that's a problem. Do you have any evidence that's what happened?

 

[scrybe]

The ball clearly went out of bounds in the corner, where OSU inbounded the ball. It doesn't matter that the baseline ref made the call. They inbound it where it went out of bounds.

I don't know for sure who hit it out but it was obvious that they were right in inbounding the ball where they did. And Ford damned sure should have known where it went out and where it was going to be inbounded. If a ref told him the wrong spot, that's a problem. Do you have any evidence that's what happened?

I agree. The ball clearly did go out of bounds in the corner. So, of course, it was correctly inbounded at that spot. And I'm about 99 percent sure Solomon was the player who sent the ball flying out of bounds.

 

[DenverSooner]

let it go man

Mitchell Freaking Solomon is my favorite player in the Big XII that doesn't play for OU. I will be following his impressive career and sharing it all season. The Bixby Bomber is the man!

 

[skyvue]

People make mistakes. Refs make mistakes. You make them (I suppose); I make them; everybody makes them.

You're missing my point (or ignoring it). Of course refs make mistakes (as do I). A mistake would have been if he didn't know the rule or forgot the rule or positioned himself that he couldn't see clearly where the defender was setting himself up.

But he did know the rule. And he certainly hadn't forgotten the rule, as he specifically instructed Mason to back up. And he was in good position to see everything he needed to see.

He just decided, for reasons only he knows, not to enforce the rule when Mason blatantly disregarded his instructions. That's not a mistake. That's him making a conscious decision to swallow his whistle when he knew full well an infraction was occurring.