Illegal block penalties vs Vandy

[fairweatherhater]

When the official takes his two hands and karate chops himself in the chins it's a chop block.

Nevermind. Post was incorrect.

The official uses the correct (or close to it) signals.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

Well then the official has them backwards because he placed his closed fists on each side of his waist to and clearly his lips read chop block on the second one.

This is pretty interesting. Never would have known this without the back and forth.

I edited the post you quoted after I found the gif. The chop signal is at the refs hips, not chins, like I originally stated.

 

[fairweatherhater]

I edited the post you quoted after I found the gif. The chop signal is at the refs hips, not chins, like I originally stated.

Gotcha. I edited my post to remove incorrect information.

 

[augustabuzz]

The first call was signaled by the ref as an illegal block below the waist. The TV announcers got that wrong. The second call was signaled as a chop block.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

The first call was signaled by the ref as an illegal block below the waist. The TV announcers got that wrong. The second call was signaled as a chop block.

Yep, I just went back and looked at it. The ref did this on the first penalty:

 

[OldJacketFan]

The first call was signaled by the ref as an illegal block below the waist. The TV announcers got that wrong. The second call was signaled as a chop block.

Got it, makes more sense on the 1st call though I think it should have been a non call.

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

2nd legit, but I have to question the first and especially the holding call on Stewart.

 

[deeeznutz]

2nd legit, but I have to question the first and especially the holding call on Stewart.

The hold on Stewart was complete BS, but at least it didn't really hurt us as it was after the 1st down and I'm pretty sure we got a TD anyway. We may have gotten away with a couple PIs though...at least on one of them Corey Griffin got there early and started raking the receiver's arms before the ball arrived.

 

[forensicbuzz]

The holding on Stewart was legit. It wasn't the first guy he had tied up, that was a good block, it was the 3rd guy he had contact with. Right at the very end of the play. Stewart hooked an arm and it only became apparent from the camera angle in slow motion when the defender tried to release and couldn't. The replay never really showed the whole play to the point where he actually held. Even then, it was still a rulebook call rather than what usually gets called.

 

[33jacket]

IMO the first chop penalty was questionable (untrained crew?)

the second was legit on Mills (I believe that was the second)

and the holding on stewart was an awful call...every play has that and in slow mo was the only way you could even consider it....IMO it was BS.

actually there were a few calls I felt were SEC SEC SEC officials

 

[B Lifsey]

IMO the first chop penalty was questionable (untrained crew?)
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From video above, I believe the first was actually signaled illegal block below waste but announcers mis-called it chop block. Even illegal block below waste is questionable because original contact was above waste and he slid (and pushed) down below the waste.

 

[UgaBlows]

Waist

 

[B Lifsey]

Waist

Oops....I'll blame my spel chekur

 

[MidtownJacket]

I think a big part of the bumping into the OLine (when the BB is taking off a called dive) is due to the guard not getting enough push off the line and losing some ground.

@Boomer you agree?

 

[Boomergump]

I think a big part of the bumping into the OLine (when the BB is taking off a called dive) is due to the guard not getting enough push off the line and losing some ground.

@Boomer you agree?

I am not sure what you are asking me. Who bumping into the OL? What do you mean "BB taking off a called dive"?

 

[dressedcheeseside]

I am not sure what you are asking me. Who bumping into the OL? What do you mean "BB taking off a called dive"?

I think he means Mills running into Shamire a few times in the first two series.

 

[MidtownJacket]

yeah, sorry Boomer - I was asking about Mills sorta tripping over Shamire. Looked to me like Mills was expecting Shamire to be further forward but that Shamire wasn't getting the push he needed to move the defender back and create space.

 

[Boomergump]

yeah, sorry Boomer - I was asking about Mills sorta tripping over Shamire. Looked to me like Mills was expecting Shamire to be further forward but that Shamire wasn't getting the push he needed to move the defender back and create space.

Oh, OK. I don't think I have ever seen Shamire pushed back. In fact, I never have. I have seen him beat low. I have seen him scoop and miss. I have seen him pull and whiff. But I have never seen him get pushed back. I think what was happening was JT and DM wrestling for the ball when a pull read was obvious.

 

[AE 87]

Oh, OK. I don't think I have ever seen Shamire pushed back. In fact, I never have. I have seen him beat low. I have seen him scoop and miss. I have seen him pull and whiff. But I have never seen him get pushed back. I think what was happening was JT and DM wrestling for the ball when a pull read was obvious.

No, he's talking about a belly or a b-gap dive of some kind. The entire OL is about a yard ahead of SD who's holding his ground. It happens twice iirc in the video by @Longestday.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

No, he's talking about a belly or a b-gap dive of some kind. The entire OL is about a yard ahead of SD who's holding his ground. It happens twice iirc in the video by @Longestday.

This. It happened once in each of the first two drives. Then Parker came in in the third.