ACC confirms offsides penalty
The ACC confirmed Sunday that Clemson defensive tackle Rennie Moore was offsides on a goal-line play in the third quarter of Georgia Tech’s 31-17 win over the Tigers Saturday. On the play, Moore split two Tech linemen and forced and recovered a fumble of quarterback Tevin Washington, ending the Yellow Jackets’ drive at the Clemson 3-yard line.
Replays indicated that Moore had entered the neutral zone prior to the snap, but no call was made on the play. Tech coach Paul Johnson said “I can’t wait to see the film because I’m pretty sure the guy was offsides down on the goal line when we fumbled the ball.”
An offsides could would have permitted Tech to repeat third down inside the 1-yard line. A touchdown would have given the Jackets a 38-10 lead with about 3:20 to play in the third quarter. Instead, Clemson took the next possession 97 yards for a touchdown to draw the score to 31-17, which held up as the final score.
Washington said it was an offsides call in his opinion.
In the game, Clemson was penalized five times for 30 yards. Tech was penalized four times for 23 yards.
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Reggie Ball
October 30th, 2011
11:13 pm
What? No mo space shuttle flights….not what i be told when i was recruited
5150 UOAD
October 30th, 2011
11:15 pm
Reggie ball has a better record against Auburn than many UGA QB’s.
Stephon Marbury
October 30th, 2011
11:17 pm
I plan on attending Georgia Tech University……………
Reggie Ball
October 30th, 2011
11:17 pm
What down it be?
Reggie Ball
October 30th, 2011
11:18 pm
You tell em 5150 UOAD…..don’t be worrying about my record against the mutts…..talks about my’s record against Auburn.
Reggie Ball
October 30th, 2011
11:19 pm
Stephenson #1!
Clempson tied of Alabama
October 30th, 2011
11:22 pm
Don’t you love it when country comes to town and expects to partaaaayyy in the big city after their d_mbas_ players beat the stuffing out of Tech? Tech kicked the stuffing out of Clempson and Auburn the last time their red neck fans came to town. It’s gonna be nice to send the leg humpers and their fat, drunk wives home whining in a few weeks. You just knew all the Clempson grads had this day marked on the calendar and had a bunch of hotel rooms rented for all their cousins. Damn, that was a sweet victory.
I was at the game and from midfield seats, I could not see the offsides, so I am officially changing the score to 38-17. It is now the law of the land.
Reuben Houston
October 30th, 2011
11:23 pm
Light one up for me
Get Real
October 30th, 2011
11:27 pm
What year are you referring to as “beating the leg humpers”? 1 out of the last 10 so choose carefully. What do the Tech wives look like? Are there any women on campus at North Avenue? Do they really serve curry in the stands in an attempt to inflate attendance figures?
5 national titles
October 30th, 2011
11:47 pm
Hahahahaha jimmy a redneck Uga fan says fla is better then Clemson. Hahahahahaha that is hilarious
5 national titles
October 30th, 2011
11:50 pm
Who cares if there are only 10 people in our stands or if there are women on gt campus….. As long as we win and have more national titles then the rednecks in Athens, it’s all good. Must be really sad to be a ga fan, y’all lower your standards to get the dumb thugs that can’t get into tech in your school and you only have 1 national title…. Hahahahaha lame rednecks
Reality
October 30th, 2011
11:54 pm
What will happen to the refs that missed the call?
Reggie Ball
October 30th, 2011
11:56 pm
That be right….I’s much smarter than those dummies at ga that play dat football
Reggie Ball
October 30th, 2011
11:57 pm
There be women’s on campus? Can they count to four fo’ me?
5150 UOAD
October 30th, 2011
11:58 pm
Auburn beat the Gators 17-6. Clemson beat Auburn 38-24. So HOW is Florida better than Clemson?
Reggie Ball
October 30th, 2011
11:58 pm
Dem’s rednecks in Athens…..we be sophisticates……..
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
12:02 am
We beats Maryland, Maryland beats Miami, must meen we gonna kill Miami……wait a minute! How dey beat us? This logic thing get confusing….
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
12:03 am
5150 UOAD,
Can you splain to me what wents wrong?
5150 UOAD
October 31st, 2011
12:05 am
No reggie you see it’s a white thing you wouldn’t understand. You are just UGA plantation help.
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
12:06 am
Sumpin be wrong in flux capacitor……..
IL Jacket
October 31st, 2011
12:07 am
Tampa Gator, I was surprised that you went with Brantley the whole game, he clearly was hampered and ineffective-at one point I think he had 10 incompletions in a row. I thought you had a couple of good freshmen, why do the coaches not let them play. Also, what is your take on the Muschamp-Weis experiment. Am I reading too much into Weis in pressbox and Muschamp on field. It just appeared that Muschamp was grinding his teeth on every incomplete pass.
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
12:07 am
Got it…..i must have been a plant
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
12:09 am
Help me on this one 5150…..why there not be any caucasians (’cept them ones no speak english) on our campus. Why all them foreign students?
5150 UOAD
October 31st, 2011
12:09 am
like Q. Carter you are just a moron Dawg fan on a blog and a plant.
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
12:10 am
Do see a lots of them caucasians in mgt classes with me though
5150 UOAD
October 31st, 2011
12:11 am
Regggie you really have NEVER been to TECH if you think that.
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
12:12 am
But Quincy say he want to go to Georgia Tech with schollie and everything…..figure he can’t play baseballl then go to those mutts….what up wit dat?
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
12:13 am
they tell me mgt classes for those not smart nuff to drive trains like other engineers…maybe that why i was in mgt classes with all my football buddies
CHEVREV
October 31st, 2011
12:14 am
Plain and simple !! Piss poor officiating. There is no excuse for missing that call. The officials could have changed the whole outcome of the game by letting the fumble call stand. I think that they should be fined in cases like this. They are paid good to do their job !! Do it right or be replaced.
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
12:16 am
Thanks for clearing all questions up for me UOAD. Tell me again how The U beat us. Not spose to happen since we beat Maryland and Maryland beat The U.
IL Jacket
October 31st, 2011
12:20 am
Chevrev, I think the way it usually works is that all of the officiating crews are graded and only the best get the plum assignments like championship games and neutral assignment games, so hopefully these two officials will be dinged in their job ratings. I would also think in comes into play when deciding to renew for the next year. At least I hope so.
GT seventy-eight
October 31st, 2011
12:23 am
The commentators described Florida as “a team with a one-legged quarterback, and no place-kicker”. And the rednecks beat them by less than a TD
5150 UOAD
October 31st, 2011
12:30 am
Reggie who is WE? You carry that MUTT around in your pocket? Are you really like Reggie Ball and you Hold yourself all the time cause you are afraid somebody gonna steal your wewe?
5150 UOAD
October 31st, 2011
12:54 am
Break down of the ref crew:
Kickoff time: 8:12 pm • End of Game: 11:18 • Total elapsed time: 3:06
Referee: Brad Allen • Umpire: Michael Webster • Linesman: Arthur Hardin • Line judge: Colin Formulak • Back judge: Ron Boyd • Field judge: Kip Johnson • Side judge: Darrel Harrison • Scorer: Marty Esterman •
Temperature: 50 deg • Wind: NNW@9mph • Weather: Clear and cool
Snellville Jacket
October 31st, 2011
12:59 am
hmm big guy in orange jersey moves forward before anyone in white moves forward. pretty obvious, even the refs from the SEC could have made that call
NiquePhotog
October 31st, 2011
1:15 am
I’m surprised no one has considered that the officials just plain felt sorry for Clemson.
Steve
October 31st, 2011
1:42 am
Colin Formulak screwed up . . .
DeepDiver
October 31st, 2011
5:05 am
Two things after reading through:
1) Jimmy is an obvious troll and is trying to get a rise out of Tech fans. Look carefully at the self-deprecation — how this is lost on some of you is beyond me. Stop responding to him, he is not serious and may not even be a UGA fan.
2) 5150 — Go back and look at the game logs. The fumble returned for a touchdown, while a huge blown call, was essentially neutralized because the Jackets scored a TD on that drive on 4th down. I don’t know why, on a play like that, they don’t call it a fumble on the field because they can review and overturn, but if it’s the other way you can’t give a TD back to the defensive team. Makes no logical sense.
That one came out in the wash though.
my own 2 cents
October 31st, 2011
5:35 am
Of course the guy was off-sides, he took the snap. Bad call, but oh well. It’s a game.
Stinger 2
October 31st, 2011
5:40 am
Agree with everyone the no-call on offsides was very bad.
However over a full season, the bad calls or missed calls by refs even out. Although, this one could have been a game changer, lucky for the Jackets it was not. Kudos to the GT players for holding their poise and winning the game.
Coach Vince "Coke Head" Dooley
October 31st, 2011
6:07 am
The ACC and GT are both jokes.
Reggie Ball
October 31st, 2011
6:08 am
I have been contacted by the Colts.
I expect a HUGE contract.
Al Gore
October 31st, 2011
6:11 am
Beware…global warming is killing us.
CGA
October 31st, 2011
6:27 am
Uh Florida isn’t exactly a “powerhouse” this year, Dawg fans. Your weak SEC schedule may allow you to get to the SEC championship game this year should South Carolina stumble. If so, it will only allow your team to get humiliated and exposed for the mediocre team that they are by either LSU or Alabama.
Paddy
October 31st, 2011
6:51 am
Tampa Gator……..the officials did not graduate from either Clemson or Tech. If they did they would be prohibited from working those games. My guess they did not graduate from anywhere.
Alabama Jack
October 31st, 2011
7:06 am
Talking about celebrating in Atlanta- when I was a student at Tech, one fall Tuesday two carloads of folks from Athens pulled up outside Smith Dorm and wanted to know where to party. One of them had just turned 18 (or 21 or whatever) that day and they had driven to Atlanta and rented hotel rooms and were ready to get down. They looked kind of sheepish when I told them it was Election Day and all bars were closed.
bb
October 31st, 2011
7:07 am
Not sure you should call it a ‘fumble’. Watch the replay, the Clemson player basically took the snap and Tevin couldn’t wrestle it away from him. That shows how offsides he was.
bb
October 31st, 2011
7:08 am
GT must be doing something right. The trolls are out in force.
Paddy
October 31st, 2011
7:11 am
Stinger 2……..I have heard that all my life, “bad calls and missed calls” even out over the course of the season. It has been repeated so often people take it as gospel. Nothing can be further from the truth. Poor or mediocre teams get bad calls and they never catch up. They just continue to happen all season long. Just the opposite for good and great teams. They get the majority of the breaks and just keep truck’in along. Thats how it really works!
Double Gator Hater
October 31st, 2011
7:27 am
Jimmy…”SEC powerhouse Florida?” Really? Maybe “once and future SEC powerhouse,” but they are one of the pushovers in the league this season.