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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A Tech Fan Forever
October 31st, 2011
7:33 am
All you commenters making fun of “Jimmy” shouldn’t do that……QT has the best service oriented employees around and should be congratulated for their fine work. He can’t help it if he’s….one of those…..other…..people
It was obvious
October 31st, 2011
7:45 am
Virtually every close call in the game, those that came under review and those that were not, were made in Clemson’s favor. Thus Tech had the disadvantage on the reviews and replays.
Was it inept officiating? If not, then what was it..hmmm???
It was obvious.
GIVE ME A BREAK
October 31st, 2011
7:45 am
Watching GT vs Clemson replay on ESPNU.
ramblingbuzz
October 31st, 2011
7:52 am
Seems like every questionable call goes against GT. Really excited about the defensive effort against CU. We knew the offense could do the job if the execution improved. But a defense that started the season looking shaky against the run sure looked 200% better agsinst CU.
Old Gold Britches
October 31st, 2011
7:53 am
Ken, You have to watch the 4 minute mark of the second quarter. The line judge at the top of the screen marks the spot then looks over his shoulder at the marker then shifts his foot back about 4 to 6 inches. They brought out the sticks to measure, and you guessed it we missed the first down by a shifty foot. it didn’t matter because we made the first down on the next play. My guess it is the same line judge that missed the off sides. He must have had a bet on the game. This is just too obvious.
ACC disgruntled
October 31st, 2011
8:25 am
The ACC is notoriously lacking in the referee department. This is just another in a LOOOONNNNGGG line of ridiculously blown calls in games. It’s just comedy at this point. The ACC will continue to be the laughing stock of CFB as long as the refs continue their obvious blown calls and the scheduling continues to suck (scheduling big conf games just after national scale out of conference games). The SEC and other conferences never do these types of things and yet we wonder why the ACC is just referred to as just a basketball conference. The ACC will never be big time until it recognizes that football is THE bread-winner.
Lowcountry Jacket
October 31st, 2011
8:35 am
Bad officiating everywhere. Watched the rest of the Southern Cal – Stanford game on ESPN3 after the Tech game was over. USCw got robbed at the end of regulation. With time running out, the ball carrier raced for the sidelines and made it out of bounds with one second still on the clock, which would have given USC a shot at winning the game in regulation with a field goal. That’s a difficult call to make on the field with the speed of the game being what it is. I don’t fault the refs there. But the replay clearly showed the ball carrier completely out of bounds with one second still on the board. Two different camera angles and numerous replays proved it. After a long review by the officials, the call on the field stood, and they went to overtime with USC ultimately losing the game. The official explanation was that USCw didn’t call time out before time expired, but that’s a moot point since the clock automatically stops anyway when a ball carrier goes out of bounds, right?
The only conclusion I can come to is that the powers-that-be didn’t want a potential BCS national championship team going down to an unranked team at this point in the season. It’s bad for future television ratings, bad for business. It’s possible they didn’t want Clemson going down to an unranked team, either. Bad for television ratings, bad for the ACC. But that’s just speculation…
JM
October 31st, 2011
8:39 am
I’m just glad the call didn’t have a serious impact on the game. It was horrible. The ACC really needs to improve its officiating.
r2 bee2
October 31st, 2011
8:45 am
“entered the neural zone prior to the snap….” That is an understatement – he got to the “snap” before Washington did…
Great game GT offense and outstanding game GT defense!
DawginLex
October 31st, 2011
8:54 am
You boys gotta be happy.
Who saw THAT coming?
The thing about the TO, if the D-line for the opponent has size and discipline(like Miami), it can be stopped. Clemson was as clueless as anything I have ever seen.
That being said, your QB was terrific and it sure helped with their QB and their receiver not being on the same page on the corner route after the interception. Huge turnaround
Virginia Tech has good discipline on defense but offensively, I don’t know if they can keep up.
Our game will be a war. discuss later
Congrats
carolinajacket
October 31st, 2011
8:58 am
I would like to hear what the refs have to say about the call. I know this is highly unusual, but that was the most obvious bad call I’ve ever seen. Something more than an acknowledgement must be made.
Coach BooBoo
October 31st, 2011
9:00 am
Murry has yet to beat a winning team!!!!
RedandBlackDawg
October 31st, 2011
9:05 am
Sounds a like lot some of the Florida faithful after the UGA-FL. game. Referees very seldom determine the outcome of a game. Tech. won easily which proves the point. There are blown calls in each and every game played. Those referees believe it or not are human, and have to make split decisions, which sometimes they miss due to various situations. Tech. won and that is all that should matter. The referees didn’t cost them the game. Florida lost and the refs. didn’t cost them the game either. Doo Doo happens as they say. Just celebrate the win and get ready for the next opponent. Clemson is gone now, and that is history. Your next opponent doesn’t care that the ref. blew a call or two in your game with Clemson.
edub
October 31st, 2011
9:18 am
All the dawg fans trolling are just jealous because they lost to their top 5 team-Boise and we beat our top 5 team-Clemson. Even if clem was over-rated, tech fans don’t provide the rankings. Some say that boise is over-rated.
Jacket Man
October 31st, 2011
9:20 am
Everyone should take a look at the still photo making the rounds about this play and you’ll see how truly bad the call was. To make matters worse, the photo also clearly shows the Line Judge staring straight at the play so either his eyes were closed, he was a Clemson alum, or he had a wager on the game because ther was no way he could have legitimately missed this obvious call.
Road Scholar
October 31st, 2011
9:26 am
For the Bulldawg fans who are lost : Tech plays Clemson, No 5 in the nation for homecoming and ya’ll play New Mexico State! Was William and Mary busy? How about Mary?
Excellent job Tech! Now run the table! VTech will be tough and don’t underestimate Duke…they looked good against VTech.
DawginLex
October 31st, 2011
9:30 am
road scholar
I’m not lost. Go look at your schedule the 1st 4 games. Ours and yours even out as the year goes on.
1980 was so long ago
October 31st, 2011
9:30 am
Are you serious “edub”…everyone knows Boise would wipe the floor up with Bama or LSU !!!!
JD
October 31st, 2011
9:32 am
Just lucky that it didn’t affect the outcome of the game. Missed calls happen regularly but some have more of an impact. (5 down for Colorado to score in 1990 for instance)
just sayin'
October 31st, 2011
9:35 am
Teams Tech Beat…….17W-31L
Teams tech lost to……..9W-8L
hmmmmm…Tech powerhouse at its best….
gt4ever
October 31st, 2011
9:43 am
Boise wipe the floor with Bama or LSU….. That’s funny! Boise might be the worst top 5 team in the history of college football….
JD
October 31st, 2011
9:44 am
LowCountry- In the USC game, the ball carrier got out of bounds with 1 second left, but his knee touched inbounds before he got to the sidelines. That’s why the clock kept running and there was no way the USC sidelines could get a timeout called in that split second since they have to get the attention of an official.
DawinLex- hope we’re both 9-2 and it’s a great game. Of course, I’m polling for Tech.
just sayin' what?
October 31st, 2011
9:48 am
Lots of research here, looks like someone struck a sensitive area in dawgland.
OK here is some more research.
uga’s 5-1 in SEC. Those 5 wins came against teams with 4-22 conference records. Those 4 wins amongst those 5 teams came against the teams with winless conference records.
So we have to listen to the constant blather about the mighty tough SEC and their horrific schedules. OK Bama and LSU are monsters, after that, the schedule lays out promise for a half way decent team to get bowl eligible blindfolded.
Good luck with New Mexico state
JD
October 31st, 2011
9:49 am
“pulling”
gt4ever
October 31st, 2011
9:54 am
I just want to beat UGA more than twice in 10 years….
Until this game becomes competitive, we really don’t have any reason to talk..
BIG BEE
October 31st, 2011
9:56 am
TAMPA GATOR, both side refs may have SNORTED at the same time and I don’t think they graduated from anywhere.
careful now
October 31st, 2011
10:08 am
Don’t be complaining too much about the officiating or people will begin to confuse you with a UGA fan.
Winder
October 31st, 2011
10:09 am
It actually stopped the Tech drive on the 1-yard line (he recovered on the 3). 3rd and goal from the half yard line, as it should have been called, would have been hard from Clemson to stop.
juvenal
October 31st, 2011
10:10 am
refs mostly there to prevent bloodshed, but acc refs are pretty bad, no wonder they rush them away in a van with a police escort after the game….to the person who caught my earlier blair miss line, technically we should add, “Part II”…..hope the guy who perseverated on that last year gets to see some more of this…..
GT FAN IN PA
October 31st, 2011
10:14 am
@ Just saying- I think your figures are wrong- you are missing about 8 wins on the teams Tech beat- Teams Tech beat 25-32 and Teams Tech lost to 9-7. Unless I missed something here- I could be wrong- although that would be the first time today. Take a look. Bottom line teams play who are on the schedule we have no control on what other teams do except in the game they play us- same with mutt nation- very soft schedule- and the true fans know this- True Tech Fans thought UVA would be a difficult game and the L says it all- Miami if you break that game down-yes our offense did nothing- no rythmn that game but the ST unit cost us- bottom line though Tech has VT next- get the rest boys been a long schedule and the rest will be good for the boys and then another short break after the VT game-
5150 UOAD
October 31st, 2011
10:18 am
GT Fan in PA after VT game tech doesn’t play for 9 days. That is longer than most weeks.
just sayin'
October 31st, 2011
10:19 am
enjoy memphis…or shreveport…or the blue turf field…
JD
October 31st, 2011
10:21 am
just sayin- I think UGA will do better than that, but if you think that’s where they will end up, I defer to you.
Road Scholar
October 31st, 2011
10:21 am
I was amazed that Tech play so much man-to-man pass defense….and played it really well. Maybe the “prevent zone” we played mostly in other games should be used less?
GT FAN IN PA
October 31st, 2011
10:22 am
@UOAD- Thanks-A well needed break I might add- Plays out well that they have Duke to come out of the break for- I’m not taking Duke lightly I just think they do not match up with us and should be a W- Should be a good tune-up before THE GAME!
JD
October 31st, 2011
10:25 am
tech’s pass defense was made better by the pressure on the QB. Only miss was that crossing pattern with yards after catch. If we had more pressure on that play, the QB would not have had time to wait for the move.
GT Fan
October 31st, 2011
10:26 am
Great comeback for the Jackets after that obvious blunder by the 2 line judges, then Clemson driving 97 yards.
Hard not to think “something’s going on” with those 2 refs seeing how blatantly bad it was.
DawginLex …. I don’t know about you, but to me it appears that GA is playing on borrowed time a bit. There isn’t a team in their 5-game SEC win streak even close to good, and the Dawgs are squeaking by. Just Win Baby, I know (I’m a Raider fan too), but they can’t keep playing with fire and expect to finish 10-2.
JD
October 31st, 2011
10:31 am
GT Fan- I think the only game UGA can afford to lose is New Mexico State. That wouldn’t affect the sec east or the big game at the end. Unfortunately, that won’t happen unless the bus doesn’t make it to Sanford Stadium. Auburn will be their biggest test before Tech in Atlanta and if Tech from the Clemson game shows up, UGA might have a long ride home.
GT FAN IN PA
October 31st, 2011
10:37 am
How many plays did Clemson run?
GT FAN IN PA
October 31st, 2011
10:38 am
@JD…I agree IF Tech can play like they did vs Clemson whoever they play will have a hard time beating them.
GT Fan
October 31st, 2011
10:41 am
If the Jackets beat VT & Duke they will be resprsenting the Coastal in Charlotte, UVA will lose at least one of its remaining 4 (Maryland, Duke, FSU, VT).
I hope GA wins the SEC East … I really don’t want them making the GT game their “superbowl” again, they have lots of athletes. 9-3 is perfect for the dawgs, as long as the 3 comes on 11/26!
JD
October 31st, 2011
10:43 am
@GTFAN in PA I think about 65 total including punts. Tech had 79.
TD
October 31st, 2011
10:46 am
And if your and had a set she would be your uncle……play like you did against The U and it will be another beat down of epic proportions.
JD
October 31st, 2011
10:46 am
@GT Fan , UGA worrying about LSU or Alabama the next week, would be a plus wouldn’t it?
TD
October 31st, 2011
10:46 am
aunt
Anon
October 31st, 2011
10:47 am
Hello JD
JD
October 31st, 2011
10:48 am
2td, that didn’t make sense. If we played like Miami we would lose, but probably not a “beat down”.
TD
October 31st, 2011
10:49 am
Or maybe you could play like you did against Kansas (last year) and not this year…..
GT Fan
October 31st, 2011
10:50 am
GT Fan in PA ….
IF … the Jackets play like they did on Saturday the rest of the way they will finish 12-2. And I’d be just fine with that.
Clemson dominates VT …. at VT. GT dominates Clemson. Sure wish that meant an automatic beatdown of the Hokies on 11/10, but that’s why you play the games.
Tampa Gator
October 31st, 2011
10:50 am
Florida not exactly a pushover this year even if they have 4 losses. 2 losses were against the top two teams (head and shoulders above anyone except Oklahoma perhaps) in the country. Other 2 losses were against ranked teams. Florida has a brutal schedule this year.