09-26-2018, 09:13 PM
(09-26-2018, 09:04 PM)stupac2 Wrote: One thing that's interesting to me is that the ACC refs (at least according to people on /r/cfb) are also calling holding/PI pretty tight this year. I had noticed that we were seeing very few flags in our games despite plenty of borderline (or even typically over the line) play, and if that's happening across the board in CFB it makes me wonder if the conferences decided to dial penalties back because they annoy fans and slow down the game. Would be interesting, since the NFL is going far in the other direction...
I have noticed a greater "let them play" approach with regards to PI in Stanford games so far this year. I like that generally, since I have always been of the opinion that you have to let people paly defense (though I may wince a bit when the refs let our opponents play defense).
I haven't noticed it so much on holding. I have thought I noticed that Stanford seems to be getting more holding penalties on run plays than pass plays, which would seem to fit into the general theme that the OL is currently better at pass blocking.