[Farm93]

I respect Pereira in general. In this particular case, the call on the field was made by a ref who could not see what actually happened -- Ertz's back was to him, so there was no way he could tell whether Ertz had possession. The ref coming from the other direction should have made the call. In the pre-replay days the refs would have huddled and the one with the better view might well have called it a TD and prevailed. So I think a very careful look at the video without much concern for the original ruling was warranted.

If you noticed the ref from the other side did nothing and said nothing.  The one ref is pointing and acting as if he was 100% certain.  The other ref was not confirming the call in any way.  My guess, and it is a guess, but my guess is that the other ref did see it differently.  However, he knew it would get to replay anyway.

However, in some ways we want to embrace this concept that they were robbed.  Oregon still has a chance at playing the SEC champ in the BCS CG.  At this point it will be either Notre Dame, Oregon, K-State or SEC #2 playing SEC #1 in the BCS CG.  Of that group, I want Oregon.  And voters will be sympathetic to the idea that Oregon lost a very, very close game while K-State was blasted by a losing team.  I don't really want SC to beat ND, but I don't want to spend all of December hearing about ND's rise to the top.

[Farm93]

I respect Pereira in general. In this particular case, the call on the field was made by a ref who could not see what actually happened -- Ertz's back was to him, so there was no way he could tell whether Ertz had possession. The ref coming from the other direction should have made the call. In the pre-replay days the refs would have huddled and the one with the better view might well have called it a TD and prevailed. So I think a very careful look at the video without much concern for the original ruling was warranted.

If you noticed the ref from the other side did nothing and said nothing.  The one ref is pointing and acting as if he was 100% certain.  The other ref was not confirming the call in any way.  My guess, and it is a guess, but my guess is that the other ref did see it differently.  However, he knew it would get to replay anyway.

However, in some ways we want to embrace this concept that they were robbed.  Oregon still has a chance at playing the SEC champ in the BCS CG.  At this point it will be either Notre Dame, Oregon, K-State or SEC #2 playing SEC #1 in the BCS CG.  Of that group, I want Oregon.  And voters will be sympathetic to the idea that Oregon lost a very, very close game while K-State was blasted by a losing team.  I don't really want SC to beat ND, but I don't want to spend all of December hearing about ND's rise to the top.