(And, frankly, facemask or not, you’ve got to defend that Hail Mary better.)īut Detroit won’t take comfort in that. Consider this Green Bay getting one back for the Fail Mary.
Replay ruins the flow of games and is just as imperfect as calls on the field. Ugh, this is only going to make the calls louder for all personal fouls and/or pass interferences to be reviewed. It’s easy for us to make after watching the slo-mo gif from this angle multiple times, but in the moment from where the official was positioned, how could he know the reason Rodgers’ head jolts backward is because of the force of the pull on his jersey? He can’t. The problem is, this is almost an impossible call for officials. The game should have ended and Detroit should have won. If you think Taylor grabbed anything more than his Rodgers’ shoulder pad, then you either have a cheesehead somewhere in your house or own lots of yellow and green clothing. Poor, poor Calvin Johnson.)īut about that facemask - the one that extended the game by one down. (Also, why isn’t Calvin Johnson in there?)Īlso, check out these two dudes at the 40-yard line! Doing what?! Why are they there! Just in case Rodgers and the offensive line pull off a reply of the Stanford-Cal game? Come on.įrom there it was pandemonium (“It’s the greatest feeling I’ve had on the field in a long time,” Aaron Rodgers said) …
“Don’t let receivers get position” is another. “Knock it down” is a great rule for Hail Marys. That’s five Lions looking up at a Packers player leading the pack. Look at how they all got behind Richard Rodgers (yes, it was a Rodgers to Rodgers touchdown) instead of staying in front of him. Phil Simms said you couldn’t blame the defense but oh, you can. But refs called a controversial facemask on Detroit’s Devin Taylor, who grabbed at Aaron Rodgers, giving Green Bay one untimed down from its own 39-yard line. Then it felt definite, after James Jones fell in bounds on a 3rd-and-10 pass, as time expired. Green Bay, who had stormed back from 20-0 to trail just 23-21 got the ball deep in its own territory with 23 seconds left and a loss felt imminent. In turn, this victory would have sent the reeling Green Bay Packers to a 7-5 record, nearly eliminating the team from the NFC North race and putting a serious question mark on what was wrong with Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy’s team.Īnd then, from nowhere, a miracle. It was kind of a chaotic scene in Waco, and Sooners coach Lincoln Riley was not pleased after the game.The Detroit Lions were six seconds and two points away from somehow salvaging a 1-7 start to get to 5-7 and in the thick of the NFC playoff race. Isaiah Hankins knocked through the 32-yarder to make it a 27-14 final.
With a single second remaining on the clock, Bears coach Dave Aranda opted to kick a field goal because the Big 12 depends on point differential when determining conference championship game participants in the event of ties. They were sent to the sidelines so the game could end. As the Bears snapped the Sooners' 17-game winning streak, Baylor fans streamed onto the field before the game was officially over. 4 Oklahoma – hello, College Football Playoff committee drama – on Saturday. Storming the field (twice) grown men complaining about losing Axson on sabbatical this weekend, a new grading scale has been introduced – and many teams, fans, players and coaches are heading to the Dean's List, while others are doomed for academic probation. Welcome back to another edition of the 2021 college football report card, your home for light-hearted college football analysis and assessment.