r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 7d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Georgia Defeats Alabama 20-17

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Georgia 3 7 7 3 20
Alabama 0 14 3 0 17
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u/swagypotatosnoopdoge Washington Huskies 7d ago

They really just need to swallow there pride and make it reviewable

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u/DanforthWhitcomb_ Georgia Bulldogs 6d ago

They are never going to make it reviewable because at the end of the day it's a judgement call because there is no clear definition of what PI actually is.

It's the football equivalent of a balk.

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u/swagypotatosnoopdoge Washington Huskies 6d ago

I mean they can always adjust and make it a clear enough/close enough definition similar to a balk. Situations like this seem pretty obvious to me what it should be.

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u/DanforthWhitcomb_ Georgia Bulldogs 6d ago edited 6d ago

Balks (along with a huge number of other judgement calls) are not reviewable either, which is the point. Balks are also notoriously poorly defined.

Situations like this seem pretty obvious to me what it should be.

You don't write rules based on edge cases like a single no-call because that just *results in bad rules.

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u/swagypotatosnoopdoge Washington Huskies 6d ago

I guess id rather try to evolve and experiment with trying to review these types of calls then just give up and still leave it to human error. But I get it, theres usually holds and interference calls on almost every play which could backfire and change the game to much to peoples liking

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u/DanforthWhitcomb_ Georgia Bulldogs 6d ago

That's the problem I'm driving at (in addition to the fact that allowing replay for fouls is extremely rare)—if you make all penalties reviewable you're just going to be giving the replay official complete control of the game and you may as well do away with the on-field crew entirely because they are superfluous in that situation.