Rewatching the game has made one thing clear

[Ron Swanson]

Underrated play of the game nominee.... 3rd and 14 pass to Barber on the last drive. 3rd and 11 to Stephens (I think) on the same drive was just as big. Two plays Max might not have made a month ago.

Hell, the 3rd and 11 was probably bigger. If we don’t convert that, we have to punt from way farther back with a lot more time on the clock. If we don’t convert the third and 14, Texas is going to get the ball deep in their own territory with only about two minutes left (if I remember correctly).

Both huge obviously

 

[ThisIsOurTime]

There were a couple missed calls

I don't think they were missed. I think many were just not called which begs the question why? And it was a lot more than a couple.

 

[Punter1]

GPs head would explode if he had to challenge plays...especially on offense.

And he would almost need a close friend, 3rd party successful consultant who doesn't give a darn like a Bill Snyder in his headset that he trusted...because I don't think he listens to anyone on offense.

 

[netty2424]

Cooper Castleberry was the head refs’ name. A Lufkin boy who can still go 350 off the tee. Very, very distinguished in the business and a great human being. Retiring after this year so you won’t have him to kick around anymore. BTW he don’t care what you think.

You left out “10 feet tall and shoots lightning bolts out of his arse!”

Lol 350 off the tee.

 

[DeuceBoogieNights]

I have very little confidence in our coaching staff at being good at that.

Gary Patterson is a football genius who knows more about the game than all of us combined, but I promise you I would be better than he would be at knowing when to throw a challenge flag.

I feel you but changing the rules is the only way to eliminate so many reviews. I don't care, but I wish they would make the process quicker.

Gary could also hire a sideline coach basically that just monitors for reviews, clock management, etc... He has too much on his plate.

 

[Ron Swanson]

I feel you but changing the rules is the only way to eliminate so many reviews. I don't care, but I wish they would make the process quicker.

Gary could also hire a sideline coach basically that just monitors for reviews, clock management, etc... He has too much on his plate.

Yeah I would have zero issue with changing the rule. I just think that is the type of thing that our staff would not excel at

 

[ftwfrog]

Underrated play of the game nominee.... 3rd and 14 pass to Barber on the last drive. 3rd and 11 to Stephens (I think) on the same drive was just as big. Two plays Max might not have made a month ago.

A month ago we would have worried about running more clock and ran it up the gut. Kudos to the coaching staff for taking the leash off of Max.

 

[JugbandFrog]

They did call holding on UT Oline. That is a rare occurrence. Non-existent when we play OU.

Mostly non-existent when ANYONE plays OU. I have never seen so many clear, and play altering,holding calls go uncalled like I have with OU.

 

[CountryFrog]

Officiating was fine. Anyone expecting consistently GREAT officiating in college football should go watch an NFL game some time. There's really very little drop off imo.

 

[SwissArmyFrog]

It was 110% a facemask.

Interesting... The screen at the stadium isn't bad, and it looked to me like the hand went under the face guard and was more wrapped around the neck. Hoping the game comes up on YT today or tomorrow and I get a look there.

 

[SwissArmyFrog]

IMO, the reviews are boring and a drag on the game

*Especially* during "Baylor 2015 Weather".

Every time something came up for review I thought I was going to lose another year of life

 

[Froginbedford]

There were a couple missed calls, but they're human. I would rather them miss calls than have them throw flags on questionable penalties. There were multiple times I expected pass interference flags to come flying in to save UT drives, but they held them in their pocket and let em play for the most part.

I actually thought this was one of the better officiated Big 12 games I’ve watched.

Could it be because it wasn't Mike Defee's crew?

 

[Moose Stuff]

Interesting... The screen at the stadium isn't bad, and it looked to me like the hand went under the face guard and was more wrapped around the neck. Hoping the game comes up on YT today or tomorrow and I get a look there.

It was initially, but he got the facemask after that.

 

[tcudoc]

It was 110% a facemask.

Mathematically impossible.

 

[Double V]

The 15 yard facemask against us - 4th quarter, I think - didn't look correct from the stands. When I watched the replay on the big screen, it showed the actual facemask wasn't grabbed. It was a bit of a brutal tackle, but the facemask wasn't grasped, let alone used to turn the helmet.

Except the facemask WAS grabbed, just later in the tackle. Admittedly, the bulk of the twisting motion on the guys helmet was due to the tacklers forearm rather than hand, but he did grab the facemask right at the end. Also, it wasn't Gaines, but they got the call right, IMO.

 

[SnoSki]

I don’t have any problems with the way the replays work now. I do take issue with the number (and length) of the tv timeouts.

Every change of possession, every timeout, every injury, every score, nearly every review, every end of quarter... 3-5 minute commercial break. And that’s not including the mandatory “media timeout.”

 

[Tarponator1]

I remember an article pre-season predicting him as a 1st-round pick this year. lolol.

Dude is Tebow Lite.

Tebow Lite? Dude can't even beat TCU much less win a national championship or a heisman.

 

[Zubaz]

A month ago we would have worried about running more clock and ran it up the gut. Kudos to the coaching staff for taking the leash off of Max.

If we hadn't gotten that field goal to end the half, it would have been tied and we would have done the same thing. That fg was huge.

 

[Mean Purple]

Funny, I thought they did a damn fine job yesterday. Pretty even missed calls on both sides, and not any phantom one-sided calls that clearly helped UT at critical moments in the game.

Other than an obvious facemask, I agree. Given up on them calling holding on UT, OU or Baylor … ever.

 

[Mean Purple]

I got worried when they called two questionable penalties on us on a late ut drive, thought they had received the call from “corporate”!
Overall I thought it was one of the better called games.

overall, I can't complain. agree, one of the better called games. After seeing how Tech got screwed out of a win at baylor by an egregious call, I consider yesterday a win on the ref front.