Fiesta Bowl, Ole Miss and Hail Mary pass
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If you’re reading this on SI.com, click here to subscribe and receive SI:AM directly in your inbox each morning. Miami’s 31–27 win over Ole Miss in the College Football Playoff semifinals really should not have been that close.
NFL referee Brad Allen provided an explanation regarding the offensive pass interference penalty on Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan during the Panthers' 16-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday.
The NFL has an ongoing officiating crisis, one that it will never publicly admit. The problem becomes most conspicuous as to the issue of pass interference.
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Rules expert Terry McAulay calls out lack of pass interference on final play of Ole Miss-Miami game
For the first time since 2002, Miami is heading back to the National Championship Game following its 31-27 win over Ole Miss in Thursday night’s Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (College Football Playoff Semifinal).
Aaron Rodgers said that on the final play of the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Browns, there was clear pass interference by Denzel Ward on Marquez Valdes-Scantling. “That was definitely interference.”
The Rams lost to the Falcons just seconds after Joe Buck and at least one other on the “Monday Night Football” broadcast insisted the refs missed a key penalty on the game’s final drive. With 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Los Angeles’ road tilt with Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium,
For the first time in 2019, pass interference was reviewable on replay. That worked so poorly that in 2020, it won’t be. And NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent says the NFL needs to learn from its mistake. Vincent told Peter ...
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NFL referee assignments: Meet the crews working 2026 wild-card playoff games
This crew is one of the most decorated, led by Super Bowl LVI and LIX Referee Ron Torbert, who is on his 15th postseason assignment. Torbert is a veteran known for a generally hands-off approach compared to some others, often allowing players to play, although his crews have been ranked near the middle of the league in total flags thrown.
ESPN's Rex Ryan had sharp criticism for the referees who called two controversial penalties during the final seconds of Lions-Steelers Week 16 game.
Replay reviews of potential pass-interference calls in the last two minutes of games and in overtime will be initiated by the replay official and not coaches, but the bar will be set high for such video checks, the NFL's competition committee announced ...
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