From: jayakris@translab.its.uci.edu (R. Jayakrishnan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Texas - Baylor  (I feel bad about whining...)
Date: 22 Nov 92 15:19:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.2B0FA50E.20786
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, Irvine


  Yes, Baylor won that final game (21-20) for Teaff..

  Baylor played well. Texas also played well, but made a couple of
  costly mistakes (2 sure TD catches dropped, 1 fumble at 4 yd line..).
  
  Somewhere in the corner of my mind, I felt strangely OK that Teaff
  won his final game. But, I dont feel Baylor would have done it without
  some unbelieveable breaks going their way. I dont want to whine about
  the officiting in this game, but if I dont whine about this one, I may
  never whine at all. In my life, I have not seen a game that was worse
  in officiating than this one. More so, it appeared that every bad call
  (Each and every one of them, mind you !!) proved to be extremely costly
  for Texas.  Here's is my recap..

  Baylor's second TD.. Shouldnt have happened. The ball was dropped at the
  20 yd line, and it was a fumble. The whistle blew only after the fumble
  too.. Texas did recover it, and they deserved to keep it. You want to 
  hear the reason given on the field (as Texas LB Winn Tubbs says) ? The
  ball went out and came back !?!  How could that be when the receiver 
  dropped it 6 feet inbounds ?..

  Texas was driving at the Baylor 30 yd line. Had a first down. A holding
  call on Brockermeyer ?..  On the replay, it wasnt clear if he held.
  It was clear that the officials wanted to call it, and that's it !

  Three pass interference was called on Texas. At least two of those
  were extremely questionable (including the one that gave Baylor
  1st and goal on a third down conversion, which caused one of their TDs)

  What about the intentional face-mask penalty on Texas, after they had
  pinned Baylor for a seven yd loss on 3rd and 10 at the Baylor 17 ?...
  There was face-mask, but how does one use face-mask intentionally while
  *pushing* somebody out-of bounds laterally ?

  Baylor's second TD. To my mind, JJ Joe didnt reach the TD plane at all,
  and if at all he did, it was after his knee was down. A referee standing
  6 feet *inside* the TD zone signals TD (How would he see the TD plane ?)
  This was OK, though. I think Baylor would have scored on the next play
  anyway. Just that the readiness on the part of the official caught my eye !

  Even the final spot when Texas was short be 3-4 inches on 4th down at
  Baylor 40 yd line with 1.30 left in the game was questionable. 

  The bad calls against Baylor ?  Yes, the first TD by Texas probably was
  a questionable one. Pinckney may have stretched in and cut the TD plane
  before his feet went out. In any case, that would have given the ball
  at 2yd line for Texas, and there was very high chance they would have
  scored anyway. Cant say that the call hurt Baylor much.

  All said and done, I will agree that all the calls except the fumble
  recovery call, are part of the usual game. But, that one call, I will
  never forget, and you will have a hard time convincing me that the
  officials didnt want to give a going away party to Teaff. I always
  liked Teaff, but it does hurt to see people give him a send-off bash
  at Texas' expense !

  Now, coming to blaming the horns, yes, they should have never put 
  themselves in a position where they could be hurt by the officials.
  That Texas fumble at the 4 yd line was a huge mistake, and they paid
  for it dearly. Even in the 4th quarter in the penultimate drive, bad
  things happened, as Gardere slipped and fell. Gardere has done it so
  many times in his career. His inability to get Texas to the 30 yd line
  (from the 40 yd line !) for a field goal is ridiculous. Why did they
  try to pass long, I dont know. All you wanted was a field goal for a win,
  guys !

  I dont know... This game left me with so much of bad taste in my mouth.
  Congratulations to Baylor on sending Teaff out with a great win. We will
  see you at Austin next year !

  Hope this loss fires up the horns against the aggies. I will forget
  all about the bad losses, if they can beat the aggies. (I am not
  predicting a win.. but it could happen..)

  GO HORNS !!

  Jay  (Dont have anyone to whine to here in California. Hence this article)
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