Hundreds of water bottles were thrown onto the field at Texas because of this PI call.
The PI call was against a Texas DB, bottles rained down on the field from the Texas student section, and then, after deliberation, the PI call was reversed.
Is the moral of the story this?: Trash the field if you want to get the call reversed. After all, the officials want to get home in one piece, don't they?
Georgia's HC, Kirby Smart, was outraged, and said that this set a bad precedent for college football. And he's right!
The official who made the call is the only person who can reverse the call, and after video review, he "saw the light" and did just that.
The replay shows that the DB was holding onto the receiver just before they separated. It WAS PI and should not have been reversed! (Of course, the dumbass "expert" official with the broadcast crew didn't see it that way. Those idjits get it wrong more often than right).
It could be argued that there was " hand play" involved by both parties, and there was, but was the crowd at such a fever pitch, that discretion became the better part of valor?
Why would you want to ruin a good game with a riot? That ain't cool!
All of this begs the question of what is pass interference these days. Defensive backs have been getting away with more and more: Colliding with the receiver before the ball actually gets there; the ubiquitous jersey grab, running receivers out of bounds on deep balls, draping the back arm around the receiver, etc.
And sometimes there is mutual pass interference, too.
Mothers, don't let your sons grow up to be football officials!
Link: https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/news/georgia-texas-game-controversy-sec-reaction
