And this is why it is a horrible rule. At the end of the day, it's fucking football. The form that Wade exhibited is the same form made on 90% of wrap tackles around the midsection. Unfortunately for Wade, Lawrence dropped his helmet level and it created incidental contact. That's the crux of this entire conversation.
Don't need to. The defense was elite. Sorry Oregon choked and you're resorting to taking out your frustration on Oregon's daddy.
Pretty much 75% of the population is blaming the rule. It's why this is a discussion.
So moving your head a few degrees one way would have let Lawrence, who barely made any adjustment as he was about to get hit, now easily run out of contact?
Eyes down. Head before shoulders. Arms wrap at point of contact. It’s the exact same play... only difference? The offensive player shifts his position at the last moment in one play and not the other.
And there's the mark of a man who has lost the argument. Nice talking with you. Good luck in Eugene next year.
So moving your head a few degrees one way would have let Lawrence, who barely made any adjustment as he was about to get hit, now easily run out of contact?
Just stop man.
It is a fact they teach how to tackle without leading using a helmet as a weapon. This is pure fact. It is also a fact that every player in the heat of a play sometimes still has their helmet going forward as a weapon. Most of the time it doesn't result in a penalty. This again is part of the problem. The problem is the rule, not the enforcement. It isn't going to get called unless that leading helmet also makes direct contact with another players helmet or somewhere in the head/neck area and won't be called 100% of the time because it isn't always interpreted the same.
The rule is the problem, not the call in this play.
OSU had an outstanding year and I would have loved to have seen LSU/OSU, but they didn't earn it. They couldn't stop Lawrence when they needed to, failed to score in the first half when they could have pulled away, failed to stop the drive that lead to Clemson taking the lead late, and then threw a pick that shouldn't have happened.
Now on to watching LSU undress Clemson and take their crown.
No, coming to a near complete stop and losing all forward momentum would've. What Wade did is exhibit pure wrapping technique. It was a penalty because of Lawrence's decision to lower his helmet.So moving your head a few degrees one way would have let Lawrence, who barely made any adjustment as he was about to get hit, now easily run out of contact?
Just stop man.
It is a fact they teach how to tackle without leading using a helmet as a weapon. This is pure fact. It is also a fact that every player in the heat of a play sometimes still has their helmet going forward as a weapon. Most of the time it doesn't result in a penalty. This again is part of the problem. The problem is the rule, not the enforcement. It isn't going to get called unless that leading helmet also makes direct contact with another players helmet or somewhere in the head/neck area and won't be called 100% of the time because it isn't always interpreted the same.
The rule is the problem, not the call in this play.
OSU had an outstanding year and I would have loved to have seen LSU/OSU, but they didn't earn it. They couldn't stop Lawrence when they needed to, failed to score in the first half when they could have pulled away, failed to stop the drive that lead to Clemson taking the lead late, and then threw a pick that shouldn't have happened.
Now on to watching LSU undress Clemson and take their crown.
If that play happened during the CFP NCG in the end zone while your team is on defense as the clock struck triple zeroes, you’d accept that as the game winning TD that lost you the Natty?
Yes, 100%. It was a catch, so how could you argue it?
Actually the helmet contact and shoulder contact were simultaneous. However, his helmet his Lawrence's helmet after Lawrence dropped his helmet level.
