Roll 'Bama Roll · Sep 15, 2022
Bryce Young’s Non-Safety: The Refs Got It Right... And Wrong
“You Make The Call”One of the biggest and most controversial plays of the Alabama-Texas game came in the third quarter when Crimson Tide quarterback Bryce Young dropped back to pass in his own end zone on a 3rd & 7. With a big Longhorns push, defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat broke through the line and took Young to the ground.
*** Below is the play and I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE watching with the sound turned off, so that the imbecilic rantings of Gus Johnson and his ill-informed Fox cohorts do not distort what your eyes tell you. ***
RULING ON THE FIELD
Soon after the play, a flag was thrown by the Big 12 center judge. After a long huddle, the head referee announced the following:
