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Had the same thought. 


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A few bounces of the ball and Texas is back in that game.  It was not really a blow out at all.

Georgia blew its "score right before halftime and score again with the 1st possession of the 2nd half" opportunity. Then Texas scored a TD to cut the Dawgs' lead to 14-10. Texas seemed to have the momentum and seemed to have the key to stopping Georgia's offense.

But, as I have posted previously, you've got to kill Kirby Smart when you have the chance. Kirby never snoozes, and he will take advantage of every time his opponent snoozes, even if only for a second. For example, as the headline on CBSSports.com says, in reference to the onside kick: "Kirby Smart's gutsy call stamped his status as the game's best, while Steve Sarkisian clearly has a lot of work ahead of him."

I don't know the answer to the question, but it's not illegal to jump over the LoS to block a kick if you do it from your set position. It's illegal if you get a running start.

I haven't seen a replay from above, so I don't know if Taylor Wein took a running start or not.

In any event, I don't think he blocked the kick. he got a piece of the ball on the pylon ("wide left") side. If anything, that would seem to have deflected it back toward the inside of the pylon, but it went wide left anyway.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This is from The Athletic:

• The No. 11 Sooners walked into Tuscaloosa and beat No. 4 Alabama 23-21. Oklahoma did not have a receiver with more than 36 yards and gritted out a sack-adjusted 3.4 yards per carry, but won on the margins, especially on special teams. Our personal favorite play, in this two-point win, was a field goal block. The key there: OU lineman Taylor Wein jumped clean over Bama’s long snapper. Usually, that’s a penalty. But Wein stayed within the rules by 1) being stationary, 2) appearing to be within a yard of the line of scrimmage at the snap and 3) not pushing off the snapper for leverage. Rulebook aptitude might’ve won the game.

Granted, it does appear that he's pushing off the snapper. . . .

We were penalized for that against Auburn in 2004, I believe they said it was the first time the odd rule had ever been called/enforced.  It happened as time expired, blocking the kick to seemingly send the game to OT.  Due to the penalty, AU got a retry, got the XP, beat us 10-9 in regulation and then went on to undefeated infamy. 

Saban was not impressed with the call after the game.   

Geez.  I knew in the back of my mind their stadium was small but I had no idea it was that small. 


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