Shadow(of)Death
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Canadian Football - WTF?
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO -- Here's a step-by-step breakdown of the play and the factors the on-field CFL officials had to consider in the heat of the battle on the final play of Montreal's 37-30 win over Toronto on Friday night:
1) Is Montreal kicker Damon Duval's field goal good? Usually this is easy to answer, but what adds to the difficulty is the height of the kick and its location. A kick that's short or goes through the uprights is easy to decide upon. It's much trickier to determine if a towering boot to the left or right is inside the uprights. But in this instance it was clear to the two officials under the goalposts Duval's attempt was wide.
2) Toronto's Mike Bradwell, punter Noel Prefontaine and backup kicker Shaw are all in the end zone awaiting Duval's kick. When it sails wide, Bradwell goes high at the back of the end zone to prevent the ball from sailing out of bounds for a single. If he had come down with it, officials would have to determine if Bradwell did so in bounds, because if he hadn't, Montreal would have been awarded the game-winning single. But because the officiating crew was short one, there wasn't anyone standing at the back of the end zone to see Bradwell was out of bounds on Duval's kick then came back into the field of play to punt the ball out. Bradwell could have been called for illegal participation but in the end it was moot because the right decision on the field had been made.
3) Upon Bradwell's kick, though, Toronto becomes the punting team and must give Montreal five yards to gain possession. Duval settles under it at the Argos' 22-yard line and game officials had to determine whether he's been given the necessary five yards. He had and punted the ball back into the home team's end zone.
4) If Duval's punt sails through the end zone, the Als would have been awarded the single for a 31-30 win. It didn't but the ball was still bouncing around, creating the possibility of it taking a weird hop and going out of bounds, which again would give Montreal a single.
5) The Argos become the receiving team, meaning Montreal must give five yards to let them take possession. If the Als are called for no yards, the ball comes out of the end zone and the game heads into overtime.
6) Argo Grant Shaw can't field the ball cleanly but, like a catcher blocking a wild pitch, does a nice job of sliding and letting it hit him and remain in play rather than potentially skipping out of bounds for the single. Shaw then tries to kick the bouncing ball out of the end zone and manages to contact it with his foot but couldn't get it out. As a result, though, it's now a free ball.
7) Toronto must not only recover the ball but get it out of the end zone to force overtime. Montreal has to not only prevent this, but also safeguard against the Argos possibly returning it the entire length of the field for the victory. After the ball bounces off various players, Dahrran Diedrick corrals it to secure the wild win for the Als.
TORONTO -- Here's a step-by-step breakdown of the play and the factors the on-field CFL officials had to consider in the heat of the battle on the final play of Montreal's 37-30 win over Toronto on Friday night:
1) Is Montreal kicker Damon Duval's field goal good? Usually this is easy to answer, but what adds to the difficulty is the height of the kick and its location. A kick that's short or goes through the uprights is easy to decide upon. It's much trickier to determine if a towering boot to the left or right is inside the uprights. But in this instance it was clear to the two officials under the goalposts Duval's attempt was wide.
2) Toronto's Mike Bradwell, punter Noel Prefontaine and backup kicker Shaw are all in the end zone awaiting Duval's kick. When it sails wide, Bradwell goes high at the back of the end zone to prevent the ball from sailing out of bounds for a single. If he had come down with it, officials would have to determine if Bradwell did so in bounds, because if he hadn't, Montreal would have been awarded the game-winning single. But because the officiating crew was short one, there wasn't anyone standing at the back of the end zone to see Bradwell was out of bounds on Duval's kick then came back into the field of play to punt the ball out. Bradwell could have been called for illegal participation but in the end it was moot because the right decision on the field had been made.
3) Upon Bradwell's kick, though, Toronto becomes the punting team and must give Montreal five yards to gain possession. Duval settles under it at the Argos' 22-yard line and game officials had to determine whether he's been given the necessary five yards. He had and punted the ball back into the home team's end zone.
4) If Duval's punt sails through the end zone, the Als would have been awarded the single for a 31-30 win. It didn't but the ball was still bouncing around, creating the possibility of it taking a weird hop and going out of bounds, which again would give Montreal a single.
5) The Argos become the receiving team, meaning Montreal must give five yards to let them take possession. If the Als are called for no yards, the ball comes out of the end zone and the game heads into overtime.
6) Argo Grant Shaw can't field the ball cleanly but, like a catcher blocking a wild pitch, does a nice job of sliding and letting it hit him and remain in play rather than potentially skipping out of bounds for the single. Shaw then tries to kick the bouncing ball out of the end zone and manages to contact it with his foot but couldn't get it out. As a result, though, it's now a free ball.
7) Toronto must not only recover the ball but get it out of the end zone to force overtime. Montreal has to not only prevent this, but also safeguard against the Argos possibly returning it the entire length of the field for the victory. After the ball bounces off various players, Dahrran Diedrick corrals it to secure the wild win for the Als.
I remember watching that game on tv and laughing at what Ray Ferraro said. So brutally honest. I miss him calling Oilers games on Sportsnet.* fixed.
Show up to Ivor Wynne on the 14th fucker and prepare to cry.
Shadow(of)Death
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Something crazy like that.
What if the ball goes out the back of the end zone? It looked like one guy fell down trying to keep it in the end zone.
Man that video is fucked up. The way that game ended looked like the anti-thesis of what football is all about.
Man that video is fucked up. The way that game ended looked like the anti-thesis of what football is all about.
Holy hell well then at that point why even bother kicking a field goal? Just blast it out the back of the endzone.
Btw, how deep are the endzones? That looked like 20 yards, not 10.
Btw, how deep are the endzones? That looked like 20 yards, not 10.
If Montreal kicked it out of the end zone, they get 1 point and would've won the game.
Toronto didn't have time to run the ball out of the end zone and down it to force ot, so they kicked it back out...so it became a punt...CFL rules stipulate giving the punt receiver 5 yards of space before attempting a tackle.
The Montreal kicker fielded it, with the 5 yard buffer, and tried to boot it back out of the end zone for the single point and the victory.
He flubs the kick, the ball ends up in the end zone where the Toronto player flubs another kick and it's recovered in the end zone for the game winning touchdown.
easy peasy.
Toronto didn't have time to run the ball out of the end zone and down it to force ot, so they kicked it back out...so it became a punt...CFL rules stipulate giving the punt receiver 5 yards of space before attempting a tackle.
The Montreal kicker fielded it, with the 5 yard buffer, and tried to boot it back out of the end zone for the single point and the victory.
He flubs the kick, the ball ends up in the end zone where the Toronto player flubs another kick and it's recovered in the end zone for the game winning touchdown.
easy peasy.
basically that's what he did, he missed the fg and if you look at the very bottom of the screen there's a Toronto player who jumped off the field to keep the ball in play.
end zones are 20 yards deep.
