I'm "extremely disappointed" or Lame and the blame game

by Fox 71 on Oct 31, 2011 5:16 PM PDT

According to a story by Mark Saxon of ESPN LA, Lame is blaming his inability to get a field goal in the last seconds of regulation on the officials.

“USC coach Lane Kiffin said he was "extremely disappointed" in the Pac-12 officials following his team's 56-48 triple-overtime loss to Stanford on Saturday for the way the fourth quarter ended.

USC began the final play of the quarter with nine seconds left. Quarterback Matt Barkley completed a screen pass to receiver Robert Woods near the USC sideline, but Woods ran all the way across the field and was tackled just short of going out of bounds. Officials initially ruled that Woods went out of bounds. After reviewing the play, they ruled that his knee was down, but that regulation time had ended before USC could call a timeout on Stanford's 33.

USC kicker Andre Heidari had kicked a 50-yard field goal earlier in the game.

"I told them, 'When the replay comes back, you're going to say, 'His knee's down.' The side judge right there says you called timeout and you get to kick a 50-yard field goal and win the game," Kiffin said. "He goes over and tells them. He comes back over and it goes against us. I'm extremely disappointed in that."

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I really like Stewart Mandel at SI.com

his take:

“It’s unfortunate then that Kiffin chose to overshadow the moment by fixating on individuals not on either team.”

and

“Has anyone ever seen a football coach successfully squeeze in a timeout in the one second between his player’s knee touching the ground and the clock hitting zero? I didn’t think so.”

by VeniceBruin on Oct 31, 2011 5:47 PM PDT reply actions

Bingo.

I don’t think that you can “make a reservation” for a timeout. “Yes, I’d like to call a timeout at exactly 0:01 on the game clock please.”

by orlandobruin on Nov 1, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Is this a violation of Pac-12 rules?

by LA Bruin on Oct 31, 2011 6:05 PM PDT reply actions

Yes, it was ...

USC Coach Lane Kiffin has been reprimanded and fined $10,000 for critical comments about officiating and Trojans safety T.J. McDonald has been suspended for a half for making a late hit in last week’s triple-overtime loss to Stanford, the Pacific 12 Conference announced Monday night.

by LA Bruin on Oct 31, 2011 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

You have been around Fox and you know the rules

Don’t cut and paste essentially the entire article. Thanks.

by Nestor on Oct 31, 2011 6:47 PM PDT reply actions

I do know the rules. I just don't know how to do the link.

Seriously, would it have been better to have sent the article as an e-mail to the BN email address and let whoever is on duty handle the linking business? Or are any of you willing to give me lessons and bring me out of the 18th century in terms of this computer thingy?

by Fox 71 on Oct 31, 2011 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Nestor, if you want to give Fox my email

I’ll offer to do long-distance tech support for him.

Roses are red, violets are blue...f*** $C.

by KSBruin on Nov 1, 2011 4:24 AM PDT up reply actions

cool, we will connect you guys

Fox its not about the formatting that’s the main problem here. The main issue here was cutting and pasting 10-12 grafs from another source. Can’t really do that. We generally do 3 to 5 (or less) with link. 6 to 9 if we have good reason for it.

by Nestor on Nov 1, 2011 5:35 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Got it, and thanks to both of you.

by Fox 71 on Nov 1, 2011 6:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Selective memory

Was Kitten also disappointed that the refs missed U$C’s blatant holding in the backfield a few plays before, enabling Barkley to get time for a key completion in that drive? There were plenty of dubious calls that went the Trojans’ way that night, so he should be glad his team was in the game as long as it was.

by bryanucla on Oct 31, 2011 7:26 PM PDT reply actions