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There are three seconds left. The Virginia Tech Hokies have the ball at the Miami 30-yard line, trailing 38-34. The Hokies need a touchdown to knock off No. 7 Miami and pick up a top-10 road win that could possibly serve as the turning point for Brent Pry’s program, which is off to a 2-2 start to his second season. Hokies QB Kyron Drones receives the snap and takes a couple of hops in the pocket under no pressure. He lofts the ball toward the end zone.
The ball returns to Earth among a mass of bodies in orange, white and maroon. We have no idea who caught it. The announcers are silent. Two officials get together and begin discussing what they saw. Meanwhile, Miami’s Tyler Rowe emerges from the pile with the ball, holding it up in celebration, and runs toward his teammates, storming off the sidelines to join him. It’s a short celebration because while the Canes are dancing, the eyes of everybody else in Hard Rock Stadium remain on the officials, who are yet to signal a call.
Then they do. Touchdown, Virginia Tech. All hell breaks loose.
It was one of the more memorable endings to a game in the 2024 college football season, but it should also serve as an ending that leads to change in the sport. The NCAA Football Rules Committee will meet next week, as they always do in the final days of February, to discuss possible rule changes for the upcoming season. It’s widely expected one of those changes will be what they can do to stop players from faking injuries. One of the proposed ideas is that, rather than sitting out a play, any player who causes a stoppage due to injury should sit out the rest of the series. You know, for player safety.
I don’t know how they’ll rule on that, but I hope they also take some time during the week to review the review…
Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ncaa-rules-committee-takes-aim-at-fake-injuries-but-primitive-call-and-review-process-needs-fixing-first/
Author : Tom Fornelli
Publish date : 2025-02-21 13:49:00
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