The Utah/USC game ended with USC blocking a FG to preserve a 17-14 win, and running it back for a TD. At the end of the game, the officials said the TD didn't count because they called an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (the USC players all rushed the field when the kick was blocked), so the final score stayed at 17-14. Hours after the fact, the Pac12 came out and said that the TD did count, and changed the official score to 23-14.
That's a really dangerous precedent they just set. The NCAA rule for this year is any unsportsmanlike contact before a TD negates the TD. I absolutely HATE the rule but how can a conference go back and add a TD if the rule was followed? Am I missing something here?
So if a interception happens on the last play of the game, the defensive players starts high stepping and puts his hand behind his head as he waltzes into the end zone for the winning TD but the ref calls unsportsmanlike conduct and negates the TD and they lose. Does the league come back and reverse the outcome? What if that blocked punt was for the win and not just for more points?
That's a really dangerous precedent they just set. The NCAA rule for this year is any unsportsmanlike contact before a TD negates the TD. I absolutely HATE the rule but how can a conference go back and add a TD if the rule was followed? Am I missing something here?
So if a interception happens on the last play of the game, the defensive players starts high stepping and puts his hand behind his head as he waltzes into the end zone for the winning TD but the ref calls unsportsmanlike conduct and negates the TD and they lose. Does the league come back and reverse the outcome? What if that blocked punt was for the win and not just for more points?