Jerry Jones on SMU goaltending call

[The PonyGrad]

He was basically comparing it with the Dez Bryant no catch call. He said it was a catch but not by the rules and compares that with the SMU goaltending say it was not going in but it was goaltending by the rules. (NOT!)

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On the change in language to the catch rule:

Jones: “Well of course that’s history. [Dez Bryant] caught the ball. I do understand the dilemma since we have the ability to slow the play down [with] instant replay. But if you don’t have instant replay, that’s a touchdown. I don’t know if we’re headed to the Super Bowl but that’s a touchdown by the people that eyeballed it and were right there. It was a touchdown. Our rules are unique. It’s kind of like the [SMU player] that got the goaltending the other day [in the Mustangs’ NCAA Tournament loss to UCLA]; the ball was no way going to go in but he had his hand in the wrong place and so they lost the game. We’d like to think that because of instant replay, we could have rules that when it’s obvious it’s a catch that would determine that it’s a catch. That’s unsettling I think for fans and certainly teams that were depending on it being a catch. But we had a couple go our way too in the playoffs.”

Video of entire interview: http://www.nfl.com/videos/dallas-cowboys/0ap3000000481420/Jerry-Jones-addresses-Greg-Hardy-signing?icampaign=nflcom-cs-homepage-videoswap_generic_nfl

[The PonyGrad]

The rule problem with the call was not the definition, it was that the call was not reviewable, IHMO.

[EastStang]

Jerry Jones and Daniel Snyder, two village idiots.

[gostangs]

im no Jerry fan - but I think what he is saying is that technically it was not goaltending - but his hand (the swat) made it look so to the ref that made the call. Which is true.

I guess we will be talking about this until we are dead.

[SMU Section F]

While I can see how the ref that called the goaltending thinks he had the angle and the right call, he's gonna be sick when he sees replay

In retrospect I think Mike Golic had it about right.

I guess we will be talking about this until we are dead.

I know I will be. It's not like SMU fans are known for letting things go...

[The PonyGrad]

Hey, Jerry brought it up. Just thought you would like to know.


It is interesting to see how much life it still has outside of SMU circles.