WATCH: Did officials miss a Mizzou cheap shot on Jake Fromm?
The officiating in the Georgia-Missouri has given fans lots to talk about on Saturday. Add a non-call to the list.
On a second-down run in the fourth quarter, Georgia QB Jake Fromm acted like he still had the ball to sell the Mizzou defense on the fake. Tigers DE Tre Williams went ahead and hit Fromm as if he were holding the ball.
ESPN broadcaster Brian Griese called it a “cheap shot” by Williams. Griese, of course, was watching the play through the eyes of a (former) quarterback.
It’s a non-call that gave MU some life. UGA’s drive would stall out and the Bulldogs ended up attempting a field goal, which was blocked. A penalty on Williams would have obviously resulted in a first down.
Yet no penalty? Look at the red staring at Fromm the whole time. @SEC pic.twitter.com/6mDLL0YQvD
— Zach Myers (@zmyers9314) September 22, 2018
Not surprisingly, many on Twitter were unhappy.
😡😡😡🤬🤬 @SEC might need to get your refs in check! We can’t even accidentally touch the precious Drew Lock but they can do this to Fromm?! #Pitiful https://t.co/2A2cVcLhgt
— Jennifer Lepard (@jennifer_lepard) September 22, 2018
Official was looking straight at Fromm when he got that cheap shot and still didnt call it.
— TheMachine (@MachinesPicks) September 22, 2018
I guess that late hit in Fromm was legit but the tap by leadbetter was roughing
— Datbadmanoverthere (@AttackAviator51) September 22, 2018
How exactly is a blindside rusher supposed to see the QB doesn’t have the ball? He was engaged with the tackle when the ball was handed off.
If the QB doesn’t want to get rocked maybe he shouldn’t act like he has the ball when he doesn’t. The entire point is to attract attention from the defense, and it’s BS to demand a penalty when the defense falls for it to their disadvantage.
Exactly why the ref didn’t go for the laundry. Sometimes fakes work too well.
Well I may be wrong but I believe that its a penalty to hit the QB if he doesn’t have the ball even if it is by accident
Why can forward progress be stopped and the running back be driven back 15 yard but no whistle to end the play be blown, no it was worse than that they let the defenders take all the running back equipment off and run the ball back for a touchdown. Why play the game, just have the league tell fans what the league wants the score to be and save all the travel money.