The call was illegal shift. Even then there needs to be some sort of rule interpretation. The Franks shift had absolutely no effect on the play, Cotchery beat the CB straight up. The Line judge should throw the flag, conference and rescind that call because it didn't cause the opposite side CB any harm.
Mangini looked seriously pissed. I thought he might run on the field with a bat and club a few guys towards the end of the game.
The call was illegal formation. They didn't have anyone on the line on the side Franks motioned from. I don't know who the receiver on Franks' side was, but I think it was his fault. Franks seemed to move into the backfield to block as a predetermined or audible part of the play. Either way the receiver should have moved up to the LOS.
I agree. Want to lose to Miami? In the words of Eric Mangini: "Penalties will kill you." We need to get this fixed NOW.
Questions about penalties? Two words for you, Bill Callahan! (Yes I'm from Nebraska and I love Nebraska college football)
He's the reason for them. Research his "reign" with the Raiders, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He has effectively ran two winning teams into the dirt.
What does our offensive line coach have to do with illegal shifts and illegal formations caused by receivers? There was only one false start on the o-line, the other one was Favres fault.
Callahan was a disaster as head coach at Nebraska. ******************************** excerpts from Wikipedia: In 2007, a season many expected would be a breakthrough year for Nebraska, the program endured new lows. Nebraska was beaten by Southern California on September 15th , being outrushed by a 313 to 31 margin [5]. The team had five consecutive losses against Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Texas and Kansas. It was the first time since 1958 that Nebraska had lost 5 consecutive games[6]. On November 3, the Cornhuskers gave up 76 points to Kansas, the most points ever scored against the Cornhuskers in their 117-year football history. On November 24, 2007, a day after a 65-51 loss to rival Colorado, Callahan was fired. Callahan was 0-10 against teams ranked higher than 20th, 15-18 against the Big 12, and coached the program to its only losing seasons in 45 years.
This is my favorite highlight from the Callahan history books thus far, Callahan said the Raiders must have been "the dumbest team in America in terms of playing the game." Now THAT is a coach I would hire.
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