If my memory serves correctly, wasn't in in Saban's 1st preseason game; a game also at Jacksonville? On that note; I'd love to see them in the regular season a few times.
I hope this was called as a face mask penalty against that Jags player because it sure looks like it.
Actually it wasn't called. The officials got together and said it was incidental. It was a horrible call.
Especially when you consider the rule change this year has made ALL facemask penalties a 15 yd. personal foul. I hope this doesn't mean the refs are gonna let the little stuff go and only call the blatent ones. Kinda negates the whole point of the rule...
I thought that was the rule. That should have been a 15 yarder imo, because his head jerked to the side. But i believe the rule is if you grab and let go it's a non call, not a 15 yarder. A 15 yarder is if the head is jerked to side or down or a tackle is made using the facemask. That was my interpretation of the rule change.
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