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Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher would like to see replay used on personal foul calls
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher isn't against trying to protect players, but he would like to see a call like the personal foul against Greg Reid that nullifed a game-changing play against Maryland be reviewed.
Reid came in shoulder-first and leveled Terrapin RB Da’Rel Scott as he was trying to make a catch out in the flat. CB Michael Harris grabbed the ball out of the air and returned it for an apparent touchdown that, with the extra point, would have put FSU up 17-3. Instead, the officials, in keeping with a point of emphasis about hits above the shoulder, threw a flag. Maryland scored moments later to tie the game.
"I don’t think it was a penalty,'' Fisher said Monday afternoon. "It was his shoulder, engaging in the shoulder and then working up, which is a clean hit. Je’s making a play on the ball, if they say that’s wrong, I disagree with it.''
He added he was upset a hit "twice as blatant'' on his WR, Rodney Smith, later in the game wasn't called, but that's football and he understands how an official can make a mistake.
"If you get hit, his head’s going to snap,'' he said. "You push a guy and his head snaps. So review it. I think they ought to be reviewable (plays). That would clear it up. You could see where the hit is, what goes on, if it was helmet to helmet. If it was legal or not. It would take some pressure off of them.''
Interestingly enough, Reid was later involved in a play that was reviewed -- an interception he came up with that looked as the ball had hit the ground first but the call was upheld and went FSU's way.
"We scored a touchdown (on the former play); I would have swapped them, I promise you,'' Fisher joked.
What he and every coach, for that matter, wants is consistency.
"I know they don’t do it on purpose ... but it affects our livelihood, it affects futures, it affects kids’ lives, it affects championships, it affects schools,'' he said. "I’m accountable. Kids are accountable. ... Anything that would enhance that (consistency) I’m for because I don’t want to point fingers. I wish they got every call right. They’ve got a tough job. ... But now that we have replay, ... we can help them and I think it should be part of it because the ultimate thing is to get things right.''
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