Skowronek‘s catch deserves its own thread
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That's at least one fantastic catch, three games in a row!!! Plus, he made the catch at the goal line that was called back. He is playing amazing football!
Actually it's his right shoulder pad which deserves all the credit since the ball seems to stick there with these catches.
No catches, but a fantastic punt return late in the game!
The catch at the goal line was another terrific grab. He really went up and got that one. It’s a shame it was negated by the Hance penalty. We were looking at another 6 points for Bowser if not for that holding call. Ugh.
Don’t forget Skow’s one handed grab to convert a critical third down vs ND. He rises to the moment.
Hance had a brutal day. Hope he got it out of his system.....
Let's hope so...poor guy must be suffering from PTSD. RB's need to chip on his side on every pass play.
The bad part was they were going right through him and overpowering him without much of a move or speed rush. He definitely had an off day and we need him to play better the rest of the way. He can do that.
I appreciated that the replay crew went to the extent of saying the call of TD was CONFIRMED and not just “stands” which would have implied some uncertainty about the catch and the on field officials’ call. That was important, otherwise the story line might have included “NU won in part due to a questionable TD call on the field.”
Seems that the Iowa dB #11 was grabbing Skowronek’s jersey prior to him stretching out to make the catch. Was #11 called for pass interference on the play?
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It was definite PI and was not called. He probably wouldn’t have had to extend quite as dramatically if he hadn’t been held.
Since PI was not called, just glad it was confirmed a catch and td after review. I agree that the grab of Skoronek’s jersey by Iowa’s dB #11 prior to him catching the ball for the td seemed pretty obvious from some of the angles and must have been noticed by those in the replay booth.
Watching live, I was sure it was no catch, but replay got it right. That was amazing.
I saw more than one play where Epenesa gave him 2 hands to the chest to stand him up and another round to knock him down.
If you watched closely, each team was called for one PI (IIRC), but mostly the refs were letting them play. I thought they missed several PIs each way.
I agree there were some that could have been called each way but I prefer they let them play a bit. I am in favor of not calling the “hand on the waist” unless it is holding or turning the guy around, and some contact/hand fighting as long as both guys are equally making a play on the ball.
This is unbelievable - how did he catch that trophy?
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