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NFL ADMITS OFFICIATING MISTAKE ON CAROLINA PANTHERS TOUCHDOWN!
WASHINGTON POST REPORTER Mark Maske
Monday, November 5, 2012
NFL: DeAngelo Williams touchdown shouldn't have counted. (Photo: Nick Wass, AP)
The NFL acknowledged Monday that officials erroneously awarded the Carolina Panthers a first-quarter touchdown during their win Sunday over the Washington Redskins when one of them inadvertently blew his whistle.
The play should have been ruled dead at the Redskins 17-yard line, according to a written statement by the league. The Panthers would have had the option of replaying that down or taking the play as it stood at the 17-yard line.
“By rule, Carolina should have been given a choice of putting the ball in play where [running back DeAngelo] Williams was ruled to have stepped out of bounds–1st-and-10 from the Washington 17 yard-line–or replaying the down–1st-and-10 from the Washington 30,” the league’s written statement said.
The NFL’s statement said “the Panthers were incorrectly awarded a touchdown following an inadvertent whistle.”
The inadvertent whistle—and the spot where the ball should have been placed afterward—was not subject to instant replay review under the NFL’s replay rules, according to the league’s statement.
Williams was near the sideline but never stepped out of bounds. Line judge Thomas Symonette blew his whistle inadvertently and signaled for the clock to stop, but Williams continued to the end zone. Redskins linebacker Perry Riley said after the game that he could have pushed Williams out of bounds if he hadn’t heard the whistle.
The officials spoke on the field but awarded Williams a touchdown. Referee Carl Cheffers said after the game that officials decided that Williams already was in the end zone when Symonette inadvertently blew his whistle.
For more on the NFL's admission, check out www.nfl.com
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"BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE "
- WHEN THEY ONLY PLAYED ON REAL GRASS...
COACH WOODY HAYES
www.chicagonow.com/chicago-sports- Coach Hayes/Coach Bo Schembechler
"Keep cool baby, and run those fat tackles to death." That's a quote from an Ohio State grad who described his school's football style. This was 1951-1978, the years under Coach Wayne Woodrow Hayes. "Three yards and a cloud of dust." If not a quote from Hayes himself, it was a successful battle plan according to his fans and critics alike. Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes was born February 14, 1913, and was a college football player and coach. Hayes attended and played tackle at Denison University from 1933-35 where he majored in English. (He always emphasized educational values in talks with players.) After graduating, he coached high school football from 1936-1940 at Mingo Junction and New Philadelphia in Ohio.
In July 1941, Hayes enlisted and served in the United States Navy for five years rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander during World War II. He commanded PC 1251 in the Palau Islands invasion and the destroyer-escort USS Rinehart in both the Atlantic and Pacific operations.
As World War II was winding down and Hayes' alma mater, Denison University, was pursuing plans to reinstate its football program (which had been suspended during the war), it contacted their former Head Coach Rogers (also in the Navy) about rejoining the program as head coach. Rogers declined, but recommended that his former team captain, Hayes, be named the next head coach. Denison was able to locate and cable Hayes an offer, which he accepted, minutes before his Navy ship was to begin the passage through the Panama Canal — meaning Hayes would have been unreachable for an extended period of time.
He served as the head coach at Denison University from 1946–1948 and Miami (Ohio) University (1949–1950), before going to Ohio State University in 1951. Hayes turned out teams that filled Ohio Stadium with avid fans, as the Buckeyes led the nation in home attendance in 21 of his 28 years.
During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program, Hayes' teams won five national championships (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970), captured 13 Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 205–61–10. He produced 3 Heisman Trophy winners and 51 first team All- America selections
Over the last decade of his coaching tenure at Ohio State, Hayes' Buckeye squads faced off in a fierce rivalry against the Michigan Wolverines coached by Bo Schembechler, a former player under, and assistant coach to, Hayes. During that stretch, the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry was dubbed the "Ten-Year War," Hayes and Schembechler's teams won or shared the Big Ten Conference crown every season and usually each placed in the national rankings.
Twice - in the mid 1950s and again in the late 1960s - his OSU teams recorded 17 straight Big Ten wins. All told, Hayes' career record stands at 238-72-10, a college record.. Hayes was born Feb. 14, 1913 in Clifton, Ohio. He died March 12, 1987 in Columbus, Ohio.
Despite his great achievements at Ohio State, Hayes' coaching career ended shamefully when he was abruptly fired for punching an opposing player in the face during the 1978 Gator Bowl.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983. He died March 12, 1987.
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