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johnlg00 writes:

in response to tree_em_smokey:

Stokes did leave his feet but his feet were already back on the ground and he was stationary when the bama player jumped into him, thus the no-call. GBO!!!

The thing is, and the refs almost NEVER get this right, the defender can jump and still either draw an offensive foul or get a no-call. The principle of verticality in the rules extends from the floor to the ceiling. As long as the defender is in a "legal guarding position", which includes jumping straight up, any contact initiated by offensive player is an offensive foul if it is anything, but they almost never have the guts to call it right.

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