Trailing 17-13 in the 4th quarter against Auburn, LSU faced a 3rd and goal from about the 5. Just after the snap, a flag was thrown. The result of the play was an LSU TD. Todd Blackledge speculated that the call was for not enough (only 6) men on the line of scrimmage. It was pretty obvious that the WR (who would have been the 7th) wasn't on the line. Along with the WR, who was more than a yard off the line, there was a TE in motion, the QB and two RB's (5 total). So, the official was right to throw the flag. I don't understand why he decided after the fact that it wasn't actually a penalty.
Apparently, that is not a play that is reviewable. I don't know if I could get a full copy of the college rulebook, but I'm sure there is a cut and dry rule about having 7 men on the line. It's not a judgment call. Why isn't it reviewable? It shouldn't need to be reviewable ... but it should be reviewable. The refs shouldn't screw it up, but, apparently, they do from time to time. Is 12 men on the field not reviewable?
Auburn hasn't done anything in the second half and it appears that LSU is the better team. But, that's not for the officials to decide. The officials need to enforce the rules in a fair manner, which they aren't doing if they are consistently blowing calls like that.
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