Ask A Back Judge: Virginia Tech-Old Dominion

Virginia Tech
(Ivan Morozov)

TSL Subscribers Made the Call: Heavy Contact Behind the Line 

Boy, did anyone who sold a Tech receiver having 5+ receptions this week take a shellacking on Saturday, not unlike the one Malachi Thomas took in week 1 (I feel like TSL should have a rimshot button available on Subscribers articles by default at this point). But should the shot Thomas took against Vandy have been legal? Let’s see what the Subscribers thought of it.

Out of 263 votes, 61% would have called a personal foul (of any variety), 9% would have elevated that to targeting, 3% had defensive pass interference, and 27% said it was correctly called as a legal play.

One of my favorite aspects of writing these pieces is hearing what you all think of various calls, and you guys had some excellent observations on this one. Here’s a sampling of the comments before I get to my full thoughts on this one.

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