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Originally Posted by over the mountain
on that cruz play, just saw it myself on the highlights. the refs said "he gave himself up" which means hes down. the az coach was told by the refs he couldnt challenge it.
i think they had peter king on as their expert who said a runner "gives himself up when he slides or...gives himself up"?
either way, seems to be a bad call b/c cruz caught it on the ground then got up and tried to run for a few yards then went back on the ground untouched in a fetile position then got back up dropping the ball . . .i believe "giving himself up" would have been if when he made a sliding catch then deciding not to get back up but he did . . .seems like a bad call all around
personally never heard of "giving himself up" as applied to a receiver, only a qb in the process of doing a slide where the ball comes loose during the process of the slide
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Ah, right, "giving himself up." Dumb call. He got up, he wasn't down, ball came out.
Do plays get stopped when 2 teams stand around while the ball is live on the field? Dumb call by the refs.