To use an analogy: The pass interference penalty helped Jerry Rice catch more balls.
The league said the replacement officials had erred on the play by not calling pass interference on Seattle receiver Golden Tate.
On consecutive plays the Irish were called for pass interference, giving USC a first down at the Notre Dame 1 with more than four minutes left.
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The NFL released a statement on Tuesday saying a game-ending pass interference penalty should have been called on Seattle, but that the referees followed the proper procedure in awarding touchdown.
Or it should have been over earlier in the drive when somehow Green Bay was flagged for pass interference when it was the Seattle receiver who was draped all over the Green Bay defender.
It would be ridiculous to put a bust of Jerry Rice at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH and then attach to it a statue of the rules the committee that wrote the pass interference penalty.
They came back from a 22-point deficit and made it a heart-stopper, thwarted in the end only by a missed pass on 4th and goal (Great name for a football book, by the way.) Was there defensive pass interference on the play?
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Where Coughlin flung his arms and screamed shock at the non-call of a seemingly-obvious pass interference committed on Manningham, Manning just coolly shook his head, went to the sideline and on the very next drive, on the very first snap, found Manningham for that all-important play.
To avoid interference, equipment needs to pass very stringent tests.
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