Virginia Tech Recover After ‘worst’ Roughing The Passer Penalty Fans Have Ever Seen

Virginia Tech hit Cal 42-34 successful double-overtime connected Friday night. The Hokies had a chance to put nan crippled distant adjacent nan extremity of regulation, but a questionable roughing nan passer telephone extended a thrust for nan Golden Bears and allowed them to necktie nan crippled pinch 2:34 remaining successful nan 4th quarter.

Virginia Tech held a 27-20 lead pinch nether 3 minutes remaining pinch Cal facing third-and-goal from nan five-yard line. Quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele faked a handoff and looked for personification to propulsion nan shot to. As he moved astir down nan statement nan Hokies defense converged connected Sagapolutele pinch protect linemen Aycen Stevens and Ben Bell gathering astatine nan quarterback.

Sagapolutele was scked and fumbled. The fumbled was recovered by Cal, but alternatively of facing 4th down a emblem was thrown for roughing nan passer. Cal sewage a first down, nan shot was spotted astatine nan 2 and they scored a touchdown connected nan very adjacent play.

Was it a difficult hit? Sure. But roughing nan passer connected a backmost who still had nan shot successful nan pocket? Most viewers seemed to work together it was 1 of nan worst calls of nan season, if not ever.

Luckily, it each worked retired successful nan extremity for nan Hokies arsenic they won their 3rd crippled of nan play and snapped a two-game losing streak.

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