Is d-line movement that draws a false start now called as offsides?

[UT97Vol]

I posted the replay in another thread. The OT flinched first, which is who Pearce was keying on. It's very clear in the replay.

Yep, he actually moved twice. He started rocking back. Then he flinched and Pearce went on that. Should have been a false start no play.

 

[ButchPlz]

Yep, he actually moved twice. He started rocking back. Then he flinched and Pearce went on that. Should have been a false start no play.

But of course McEldork and the "rules official" could only focus on offside.

 

[Vol865]

Georgia does it all the time on defense. They call it the shift, which is done to cause the O line to flinch. I have not seen one single offside call on Georgia and they have been doing it for years.

It's called stemming. It's more than just to make them flinch. It's to try to mess up your blocking assignments last second. But if you can stem, no way in hell should that tiny flinch warrant a flag

 

[RockyTop140]

It was a bad call. I laughed when they went out of their way not to call Alabama for the second delay of game in a row, even though the clock was clearly on 0 before the snap. Then we sacked Milroe and he grounded the ball and it cost them way more than the delay did.

That was hilarious! Even McElroy was saying they missed it.

 

[Wireless1]

I screamed almost as loud over that call as I did on that bull**** 4th down spot or was it the chicken**** face mask call? Actually I think I screamed the loudest over the downfield "holding" call. Anyway, I have lost my voice screaming at SEC officials.

At least this year the Bammers are hoarse from yelling at the ref too.