Can someone explain to me the rule on when the ref will award the escape point when you are cutting a guy. It seems a little inconsistent from what I saw. I was pretty suprised in the 149 final on the 2nd to last cut Metcalf attempted. DC was flat on his belly face down and Metcalf cut him. DC stayed down on the mat and Metcalf was fully disengaged and circled around front. The ref did not award the escape. Ended up calling them out of bounds right before the infamous final 3 seconds.

Any way seemed odd that if a guy just lays there that you essentially can't cut him. Hell just be up by 1-2 going into the 3rd take down and take a nap....

Thx!

So you could just lay there and take the stalling call(s) and not give up the position? If so I'm guessing you could burn a good 10-20 seconds there and just take your warnings. Strange!

Metcalf's (and most of the rest of Iowa's team) problem was when he cuts people he's fallen in love with just pushing on them the whole time and expecting the ref to add the escape.

Most refs will call the escape eventually, but when you're stressed for time its really not the best idea in my opinion.

He should have stood up, truly disengaged meaning not been touching Caldwell at all and then jumped back down on him. Caldwell was sprawled out flat, so Metcalf should have been able to jump back on/tackle him to get his next 2.

Metcalf's (and most of the rest of Iowa's team) problem was when he cuts people he's fallen in love with just pushing on them the whole time and expecting the ref to add the escape.

I've always questioned the escapes given, when the top guy simply comes around front, but continues to keep both hands and all of his weight on the back of the bottom guy's head. The bottom guy in that position is still in jeapardy and has not been released. I've actually seen Metcalf come around front like that, the escape was awarded and he just spun back around and was awarded another takedown. At no point was there a loss of contact, or control, and yet an escape and a takedown were awarded. To me that's BS, but I don't know what interpretation of the rule the officials are instructed to use.

I think that's the cause of frontqtr's confusion. Was he not awarded that last escape because he hadn't come around front? Was it because Caldwell was still on his belly? I don't know the answer to either of those questions. I am, however, getting my officials license this spring, so hopefully I'll have a better handle on it by next season.