The only bad call all night was the awful pass interference on 3rd down when UNI QB just chucked it into double coverage.
0-1 versus the Pylon
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This call is the worst rule in football history. No matter who it goes against. What I don't get is I undertand if ball goes out of back of endzone within field of play but ball hit pylon on out of bounds side...ball was not in field of play when it left his hands.
Here is the rule...
A ball carrier fumbles the ball within the field of play forward into his opponents end zone and the loose ball then goes out of bounds behind or above his opponent's goal line or is recovered and downed by an opposing player in the end zone. The opposing team would be awarded the touchback.
Notice it says within field of play.. Ball was not in field of play.
A ball carrier fumbles the ball within the field of play forward into his opponents end zone and the loose ball then goes out of bounds behind or above his opponent's goal line or is recovered and downed by an opposing player in the end zone. The opposing team would be awarded the touchback.
Notice it says within field of play.. Ball was not in field of play.
Nope. You're guessing, just like the replay official did. At no point in any angle can you tell conclusively that his knee was down. I can guess that his knee was down, and I'm still 50/50 on whether it was or not, but guessing is not conclusive evidence.
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The entire pylon is in bounds. Doesn't matter what side it touches.
This was a blown call. Great coverage and I would tell him to do nothing different. You're going to have a couple clunkers no matter how good the officials are and this was one.
Only if the offense recovers. If the defense recovers they get it at the spot. Fumbling out of the end zone is the same as a defensive recovery so it's not moved back to the spot of the fumble.
Yes, this is a reviewable play, just like the spot of the ball being reviewable to determine if a first down was made.
There is a core contradiction that if you fumble the ball out of bounds you get to keep the ball. If you fumble it out of bounds in the end zone the other team gets it. Theoretically fumbling it out of bounds in the end zone means you've bested your opponent MORE than fumbling it out of bounds somewhere else.
Were you at the game? I am telling you right now, there was video of this being the correct call on the big screen. It was clear as day. If they did not have this feed on TV they need to fix something but it was clear.
I don't think Bundrage had possession of the ball when it hit the pylon.
In my section everyone was saying that it's either going to be a TD or ISU's ball on the 1 yd line, but I said.... don't be surprised if this ends up as UNI's ball on the 20. Everybody around me looked at me like I was crazy.
On TV they showed multiple views and 100% the call should not have been reversed. It was at least 3 views they showed on TV. It was a bad call. The knee goes down and the ball is released at the exact same time, play on the field should stand every time if an official does his job correctly.
Replay review in general should just change the rule. The rule should be that they just try to get the call right based on replay. They very rarely follow the correct procedure that the play on the field stands if there isn't conclusive evidence.
It makes no sense. The only reason I've seen given for this rule is to discourage teams from purposefully fumbling into the end zone to score, which is ludicrous.
Btw the pylon is in bounds. Thus when guys are diving and touch it. Its a touchdown. Btw everyone in our section saw Sams knee hit the ground before throwing the ball. Big screen had a perfect angle.
The pylon is out of bounds in the end zone. The pylon is just a representation of the intersection of the sideline and the goal line. The goal line is in the end zone, so the intersection of the goal line and the sideline is out of bounds in the end zone.
TV must not have had the replay they had at JTS. They slowed it down, it was clear. You are wrong, but its not your fault, you just didn't see the correct replay.
Whatever the call on the field was should have been the replay of that call. It was too close to change either way. They sucked at doing their job and didn't follow procedure.
