re: Can we talk about the 1H fumble situation in LSU-Bama?

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I’ve also watched football for 30 years and never seen it happen

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Here you go:

Packers Ty Montgomery makes a slick ST play (YouTube)

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I’m mad about it but I’ve also watched football for 30 years

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We have seen it before against Alabama, cost us an interception, remember this: PP Int

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The concept of possession is probably the key point here. Knee down, two hands on the ball, ball punched from hands after

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So this statement has me reminded of the incident in the LSU/A&M game in 2018 where the aggie qb throws and interception right before OT that would have sealed the win for LSU. He drops the ball, kneels down and touches it. The referees said that since his knee was down and he was touching the ball that constituted possession and the play was ruled dead as his knee was down. Shouldn't that same thing have applied last Saturday as the LSU player's knee was down and he, too, was actually touching the ball? If memory serves me right, he actually even had both hands on the ball and looked to be in possession of the ball when the Bama player touched it.

Strange rule.