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re: Can we talk about the 1H fumble situation in LSU-Bama?
Posted on 11/8/22 at 11:34 am to JPLSU1981
Posted on 11/8/22 at 11:34 am to JPLSU1981
The rule itself is simple, if someone who is out of bounds touches the ball the play is dead.
Watching the replay frame by frame it looks like 81’s hand first makes contact w ball simultaneously with 3’s knee touching ground, so this is the REC going w the old tie goes to the offense philosophy.
And there’s really nothing to fix, if you’re out of bounds and touch the ball, play over. One option would be ball goes back to original line of scrimmage and any gain wiped out d/t illegal touching.
Watching the replay frame by frame it looks like 81’s hand first makes contact w ball simultaneously with 3’s knee touching ground, so this is the REC going w the old tie goes to the offense philosophy.
And there’s really nothing to fix, if you’re out of bounds and touch the ball, play over. One option would be ball goes back to original line of scrimmage and any gain wiped out d/t illegal touching.
This post was edited on 11/8/22 at 11:36 am
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Posted on 11/8/22 at 11:40 am to ukraine_rebel
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The rule itself is simple, if someone who is out of bounds touches the ball the play is dead.
Correct.
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Watching the replay frame by frame it looks like 81’s hand first makes contact w ball simultaneously with 3’s knee touching ground, so this is the REC going w the old tie goes to the offense philosophy.
I haven't seen it since the game, but IIRC, the LSU player never maintained possession, so it was still Alabama's ball when the play was ruled dead.
Similar to completing a catch, you have to "complete a change of possession." (You can't just fumble around with a loose ball and say it was yours because a knee was down — you have to maintain it.)
Posted on 11/8/22 at 11:44 am to ukraine_rebel
The rule is fine. Out of bounds player touches the ball and the play is dead. That was not the problem. The problem is the LSU player had possession. LSU possession, out of bounds player touches the ball, play is dead, LSU ball. The announcers did not talk too much on possession, most of it was concerning if oob player touched the ball. The offical never commented on possession. This is why Kelly went for 2 and said he did npt want to leave the decision in someone elses' hand. He sent a message and I hope we get better officiating in the future.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 6:24 pm to ukraine_rebel
Please go to Ukraine 
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