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

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look at the DL's fricking finger

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The magic finger that bent without deflecting the ball? Could it possibly have bent because he flexed his finger as he stretched reaching for the ball? Just maybe? The magnification and resolution weren't good enough to see the contact. If they were good enough to clearly see (and if he did touch it), the play would have been overturned. As it was, the play just stood as called. If the play had been called a tip on the field, it very well might have held up then, too, since you couldn't see it well enough to tell otherwise. But usually they like to see at least some change in the trajectory of the ball. I can't ever remember a time in many years of watching college football that a tipped ball was called where there was no change in the trajectory of the ball. Can you? Enjoy your win.