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

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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.

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He was ruled to have never possessed the ball. Just touching is not possession. So possession remained with the team that possessed it last before the illegal touching occurred. It is a strange rule, these circumstances don't happen very often, obviously. As far as the other game scenario you described, sounds like the QB reclaimed possession of the ball while his knee was still touching the ground, making him down at that point. If the QB had touched it while his knee was down but not possessed it, regained his feet, then possessed it again (maybe by scooping it up), I think the play would have continued. I'm not sure though, rules can be weird.