re: Simultaneous catch. Has it been discussed?

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What's bad is that the second one was reviewed extensively and none of the refs knew the "first foot down" part of the rule. I wouldn't expect a lot of fans to know it (hell I didn't, always thought it was the tie to the receiver deal) but when a whole booth who is there to specifically interpret and apply the rules doesn't it's pretty bad.

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I'm pretty sure that rule has hurt Bama too. I don't even remember who they were playing -- the 9-6 LSU game, maybe? -- but there was a simultaneous catch at the goal-line that went to Bama's opponent and kept them out of the endzone. I recall hearing that the foot down rule was applied and, despite knowing quite a bit about football rules, not really knowing whether that was an actual rule.