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

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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.

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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.

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and the refs called that block in the back on LSU's 2nd touchdown in overtime,

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There was no block in the back on the LSU OT Touchdown. Taylor engaged his man face-to-face and backed off when he turned his back.

Pictures from SkyCam

Please go to Ukraine

Please get the frick out of this convo this is for real football programs

Watching the game live time, it looked like he extended his arms and made contact with his hands to the back as the Bama player turned. Those skycam pictures are pretty well useless, too many frames left out. Watched it again just now, and it looks like he touched him lightly on the back then restrained himself, and drew back. Not as bad as it looked while I was watching it live, probably a good no call.

This has been a good discussion on a very weird/unique situation and rule. My opinion….Whether good or bad for my team in the future, I think *if the offense fumbles the ball in bounds and the defense recovers the fumble in bounds, the defense should get the ball*. ETA: if they just added an asterisk like this, would anyone have an issue with it?

In this particular instance of football rules and reviews, I think “rules” and the application are overriding common sense.

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