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re: Can we talk about the 1H fumble situation in LSU-Bama?
Posted on 11/8/22 at 12:51 pm to paperwasp
Posted on 11/8/22 at 12:51 pm to paperwasp
The problem we have is the SEC has set precedent of what "possession" looks like, and it was NOT followed in this case.
Go back and look at the interpretation of Kellen Monde being "down" in the LSU/Texas A&M 7 (?) ot game a few years ago.
In that game, all it took to have possession of a loose ball on the ground is one hand grasping the ball.
That precedent was NOT applied in this game, If that's the case, and the league is going to look frame by frame on the replay the standards need to be applied consistently.
I don't have the pics, but since Monde was ruled down, the rule should have been that LSU did have possession (there wasn't irrefutable evidence in frame-by-frame video, if you sped up the video it appeared the player didn't have possession, but it's been established that frame by frame review is the standard) and a player who was out of bounds knocked it from his possession...which by definition is Illegal touching.
This is like a team having a player offsides on an onside kick...they should NOT be allowed to kick again, it should be an automatic turnover to the other team.
No team should benefit from what is or otherwise would be a penalty.
Go back and look at the interpretation of Kellen Monde being "down" in the LSU/Texas A&M 7 (?) ot game a few years ago.
In that game, all it took to have possession of a loose ball on the ground is one hand grasping the ball.
That precedent was NOT applied in this game, If that's the case, and the league is going to look frame by frame on the replay the standards need to be applied consistently.
I don't have the pics, but since Monde was ruled down, the rule should have been that LSU did have possession (there wasn't irrefutable evidence in frame-by-frame video, if you sped up the video it appeared the player didn't have possession, but it's been established that frame by frame review is the standard) and a player who was out of bounds knocked it from his possession...which by definition is Illegal touching.
This is like a team having a player offsides on an onside kick...they should NOT be allowed to kick again, it should be an automatic turnover to the other team.
No team should benefit from what is or otherwise would be a penalty.
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Posted on 11/8/22 at 1:11 pm to LafTiger
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The problem we have is the SEC has set precedent of what "possession" looks like, and it was NOT followed in this case.
No, the problem is Mond should have never been given credit for possession of the ball. All of these threads complaining about THIS call are really still just complaining about THAT call 4 years ago.
I mean I get the frustration, but you guys won.
This post was edited on 11/8/22 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 11/8/22 at 1:14 pm to LafTiger
Mond didn’t have to have possession, A&M already had possession, he simply downed the ball. LSU couldn’t do that bc they didn’t have possession of the ball yet.
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