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Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:10 pm to
Posted by threeputt
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Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:10 pm to
Ok .. Well I am saying that the ball was only awarded to the lions after the referees talked about the play. I was ten drinks in at that time but didn't the saints even try to line up and run a play

I did not watch it on tv but this article seems to agree LINK
This post was edited on 1/8/12 at 12:13 pm
Posted by St Augustine
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Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:19 pm to
Fair enough. All descriptions on the hoculi rule state that it is reviewable by video. I didn't think officials huddling was considered as well.

That article fails to account for the fact that the entire saints team stopped playing after the whistle and that the Detroit players themselves didn't take the ball to the end zone.
Posted by Eternalmajin
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 1/8/12 at 4:20 pm to
With the whistle coming right away, by rule it should not have been overturned even by replay (if they would have said incomplete pass on the field). The recovery was not immediate. Whistles blew, Colston and Lions players dove for it, then it bounced out of the pile and is picked up away from that spot.

Hell of a lot of whining about a play that, given the whistle, actually screwed the Saints out of the ball.
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