re: Trying more to understand this fumble non recovery

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This is exactly correct. Something no one mentioned is the LSU player had both hands on the ball with his knee on the ground before the Alabama player touched the ball. Should of been LSU ball as the LSU player had full possession before the out of bounds player knocked it out of his hands.

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Correct. If you apply the rule that an OOB player touching a ball kills a play, then as soon as he touches the ball, the play is dead. He does so when the LSU player has both hands on the ball. The OOB player touching the ball is what knocks it loose again. Therefore, it shouldn't matter because the play should've already been ruled dead. At that point, the LSU player has possession with his knee down. Knee down with posession also ends a play. The refs got this one wrong. And if they did go by the letter of the rule, the rule lacks common sense in regards to other rules.

And speaking of knee down, the BAMA RB slipped on that 4th down play and his knee touched down for a loss on the play. It was never reviewed and Bama got the 1st down instead.