re: Trying more to understand this fumble non recovery

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This is simple AF, and the replay refs made a great call. When a player is out of bounds, he is part of the sidelines, and when a live ball touches the sidelines the play is over.

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I’ve never seen this called on a sideline catch or when a defender is out of bounds trying to defend a receiver or tries to strip the ball as he goes by. There’s many scenarios where the ball could be touched by an out of bounds player.

All of this is moot because the LSU player had possession with a knee down.