re: We Still Bitching About Bad Calls After a Win, But By God Right is Right/Wrong it Wrong

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It wasn't possession. Get over it.

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With all due respect, you are incorrect.

While it may not be the result of directed bias, the SEC officiating clearly has some problems. This call is a perfect example of some of the issues. Using replay to parse out "degrees of possession" is absurd and causes inconsistency. This is the kind of stuff that can make fans question impartiality.

There is nothing in the rules that says Brooks does not have possession. Feel free to challenge that. It's simply some replay official's interpretation (and yours). Prior interpretations in similar circumstances (i.e., loose ball on the ground), which were backed up by appeals and a formal protest to SEC officials, argue that Brooks absolutely had possession (see Kellen Mond, 2018). And, importantly, the official on the field thought he had possession.