re: Did out of bounds Bama player have to reestablish himself to become a legal participant

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I never saw indisputable evidence that the Bama player touched the ball. He swiped at it but didn't make contact.

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He made contact. The swipe is what made us lose possession after we already had the ball. It should have been a dead ball at the point of the swipe, but since we had possession of the ball, we should have kept possession on the field.

That is where the refs messed up. We had 2 hands securely on the ball. The swipe from the out of bounds player is what makes us lose the ball briefly yet the refs simply conclude that we never fully possessed the ball.