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

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Call on the field was LSU ball. The moment that the out of bounds Bama player touches the ball it is dead and goes back to the team in possession. Replay booth said Bama was in possession at this moment.

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No they never ruled bama was in possession of it after the fumble. They just deemed we did NOT have possession of it while being down therefore if the bama player touches it while out of bounds the ball is dead and goes back to the last possession which the guy who fumbled the ball - the bama player.

The issue really is they didnt think our guy with 2 hands on the ball and knee down was enough time to call it possession for us and down. You can really call it either way, we've been burned of stuff like this differently in the past (Kellen Mond knee down picking fumbled ball up with 1 hand, ruled him down AFTER replay). So apparently the split second Mond had his hand on the ball with knee on ground was enough to rule him down but our guy with 2 hands on the ball and knee down before being touched by OOB player was NOT enough to be ruled possession.

IT is what it is, we won, we know we have to fight the refs and Birmingham seemingly every fricking game against Bama so just have to play through it. If there's a close call/judgement play, we know its not going our way. This one, the tipped pass PI play, the no call on Perkins being held on Bama's 41 yard TD go ahead strike late in game, etc etc etc