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SEC Birmingham HATES LSU!

Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:09 pm
Posted by Lowdermilk
Lowdermilk Beach
Member since Aug 2024
847 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:09 pm

It was a catch AND a touchdown.

(in case no one has addressed this yet)
Posted by CynicalTiger08
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2018
2726 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:13 pm to
quote:

(in case no one has addressed this yet)


Only about a thousand other times
Posted by LSBoosie
Member since Jun 2020
16385 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:15 pm to
You think the SEC league office wants an SEC team to lose to an ACC team? Is that what you are saying?
Posted by PillageUrVillage
Mordor
Member since Mar 2011
15639 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:18 pm to
quote:

It was a catch AND a touchdown.


Everyone knows this except for people that hate LSU and “well ackchyually” losers.
Posted by rsbd
banks of the Mississippi
Member since Jan 2007
23120 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:19 pm to
Riveting take ole chap
Posted by 62zip
One Particular Harbor
Member since Aug 2005
6853 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:21 pm to
quote:

You think the SEC league office wants an SEC team to lose to an ACC team? Is that what you are saying


He's far from the only idiot running with this theory.
Posted by BiggaGeauxrilla
North Louisiana
Member since Dec 2017
2980 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:22 pm to
quote:

You think the SEC league office wants an SEC team to lose to an ACC team? Is that what you are saying?


I think they overcompensate to avoid this narrative. Mind you the review was for a touchdown or out at the one. It was ruled a catch on the field. That wasn't indisputable by any means.
Posted by atxfan
Member since Jul 2004
3986 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:25 pm to
The rule was redefined in the past decade and it's taken on a whole new life void of common sense. It will correct at some point, but those calls will continue for the next year or two, unfortunately. The current expectation for a "catch" is unreasonable in my opinion.
Posted by smash williams
San Diego
Member since Apr 2009
20880 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:27 pm to
Ok, he catches it. Does LSU still win?
Posted by IvoryBillMatt
Member since Mar 2020
7171 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:27 pm to
Here is the rule. It's a bad rule, but the call was correct:

quote:

NCAA Football – Rule Governing “Going to the Ground in the Act of Catching”

From Section 4, Article 3 (Definitions – Catch, Recovery, Possession):

> 2. If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain complete and continuous control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or in the end zone. This is also required for a player attempting to make a catch at the sideline and going to the ground out of bounds. If he loses control of the ball which then touches the ground before he regains control, it is not a catch. If he regains control inbounds prior to the ball touching the ground it is a catch.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
12416 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:40 pm to
quote:

If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass


This didn’t happen so this rule is inapplicable. He caught the ball and entered the end zone on his feet with the ball in his hands. What am I missing.
Posted by QB
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2013
7427 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:45 pm to
that rule you quoted applies to a catch made in the EZ. If the catch is made outside the goal line, the receiver with the catch only has to cross the goal line to be a TD. Not any different than a RB running across the goal line and fumbling after being hit in the ez. It was not a correct call. It was a clear td because the official that called him short of the goal line (obviously blind or corrupt because the receiver's entire body was inside the pylon). So he called the pass complete and OOB. IF not OOB, then it has to be a TD, regardless if he fumbles it after crossing the goal line. It clearly should have been a TD by their own rules.
Posted by LSUBS88
Member since Sep 2010
926 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:50 pm to
the rule was probably made for in air catches, not feet down catches, which would make sense.



Posted by Paulburbank
Member since Jun 2025
113 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:50 pm to
Hopefully what we saw with officiating isn’t indicative of what we will see all season
Posted by IvoryBillMatt
Member since Mar 2020
7171 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:59 pm to
It's not worth debating. I'm an LSU fan. I hate the rule too....but, it's been the rule for a while now. Brown was going to the ground in the process of catching the ball.

Read the rule. It doesn't matter where on the field it happens.
Posted by IvoryBillMatt
Member since Mar 2020
7171 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:03 pm to
FWIW, I think Birmingham hates LSU (see Peterson's interception). In this instance, they applied a BAD rule correctly.
Posted by IvoryBillMatt
Member since Mar 2020
7171 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:10 pm to
quote:

This didn’t happen so this rule is inapplicable. He caught the ball and entered the end zone on his feet with the ball in his hands. What am I missing.


As I said, not worth debating. I initially thought like you did.. that he had completed the process...but, I think the rule is interpreted to mean if you're falling down while in the process of catching the ball, possession of the ball has to survive contact with the ground. That's what happened with Brown.
Posted by saltytiger2
Pride, LA
Member since Sep 2015
2698 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:13 pm to
The rule is not applicable here. He had possession and broke the plain. Just the same as a rusher with possession breaks the plain.

It’s def worth debating. Refs screwed the call and could’ve cost us a big win. People just letting this ride bc we won anyway. Those refs made several terrible calls. Hopefully they catch hell for it.
Posted by Stirling
Kenner
Member since Nov 2016
303 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:15 pm to
Why did the official Mark it out at the One?
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