re: Reid Interception...looked like a completed pass

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Regardless ball was horribly underthrown should never have happened

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well the kid is a wide receiver. it's not like tom brady made that pass.

I heard a bama fella say Williams was "repositioning" the ball in his hands
He didn't have time, nor a good enough grasp on the ball, to reposition it. I still can't understand how anybody would argue that he was down before the ball came loose.

In all the discussion I've heard and read on this, nobody seems to have noticed what was happening in the backfield as the ball was being thrown. Mingo hurried that pass and made him throw it higher than he probably wanted to. That was just great defensive effort all around by the Tigers on that play, as it was all night long.

Who cares? Karma is a bitch

The ball is moving in his hand as he is falling. Reid then comes away with it.

The refs saw it, can u?

The pic from the back shows that bama did not have possession while he was still in the air. Reid came up with it. I could be wrong, but I don't think the play is dead when the receiver hits the ground UNLESS he has possession. Pictures from the back clearly show he doesn't. So it's not a completed pass.

The ball never touched the ground, so it can't be an incompleted pass. What's left is a great INT by Reid.

You obviously need to look at back side angle again. It clearly shows the receiver not having the football. It will go down in LSU history as one of the greatest interceptions of all-time.

Not only did he take it away from a tight end much bigger than him but he also wasn't even guarding that receiver. What a play!

Close call and a GREAT play by Reid. If it would have been ruled a catch on the field, it probably would have stood as well. I believe the ref and replay made the correct call...

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Regardless ball was horribly underthrown should never have happened


well the kid is a wide receiver. it's not like tom brady made that pass.

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I took that to be his point.

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Either way, the call was 'confirmed', as opposed to 'stands', which means there was conclusive video evidence for an interception. Call on the field wouldn't have mattered.....

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I never paid attention to the difference. Damn - how many years had replay been in effect? Ya learn something new every day.

You are right on. Still, I wonder what the human factor is in overturning a call like this to go against the home team IF they would've called a catch on the field. The meltdown in Alabama would have been legendary!