re: even though Bama got fricked by it, the forward pass rule...

The thing I don't get about that play is why couldn't the replay officials overturn the play based on the blockers being down field? Why can't a clearly missed penalty be reviewable on a touchdown play? The blockers being way downfield is what turns this from a legitimate football play into bush-league playground garbage. That's one of the major keys DBs use to read pass vs run and if it was missed on a reviewable play then that should be part of the review.