re: every LSU fan that hates Bama and the Bama Refs - watch this

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fricking ridiculous. Ridley ran an "out-and-up" route, and the defender wasn't even close to him when he went out-of-bounds (hence the correct removal of the hat).

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This is correct... there was a bump before the receiver made his cut to the outside. The receiver had separation with the defender trailing. As the receiver cut up field the receiver went out of bounds to avoid the defender.

ETA: Also the defender would not make contact at that point as it would be illegal contact/ holding on his part. And you can see the ref drop the hat just before the receiver gets back to the field.