re: 32 photographs of Reid's interception

AWESOME images! That's the angle I was hoping to see. It was the most conclusive in real time.

What I see in more pictures is the receiver for Ala. not having his right arm/hand on the ball at all when he nears the ground. Reid's left arm has secured the ball b/w he and the Ala. players mid-section and Reid's left leg prevents the Ala. receiver from landing on the ground w possession b/f Reid takes it away. Pretty cut and dry to me.

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if a ball comes loose when a reciever hits the ground is that a complete or incomplete pass?

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Incomplete! You're right. No way that's a completion.

I don't get the "it was either a completion or incompletion" argument. The ball itself never touched the ground. It's either a "completion or an interception."

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TBH these photos dont show me a clear interception.

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i agree

Thank ou TulaneLSU and thank you Times Picayune. Wow , I miss the Picayune way up here in Montana.

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if that wasn't call a interception on the field, we could very well be 8-1

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false...it would've been overturned

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f a reciever can hit the ground and it's an incomplete pass, the he can lose possession on the interception since some seem to think the TE had possession when he hit the ground

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Some have brought up the argument that the ground can't cause a fumble (true)...but it can cause an incomplete pass. I really don't see where the argument is coming in when looking at the still shots. The ball is moving around and is up for grabs until the players are on the ground...when it's all over Reid has the ball and it has never touched the ground. Therefore it's an interception.

We were blessed that Reid went after that ball so strongly...if the TE had any fight in him he could have easily had the reception.

Great defensive play by Reid and Mingo. Poor execution by Maze and the TE. Hallelujah.

Good post. Reid's want for the ball was greater than the tight end's. Desire in life often is much greater than natural gifts and those who want something, no matter the disadvantages they face, may be able to attain it even before others who have advantages they do not.

I said GODDAMN!!!!!!!

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Here's a different angle, fwiw

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Thanks for posting those, attheua, because they contain the first shot which is absolutely indisputable to me.

For the most part, however, the series has a terrible angle as the shots are to the receiver's back. However, in the shot where it looks like the receiver is almost sitting on the defensive player's leg, the ball is frozen in mid-air on two fingers on the receiver's left hand, and the receiver's right hand is empty. That is before the receiver touched the ground. That shot shows for certain that the receiver did not have possession right before he touched the ground. It was anybody's ball at that point. We know that the defender secured the ball immediately after that, although the following shots in the series you linked are all obscured by the receiver's back.