re: Mark May re HB7 goalline situation: "rules are rules"

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It went through the goalline. I believe it would have been a touchback.

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Some referee said after the game it would have been ruled an illegal forward pass and not a fumble, so LSU ball on the 5 1/2 yard line

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Perhaps all true, however I can't imagine the reaction had the uniforms been reversed.

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I disagree - I cannot imagine anyone being really upset with what happened regardless of who was involved.

At total fluke having absolutely nothing to do with the play of the game. Nobody can say they were deprived of something they should have gotten.

Of course there are borderline penalties all the time, and as long as the refs are consistent then nobody should have heartburn about it.

The penalty against Wing earlier is another example. What he did had nothing to do with the play of the game. It was 'against the rules' and got flagged for it. There was no huge outcry.

Just as if he had NOT been flagged there should have been no outcry either.

Now when a blatant foul occurs that affects the play of the game and is not called resulting in a TD for the "other" team ==> that is a reason for sour grapes.

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It went out of bounds behind the goal line - it would have been first down Georgia on the twenty - right?

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This is what I think the ruling would have been.

Touchback.

Saw it happen in a pro game once. Player started pumping the ball on about the 10 yd line. Lost control at about the 5. Ball bounced into the end zone and out the back. Other team got the ball on the 20/

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It went out of bounds behind the goal line - it would have been first down Georgia on the twenty - right?

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Yes, I don't see how the ref didn't catch it. He was looking right at him.

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This is what I think the ruling would have been. Touchback. Saw it happen in a pro game once. Player started pumping the ball on about the 10 yd line. Lost control at about the 5. Ball bounced into the end zone and out the back. Other team got the ball on the 20/

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I once saw Jerry Rice spike the ball at the one-yard line before crossing the goalline against the Saints. Touchdown, wasn't even reviewed.

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Wouldn't it have been an illegal forward pass first, therefore overriding the touch back call?

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I don't know...doesn't a forward pass have to have an intended receiver?

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doesn't a forward pass have to have an intended receiver?

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Sooooooooo - they should have called intentional grounding?????

Since we won anyway, I say we just declare it karma or payback or whatever for the bullshite celebration call on Wing's "touchdown" earlier this year.

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Sooooooooo - they should have called intentional grounding?????

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Yessssss.