Idaho's final TD - a catch?

[bgbball31]

I recorded the game and watched that replay over and over, put it into slow motion, and tried to get the best shot I could, and that was what I ended up with. If anything though, I had the opposite reaction to what you had though. If his hands are to the right of the ball, and his legs to the left, then there is no way he could have kept it off the ground, and the ball seems to be on the ground in the picture IMO.

[Redwingtom]

I recorded the game and watched that replay over and over, put it into slow motion, and tried to get the best shot I could, and that was what I ended up with. If anything though, I had the opposite reaction to what you had though. If his hands are to the right of the ball, and his legs to the left, then there is no way he could have kept it off the ground, and the ball seems to be on the ground in the picture IMO.

The key factor IMO is that you can clearly see his hands move on the ball like when it hits the ground and shifts in his grip. When that happens, no catch.

The most disappointing thing was the 10 seconds they took to review the play. At least take some time and give the appearance of a "review".

[musicman2343]

I recorded the game and watched that replay over and over, put it into slow motion, and tried to get the best shot I could, and that was what I ended up with. If anything though, I had the opposite reaction to what you had though. If his hands are to the right of the ball, and his legs to the left, then there is no way he could have kept it off the ground, and the ball seems to be on the ground in the picture IMO.

The most disappointing thing was the 10 seconds they took to review the play. At least take some time and give the appearance of a "review".

No kidding... The refs blew it by not taking time to review it. I'm not saying it would have been overturned, but they should have taken time to actually look at it. Of course, we blew it by letting it get to that point. IMO, it wasn't a catch but it doesn't matter anymore - as RUIT said "only the final score will be shown."

[LowryFalcon]

I wasnt able to catch the game live as I was skiing with my wives family but I recorded the game. When I watched that last play I could not believe they ruled that a catch. Although I know that wasnt a catch I know we didnt deserve to win since we allowed them to get down the field 70 yards to score in less than 30 seconds. I read a few posts about "what if we would have taken a knee" and such but really I think the Falcons did what should have been done on that drive. How many times would you expect a team to march down the field and score so fast? The Falcons played a great game and the Vandals did as well. The Vandals had a lot to prove and they wanted that win just as bad as we did. They truly deserved that win but I will forever question that catch but in all reality there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Great Win vandals and Great Job this year Falcons.

Im just happy we made it to a bowl game this year. Early on in the season none of us thought we would be here and to just be in a bowl with the way we started is just amazing itself.

[MACMAN]

catch

[SB-50]

It was a great season, a great bowl game and great exposure for this program and university.

Coach Clawson is the real deal!

End of thread....

No....I wanna wallow some more

Oh, please, what kind of fan are you? I didn't come in here and scream "we got screwed" or whine and cry. I wanted to discuss the play, and see what other's thought about it. I didn't even give it much of a second thought on Wednesday, watching the play on SportsCenter Thursday morning is what spurred me to post.

If you don't want to participate in the thread, skip it, and go to the "everything is peaches and cream" topic. But don't sit there and accuse me or anyone else who agreed or and least questioned the call as a wallower or whiners.

dstubb, relax my man. I wasn't directing anything at you or any other "poster". I think we got screwed, but the key was that the original call was a catch and there was not indisputable blah, blah, blah to reverse the call.

This call is immediately part of BG lore; end of a bowl game and directly resulted in a loss. It is worthy of discussion and yes, I am whining because it sucks that we lost on that play and on the defensive breakdown at the end of the game. Additionally we have to marinate in this due to it being the end of the season.

So, relax my friend nothing was directed at you.

[SB-50]

http://i48.tinypic.com/303a634.jpg

A bit clearer look at it.

Looks like a legit catch in that pic - seems like the ball is slightly above the ground. Nice find.

That ball is on the ground. I'm sure the replay officials had similar discussions and why they didn't reverse the on-field call.

[dstubb]

dstubb, relax my man. I wasn't directing anything at you or any other "poster". I think we got screwed, but the key was that the original call was a catch and there was not indisputable blah, blah, blah to reverse the call.

This call is immediately part of BG lore; end of a bowl game and directly resulted in a loss. It is worthy of discussion and yes, I am whining because it sucks that we lost on that play and on the defensive breakdown at the end of the game. Additionally we have to marinate in this due to it being the end of the season.

So, relax my friend nothing was directed at you.

Ok, dude, my bad.

[daspollak]

I wasnt able to catch the game live as I was skiing with my wives family but I recorded the game. When I watched that last play I could not believe they ruled that a catch. Although I know that wasnt a catch I know we didnt deserve to win since we allowed them to get down the field 70 yards to score in less than 30 seconds. I read a few posts about "what if we would have taken a knee" and such but really I think the Falcons did what should have been done on that drive. How many times would you expect a team to march down the field and score so fast? The Falcons played a great game and the Vandals did as well. The Vandals had a lot to prove and they wanted that win just as bad as we did. They truly deserved that win but I will forever question that catch but in all reality there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Great Win vandals and Great Job this year Falcons.

Im just happy we made it to a bowl game this year. Early on in the season none of us thought we would be here and to just be in a bowl with the way we started is just amazing itself.

The correct grammar should be wives families. Damn I never thought polygamy existed in Ohio, only Utah, but shows what little I know.

[LowryFalcon]

Sorry I didn't realize I was in English class lol.

[Pete Segaard]

Okay, I did not look at any replays today, but his knees were down, made the "catch", then slid into the end zone would the ball not be downed at the intial catch point?

[bgbball31]

That was the first thing I thought when I watched it live. His knee was down before he slid into the endzone even if it was a catch. There were only 4 seconds left and I think Idaho was out of time-outs, so really they should have been down at the 1 with the clock running and 4 seconds left. It would have been impossible for them to get any play off from there. But, there were no camera angles to tell that one (at least not that I remember), so it was just easier to argue it wasn't a catch.

[SB-50]

Okay, I did not look at any replays today, but his knees were down, made the "catch", then slid into the end zone would the ball not be downed at the intial catch point?

The receiver is required to maintain control of the ball all the way to the ground.

Hey Lowry, don't worry we're just hatin' on you for having more than one wife, and skiing with all of 'em at the same time. Play on Playa!!

[LowryFalcon]

lol Yeah unfortunitly I only have one wife and Im not mormon.....YET! lol I may have to take a trip out to Utah lol, But I think my wife would kill me if I did that.

My two cents again is that it was NOT a catch and I didnt look to see if he was down at the one but Ill just jump on the bandwagon and say it. "Horrible call he was obviously down at the one, he ref I think you need a new cell phone so you wont miss so many calls!"<- That sucked I know.

[h2oville rocket]

But if its his wives(') family (singular) that would imply that his wives are all related. Twins, maybe? Wow, how cool is that?