****Bama vs. TAMU Postgame Thread...****
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The receiver was pushed out of bounds by the DB. That means he could come back in and be the first person to touch the ball. If he had run out of bounds on his own, it would have been a penalty for him to touch the ball first.
The defender caused him to go out of bounds thus making him eligible to catch the ball.
They said he was forced out by the Bama defender, so he is still an eligible receiver.
Rule is if you are pushed out by the defense you can come back into the field of play and be an eligible receiver. The official ruled (probably right this time) that Fulton pushed him out of bounds and, therefore, he could come back in bounds for the reception.
The ruling was that the defender forced him out of bounds, so he could come back in. If I'm not mistaken, that's different from the NFL, where IIRC you are out of the play if you are forced out of bounds.
My thoughts exactly! I've never seen anything like this guy. For him to escape Pagan and throw the Hail Mary for a completion is just without explanation.
RTR!!!
Sounds like your beef is with the rule more than the call. It was a bad call, but it was also a bang-bang play so I can live with it. It would have been ridiculous had he been ejected.
Not to belabor the point on the out-of-bounds catch, but, it has been my understanding that if pushed out of bounds you can indeed come back into the field of play, however, I also thought that you had to re-establish yourself in the field of play before you could make the catch. I do not think the aTm player accomplished that. Even though he didn't touch the ball with his feet out of bounds, I don't believe he had gotten his feet back in bounds before the catch. Of course, I could be wrong on all points. 
the receiver can go out of bounds if he is forced out by the DB. I thought the refs made the right call on that one.
I wondered about that part. Good picture.
The problem wasn't the call by the official. Rather it was that as he caught the ball with a foot out of bounds.
I'm curious on what they saw while back at the hotel reviewing the tape. I saw so many holdings not called giving Johnny ample time to scramble and make big plays. I am so glad that our guys out scored them.
There were times he was in position but a perfectly thrown ball to a 6'5" WR is just too much to ask.
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Here's the thing about the out of bounds reception: they completely blew the call...PERIOD. Bottom line, Fulton played great defense on that play and certainly didn't force him out of bounds. The worst part is the receiver was clearly out of bounds when he made the catch anyway. Thomas Ritter's crew needs to be suspended and I'm not kidding. The refs simply cannot be allowed to dictate how the game ends. They gifted them that touchdown.
They got 620 yards, yet....
The horse collar / non face mask call gave them more yards
Yeldon may have scored on previous play, at worst it was a foot away not a yard plus, that gave them more yards.
If you took away half the crap calls, it's 56-28
The horse collar / non face mask call gave them more yards
Yeldon may have scored on previous play, at worst it was a foot away not a yard plus, that gave them more yards.
If you took away half the crap calls, it's 56-28
