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If the in the official's judgement the Ravins' player was not in control of the ball it would have been a fumble, the ball would have remained live and the second Ravins' player would have recovered it for a TD anyway.
Therefore, what would have happened if the replay would have reversed the touchdown and a fumble had been declared.
Since the ball was dead because of the official signalling a TD, who would have gotten the ball and where would they have gotten it.
It seems to me that when the replay ruled the TD good, it was a good example of if you can't explain it don't call it. [/B][/QUOTE]
This exact question came up last night during the game with me and my friends. First of all let me say that in my opinion the touchdown was good and that the replay only confirmed it in my opinion. As soon as the nose of the ball touched the first edge of the white goal line, it was a touchdown. It looked to me that the nose of the ball was a good 6 inches over the first edge of the line when it left the runners hand, therefore the fumble was of no consequence.
As for your question as to what would be done if the touchdown was overruled. I can only answer what would be done in highschool, and I'm not sure if the NFL rules are the same, but if the fumble would have happened before the ball crossed the goalline then this would have been an inadvertent whistle since the referree signaled a touchdown thereby killing the play. The second Raven player picking up the loose ball in the end zone would not have affected anything since he would have been recovering a dead ball. I believe the head referee made the right call by affirming the TD, however I would not have wanted to be that official making the call in "real time".
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