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>>a forward pass beyond the LOS will be illegal<<
Why?
Good comments, but keep in mind two things:
1. There were backs all over the place, so the issue of eligible receivers is not an issue.
2. There's no question that the QB was trying to "pass" the ball forward. The "starting to lose control" meant, due to pressure from the defense and the fact that the QB was holding the ball in one hand, it is reasonably foreseeable that the QB would have lost the ball either due to it being knocked away or it being dropped. I added the comment not for its descriptiveness, but to illustrate that the QB pitched the ball at the last minute.
I call a "shovel" pass an underhanded pass, whether planned or not.
Fed may be different, but NCAA says when in doubt, it is a pass rather than a fumble. Thus, I'm not sure what the crew getting together to discuss the play accomplishes, other than the event not being seen clearly by one official. The guy that threw the bean bag last night (R) said afterward that what I did was 100% correct in calling it INC. Besides, I'm of the view that you don't give a team a "cheap" fumble, so I honestly don't see the problem in a covering official killing it if he rules INC.
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