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Actually, Triplett did seem to have the near perfect angle on the play. The tight end coming up the field had to run around him and so he was trailing the play and saw the line of the ball going directly away from him. He could tell from this line whether the ball went to the left or right of the pylon.
I had a similar situation in a scrimmage kick last year (Fed - 5-man crew)...the ball bounced on about the 3 yard line and bounced high and out of bounds. As the R back about 40 yards, the ball was going directly away from me on the sideline to my left and I could see that it stayed to the left of the pylon, but the BJ coming over on the goal line and the LJ rushing down the sideline couldn't tell. We used a perfect mechanic and marked the ball on about the 1. K's coach came unglued when he saw that it was my spot from behind the kicker that determined it was not a touchback.
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