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Old Mon Oct 08, 2007, 02:59pm
JugglingReferee JugglingReferee is offline
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Originally Posted by Bob M.
My last sentence referred to a situation where the first contact with the ground jars the ball loose. For example, receiver lays out (airborne) and secures the ball, firmly holding it. Now as he hits the ground, the ball pops loose. Incomplete pass. The youTube play you posted isn't what I was referring to. I can't say why that call (incomplete pass) was upheld. Once that first foot hits the ground in the endzone, the ball is dead, right? What happens afterwards is immaterial.
I have a completed pass as well. A1 has the ball IB and when he slides OOB, whatever happens is immaterial, as the play is over.
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