I'm not a football official, but this topic is interesting.
I offer a couple of items to the discussion.
First, from the MHSAA 08-09 Handbook, Article III, Section A-1
Quote:
The decision of game officials are final and no protests based on the decision of the game officials will be allowed.
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I wonder how they managed to ignore that sentence in their own handbook.
2008 - 2009 Mississippi High School Activities Association, Inc. Handbook
Second, here is a (poor) video, and from the location in the stands, apparently shot by a Leland fan.
Walnut-Leland Game End
Third, despite the esoteric meaning by debate societies of the phrase "beg the question", in the English language the rest of us use, the phrase clearly means "raise the question"...