Texas vs Cal near last play

[BigT]

The replay referee is from Laguna Hills CA.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by BigT

The replay referee is from Laguna Hills CA.

That has nothing to do with anything. I hope you're not insinuating there was a case of conference favoritism going on there?

Looks like they awarded Cal the ball at the one as that's when they deemed he began to lose possession of the ball (my guess there).

Without replay, this would simply be either a touchdown or inadvertent whistle rules would apply, awarding the ball to the team last in possession where possession was lost.

Replay allows a fumble recovery by the other team on an IW if the recovery was immediate. I thought that qualified, but more knowledgeable officials have explained that that is not immediate.

If the recovery had been immediate, then I think a touchback would have been the ruling by the replay official.

[Texas Aggie]

I can think of no combination of rules which would give Cal the ball on the 1.

4-1-2-b-2: fumble that was loose. Replay could only determine that a TD had not occurred -- it could not determine anything further as there was no "clear
recovery in the immediate continuing action" per Rule 12 and the casebook. The Texas player picked the ball up and handed it to an official.

What combination of rules would NOT give Cal the ball on the 1 (assuming they don't score)?

By the way, unless there's a video or a photo at or near the goal line, we can't be sure. But I'm not convinced Cal didn't cross the plane of the goal line. The Cal player dropped the ball right when his left foot hits in the end zone. I'm not even sure how replay found indisputable evidence that the ball didn't cross the goal line.

EVERY other time we've seen this, it's ruled a touchback.

Maybe, but those were cases where the defense jumped on it immediately. 2 Texas players ran right by the ball and the third or fourth guy to make it to the end zone was the one that picked up the ball. He didn't run with it so he obviously didn't think it was live.