Why wasn't the Texas TD reviewed??

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Originally posted by MJT
It should have been reviewed and probably overturned. That was huge! Ball on 8 yard line, or TD.

The play was not reviewed because there was an equipment malfunction and they were unable to correct it before Texas kicked the PAT.

Report: Faulty monitor prevented key review

PASADENA, Calif. - The first touchdown scored by the Texas Longhorns in Wednesday's Rose Bowl was not reviewed reportedly because of a malfunctioning monitor that prevented the replay crew from seeing the necessary angles to stop play.

According to USA TODAY, Dave Parry, the national coordinator for NCAA football officiating, said a problem with one of the monitors temporarily limited the replay officials to the same image shown on the screen beyond one of the end zones.

Texas quarterback Vince Young appeared to have a knee touch the ground before he lateraled by tailback Selvin Young for a 12-yard touchdown run to give Texas a 9-7 lead over USC with 4:57 to go in the second quarter.

"They didn't get the time to see the views ABC provided," Parry told USA TODAY at halftime. "It should have been reviewed."

The Texas-USC game was the first Bowl Championship Series title game to use replay.

Parry told USA TODAY the malfunction compounded an already complex challenge for the replay crew on the touchdown play. He said there were three issues being examined: Whether Vince Young's lateral was forward, and therefore illegal; whether the ball was out of his hand before a knee touched the ground; and whether Selvin Young stepped out of bounds.

Texas was able to snap the ball for the conversion attempt before the replay crew was able to stop the game.