Catch/No catch?

[Bob M.]

Originally Posted by wisref2

This is an important rule to know - to put it into English:
It doesn't matter where the pass lands - what matters is the direction it was thrown. So even if the wind blows it forward or momentum takes it forward(and it does happen), it is still a backward pass if its initial direction was backward.

REPLY: In NCAA, it most certainly does matter where it lands relative to where it was thrown from. That's how they define 'forward' and 'backward.' The direction in which the pass was initially thrown is interesting, but of little or no significance when judging a pass as forward or backward. Since this thread began talking about a play in a bowl game, the responses were using NCAA rules as the basis for their discussion.