I'm sure you guys have gotten this one before...

[Ed Hickland]

Think we are all in agreement that football rules are complicated and the average fan gets a good deal of their simplistic rule "knowledge" from the talking heads.

This play the ball was on the ground but the player was not and most of all he had control when he placed the ball on the ground. The loss of control occurred when he went to pick the ball up.

At what point and was he down when he lost control. The fine minds on this forum who study the rules will understand. The Arkansas fan who is fretting over losing the game thinks they were the victim of poor officiating.