Texas vs Iowa State

[MD Longhorn]

Thoughts on the plays near the end (the two fumbles or possible fumbles)?

Disclaimer - I am a Longhorn, I'm aware of possible bias. I try to remove that when looking at plays, but it's not always easy or perfectly done.

First fumble - I truly believe his forward progress was stopped before the ball came out, but am more certain in saying it was impossible to see on review that the ball came out before forward progress was stopped. I do think the linesman/referee muddied the waters by calling him down by contact; where he really never was - and should have been ruled down by virtue of his forward progress being stopped.

Second fumble - OK, they ruled no fumble - on replay it appeared he lost the ball while still moving forward. However, what I was on replay was that the RB picked the ball back up, pulled it back to himself, tried to lunge again and lost it again. However --- does anyone else believe that the moment he picked the ball up and before he pulled it back in - the ball was over the goal line?!?! I thought they should have reviewed this and ruled the 2nd "fumble" to be a touchdown.

Back to the disclaimer --- I'm well aware that both of those plays I've ruled in Texas's favor; hence my posting of it here for more impartial viewpoints.