[personal] Re: [Husker] Observations from the stands

[Tony Lambert]

Had the player stepped out of bounds or kept going to score then is the play 
reveiwable?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Beach" <rbeach at neb.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: [personal] Re: [Husker] Observations from the stands


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>> jj> I do have one question for someone on the list. How come the lateral 
>> was not a reviewable play? You can review fumbles and catches so why not 
>> if a play was a lateral or not? That doesnt make much
>> jj> sense to me.
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>     I am just going to make a guess here but it could be if it was decided 
> it was a lateral after review where do you then place the ball?  The only 
> thing you could do is place the ball at the point of recovery.  Last night 
> was a good example.  I don't remember the player that recovered for NU but 
> he probably could have gone in for the score.  But, when he heard the 
> whistle he stopped.  Do you award the touchdown based on what probably 
> would have happened?  Do you give NU the ball where he stopped running? 
> Or, do you give NU the ball at the point of recovery?  There are reasons 
> why every one of those three options wouldn't be right or fair.  The rule 
> takes that judgment out of the officials hands.  I might be wrong but that 
> would seem like the reason for the rule.
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> Bob Beach
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> I have never learned anything when I was doing the talking.
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