[Husker] Incomplete touchdown pass

[David Strong]

A lot of chatter about the catch in the end zone that was ruled incomplete and no touchdown.  Per the NCAA rulebook, a touchdown occurs:
 
"When a player catches a foward pass in the opponent's end zone."
 
So you have to go the definition of what is a catch which is Article 7A.  One of the stipulations of a catch is:
 
"Loss of ball simultaneous to returning to the ground is not a catch, interception, or recovery."
 
I had always thought that once the receiver had possesion and a foot down in the end zonce, that a touchdown had occurred and the play was over and whatever happened after that was irrelevant.  Not so per the rules above.  A legal catch was not made and therefore no touchdown.  It was the correct call.  Rats.
 
Dave