[Husker] Blown calls

[David Strong]

That's a good one.  Here's a couple of clips from the NCAA rule book:
 
"ARTICLE 8. A simultaneous catch or recovery is a catch or recovery in
which there is joint possession of a live ball by opposing players inbounds.."
 
"If a forward pass is caught simultaneously by opposing
players inbounds, the ball becomes dead and belongs to the passing team."
 
"Two opposing players receive a legal forward pass while both are
off the ground, and both players return to the ground inbounds at the
same time. RULING: Simultaneous catch; the ball is awarded to the
passing team (Rule 2-2-8)."
 
"Two opposing players receive a ball while both are off the ground,
and one player returns to the ground inbounds before the other.
RULING: No simultaneous catch. The legal forward pass is
completed or intercepted by the player who first returned to the
ground."
 
That's about all the references I could find to this situation.  My take is the same as Nick's, it was a blown call.  I thought it was a simultaneous catch and after both players were on the ground, the defender wrestled the ball away.  I think it should have gone to the passing team.
 
Dave

--- On Sun, 9/27/09, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>
Subject: [Husker] Blown calls
To: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009, 12:56 PM


This is off topic as it pertains to the Huskers, but I was watching
the Indiana-Michigan game yesterday morning.  IU was driving after
Michigan had taken the lead.  About 2:30 minutes to in the game.  IU
qb throws a slant pattern, and by all accounts, the ball was caught
simultaneously by the receiver and defender, and they fall to the
ground.  The defender wrestles the ball away while rolling on the
ground.  The officials call it Michigan ball.  The replay is pretty
clear - simultaneous catch, fall to the ground, defender wrestles the
ball away on the ground.  Officials confirm the call on the field on
replay.

I thought, like in baseball, the tie goes to the runner.  A
simultaneous catch and the ball is down should go to the offense.  Am
I missing something, and did the refs get it right?  Or was I and the
announcer (and the IU coach who went ballistic on the sidelines) right
and the refs blew a big call?

Nick
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