[NU Sports] Rose Bowl - was that a catch?

[Jonathan Hodges]

In the NFL I believe the rule is that the player must have possesionand make an "athletic move" with the ball, i.e. taking a step orturning his body.  I am not sure what the rule in college is, though. On the play that you speak of, in slow motion it really did look likea catch and a drop, but played in real time it looked like it wentright through his arms.  Overall I think our Big Ten officials did agood job in the game - the game was very evenly matched and emotionswere running high so it was a difficult game to call and they did muchbetter than the inexperienced Sun Belt and WAC officials in some ofthe Big Ten bowl games.
Jonathan
On 1/6/06, Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com> wrote:> There was a play late in the game (4th quarter) where a Texas player "caught",> then was hit and dropped, a pass. This play was reviewed and rules a non-catch,> rather than a catch then fumble.>> In slow motion it looked like a catch that was fumbled, but in real time it was> almost instantaneous. I've always understood the idea of 'have possesion and> take two steps' as one definition of a catch. In this case though, the> receiver's feet were stationary.>> So my question is, how is a catch verified if the receiver doesn't move his> feet?>> Thanks,> Jim>>>> __________________________________________> Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about.> Just $16.99/mo. or less.> dsl.yahoo.com>> _______________________________________________> nwu-sports site list> nwu-sports at tssi.com> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports>

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