2nd half Kickoff TD sholdn't have counted

[jbowen176]

First off, no sour grapes here, you guys wupped my Cards fair and square.  Just noticed this strange play during the game so I captured the video from the local highlights later on and it proved I saw what I thought I saw.  

Judge for yourself...what should the ruling have been if they had called this a fumble??

http://homepage.mac.com/jbowen1200/video/iMovieTheater41.html

[BullDoug]

I noticed it on the Jumbotron at the stadium on replay.

[bulls96go]

ok fine...we spot you the 7 points

what about the touch down in the last 3 min by pontoon

knee never touched the ground but no touch down...so do we get those 7 points back?

[The_Reaper]

Still wouldn't have made any difference. We still had more points on the board than you all. But in all fairness, I said the same thing in the stands when he did that. I guess you can say it was one that got away. Hosed, nah! Beaten badly, yup! Out coached, yup! Petrino's play calling SUCKED! He seemed not prepared for us. I guess it was a case of the overlooks!

[ZeroBullChip]

I saw that too.  Its not like he was under pressure there, but you are correct.

[jbowen176]

all your replies are correct, thats why I said it wouldn't have mattered, I just thought it was odd.  Almost Leon Lett like.

[Bullshiznitz]

And considering he fumbled into the endzone, theres no way of knowing who would have covered the ball if it was called as that, USF could have ended up recovering and still a TD.

[Guest bullman33]

Only the ball has to cross the line, from that angle you can definitely tell his foot was short of the goal line, but you cant tell if the ball was too.  His hands were out in front of him when it tossed it up, so its hard to tell.  I bet CJL tells his players to hold onto the ball until deep into the endzone though.

[jbowen176]

And considering he fumbled into the endzone, theres no way of knowing who would have covered the ball if it was called as that, USF could have ended up recovering and still a TD.

fair enough, but what if the ball landed in the endzone and bounces out of bounds?  would that be a touchback by rule?  

[Guest bullman33]

Yeah it does look like the ball left his hand early now that I watch it frame by frame.  DUMB!