I was surprised as well that they didn't miraculously reverse it for no damn good reason like they did two years ago.

The ball was clearly moving, even in slow motion.

Even former Alabama quarterback Scott Hunter said that the officials got it right. I hope he hired some extra security so Updyke doesn't come burn down his house. :hihi:

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or poison his trees

the rule is to MAINTAIN control ALL the way to the ground? Kinda like if you catch it in the endzone even if you have one foot DOWN in bounds it doesn't count unless you still maintain control after you hit the ground. So once it moved in the TEs hands he lost control, Reid took control and thats all she wrote.

At first glance, I thought it would be overturned. After watching the replay, I was confident the call would stick.

I was on the chat room. I posted that we were about to be screwed. I can't believe we came out on top. I can't believe it still, five days later. We never have the refs not screw us in the state of Alabama. The replay official must be an auburn fan.

If the ball had been bobbled in the same manner, and the TE clutched it in the end in the same manner, there would have been no debate.

I can't find a replay that is clear enough for me to confirm but this is the way I saw it during the game, including the replay. Williams was bobbling the ball on the way down and Reid grabbed it and wasn't bobbling it. At that point, to me, it was an interception and not a shared possession. The fact that the 200 pound Reid came up with the ball in the struggle with the 250 pound Williams after they hit the ground also suggests that Reid is the one that had control at that point.

In other words an interception by the defense that the offense tried to take away and failed.

Anybody else see it differently?

No, that's exactly what happened. Williams had a firm grip on the ball until Reid knocked it loose. At that point, Williams was still in the air, and thus had never gained possession. I watched the replay over and over, and after the point that it was knocked loose, Williams never again gained a firm grip on the ball. Reid did. No simultaneous possession.