Haven't seen this posted, if so please remove.....official review from the SEC Supervisor of Officials verifying the correct call was made. BTW, Shaw is an Alabama grad. From SEC Supervisor of Officials Steve Shaw on the interception by LSU’s Eric Reid with 11:07 left in the 4th Quarter: "Following the on-field ruling of the interception, the play was reviewed and the replay confirmed the decision on the field. The replay showed that before the Alabama receiver made contact with the ground, he lost control of the ball. The LSU defender obtained possession of the ball prior to the ball hitting the turf, thus giving the defensive team possession of the ball. By rule, to complete a catch, a player must have possession as stated in NCAA Playing Rule 2-4-1 (a), which says, ‘A player “gains possession” when he secures the ball firmly by holding or controlling it while contacting the ground inbounds. The ball is then in player possession."
If they thought it was a bad call then they don't know the rule. I explained it to my wife and kids just after it occurred. I also told them to expect a reversal not due to the call being incorrect but because I was anticipating another royal screwing like we've previously received in Bryant-Denny. I was amazed the review booth allowed the correct call to stand.
Please send a copy of this to Matt Zemek at scout.com: Scout.com: LSU-Alabama And Simultaneous Possession Rules This is about 200 pages of overblown BS too long to post in its entirety here. Suffice it to say he thinks the INT call was a travesty of justice. It seems very clear cut on the different angles. Bama player bobbled the ball all the way going to the ground. Reid got 2 hands on it on the ground while Bama player is still bobbling it with one hand. Reid finally tears the ball away. Interception.
"If you think that Williams did not demonstrate “control” throughout the process of that catch, I understand why. The ball certainly did roll around in his hands, meaning that the ball was essentially unclaimed until Reid took it away at the end. However, an equally valid (not more valid, but not less) interpretation is that since the ball was never bobbled into the air, Williams – whose hands were always touching the ball until he hit the ground – did meet the standard for legitimate control of the pigskin. Yes, Williams never had 100 percent possession of the ball, but Reid clearly did not have 100 percent possession until after he and Williams rolled around on the ground. Maybe you think – again, legitimately and reasonably – that Williams didn’t meet the standard for control of the football when his rear end hit the ground, but if you think Williams had at least some degree of possession when his rear end hit the ground, Williams is down at that point in time, at that place on the field. This sets the stage for the simultaneous possession provision to apply." Brilliant opening statement in this paragraph and should have stopped there. The rest of that paragraph is total rubbish he seems to have made up to try and help defend his position.
they believe that both the bama TE and reid caught the ball as they hit the ground, which would be a complete pass per the simultaneous possession rule. who cares? there was no struggle for it after they hit the ground, reid clearly caught the ball.
You've spotted Waldo. All of his mental gymnastics is predicated on the idea that a simultaneous catch happened at any point in time on the ground, when Williams never had full control and Reid did.
