If that was a tie game and that exact scenario happened except Walton lateraled it to a Duke player and he took it back for a TD and they won - they would have said it was a fumble because he didn't have control of the ball. That is the same logic applied to a lateral.OK, then Mark Walton's knee was never down at Duke and they can withdraw the statement they issued.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/miami-kickoff-return-duke-video-lateral
Maybe the SEC, but I don’t see the Big 10 and Big 12 having the same emnity towards us.The problem is i could see us getting the exact same treatment from the SEC, Big 10 and Big 12.
Kind of a catch 22. They call a fumble so as not to kill the play for the sole purpose of being able to review it and then upon review they impose the highest possible standard. So you basically get screwed by the fact that that particular call is liberally made on purpose."We look for the football in relationship to where he loses control prior to hitting the ground. You have to have a view of the football the entire time, and you have to watch the football and make sure it's in player possession until the time he's legally down.
"If you don't have that, you don't have indisputable evidence to overturn the ruling on the field. In this case, the ruling on the field is a fumble. So if we're going to overturn a fumble, we have to see the player in control of the football once he hits the ground."
I'm not sure how you can say the last sentence after viewing the high EZ cam. Seemed pretty indisputable along with sideline cam that elbow was down.... "Indisputable" must be an extremely extremely high standard..
This is what happens when the game is on the garbage ACC network. Very poor camera coverage. If the game was on a major network like ABC they might have got the proper angle. They will always stick up for the officials. They want as few calls changed as possible. Its easy to say play stands as called.ACC officiating boss: Fumble by UM was right call
The ACC supervisor of officials said there was "no indisputable visual evidence" to overturn a Miami fumble in Saturday's loss to Georgia Tech.www.espn.com
If they came out and said it was messed up they would have opened the can of worms of changing game outcomes.This is what happens when the game is on the garbage ACC network. Very poor camera coverage. If the game was on a major network like ABC they might have got the proper angle. They will always stick up for the officials. They want as few calls changed as possible. Its easy to say play stands as called.
Anyone that knows Al Riveron and is in the Belen/Columbus space knows this comes at no surprise. He’s a career official and will always defend officials.
Man I kept saying that same ish when everyone was up in arms over his knee. Like the ball was clearly rotating and moving out of his hand. Whether it was a QB or whomever the ball was moving (albeit intentionally) it should be a fumble. Just like a RB switching hands with the ball, if his knee hit as he is switching hands its likely a fumble.If that was a tie game and that exact scenario happened except Walton lateraled it to a Duke player and he took it back for a TD and they won - they would have said it was a fumble because he didn't have control of the ball. That is the same logic applied to a lateral.
Only because it was Duke they put that out there.