Bonner4Prez
KMA
Gotta love when the minority shows up and and makes it sound like I'm crazy. Most people would agree (and did) that is was a bad spot.
Gotta love when the minority shows up and and makes it sound like I'm crazy. Most people would agree (and did) that is was a bad spot.
LOL. Most people didn't agree. If was a judgment call and one that could have gone either way. It happens 20 times a game. The fact that you took the time out to take it from the TV to your computer, upload it to youtube, and then post it on here is incredible. It was a call that could have gone either way, not TERRIBLE by any means.
A6 has the ball in his possession and is not controlled by an opponent, as
he dives over the 50-yard line, which is the line to gain for a first down,
and is forced back across the 50-yard line. A6 continues to run and is
tackled at Team A’s 49-yard line, where any part of his body except his
hand or foot strikes the ground. RULING: No first down. The point of
forward progress is Team A’s 49-yard line.
Yeah but if any of you bothered to read the rulebook it should be pretty obvious. Danger even posted it
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​He was forced back, but he never tried to run. NO RUNNING EVER OCCURRED.
I still don't see the big deal. Bonner, pause it when contact is first made. Carter looks to be right on or half a yard behind the marker. Was it a first down? Might have been. Not even close to being a terrible call and drawing all this attention.
I don't see how this is a forward progress issue. He caught and possessed the ball in first down territory. That is all that should matter?
First of all, the ball wasn't "caught" until he hit the ground, and by then he was short of the first down. Second, if he gets the first down, but runs backwards, he loses that first down. It isn't like a TD where the second you cross the goaline, the play is over.
I don't see how this is a forward progress issue. He caught and possessed the ball in first down territory. That is all that should matter?
Carter went behind the line (or damn close) on his own momentum, not because of a defender's hit.
Irrelevant if under his own power.Yeah I know, but the rule mentions running back behind the first down, not momentum?