John, OTOTOT, the football discussion that won't die: did you see this ref's explanation of the "incomplete pass" to Bert Emanuel call?
But, with the timeout, Markbreit was able to study the play
and signaled to referee Bill Carollo to take another look.
After looking at the play, 'It was apparent that the player,
as he was catching the ball, he used the ground and the tip
of the ball hit the ground. By rule, you cannot use the
ground, or have assistance from the ground, to make the
catch.'
It made no difference, Carollo went on, that Emanuel's
knees may have hit the ground before the tip of the ball did,
just as it made no difference that Emanuel seemed to have
possession of the ball even though the tip of the ball
touched the ground. 'Because the ball hit the ground, by
rule it's an automatic incomplete pass,' said Carollo.
So, to extend that, if a receiver goes, say 10 feet into the air to catch a ball, hangs in the air for 2 seconds while having complete possession of the ball, falls to the ground, and the tip of the ball hits the ground without his hands under it, it's incomplete? I don't see any difference between that and the play yesterday except time.
Hold the superbowl, Rams can't go until this is resolved.
Tony |
