Jarvis West Fumble
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Yes, he has possession and a knee down. Case closed.
But, the zebras huddle and call it an interception in real time and the burden of evidence shifts. It's awfully hard to overcome that. I hated that call, because it's such a huge momentum play either way.
The second his knee hits the ground, play is over/he is considered "on the ground". That pic shows Jarvis had possession at that point.
Mike Pereira on the broadcast said that Jarvis didn't complete the process of the catch before the KSU defender stripped the ball and that the officials made the right call.
If he's in the end zone and catches a ball, drops to his knee, then takes a hit and loses the ball it isn't a TD catch...
In your head? Because in real life it isn't. Or do you still think it was a fumble like the OP?
So he was saying Jarvis never had possession, I understand it then. The pic in this thread makes it look like Jarvis has possession to me. If Jarvis has possession and his knee is down, the play is over.
Just because the KSU player has his hands on the ball, does not mean that West doesn't have possession. Again looking at the picture it is clear to me that West has his one hand firmly on top of the ball and the other supporting the side. The KSU player's hand and arm possession are completely irrelevant in the big picture because West firmly has possession. Now I realize that in real-time that may have been hard to determine and the KSU players arm being there could have made it a difficult call. But in my opinion, the reply should have over-turned it. However, I have zero faith in the current replay system and I think it is a huge pile of CYA with all the zebras helping each other out so they all look good.
If he has possession, yes it is. If this was so easy, why did the refs review it for so long?
Because he never had possession technically. All I am saying is from the pic, it looks like he had possession. Obviously this is why still shots don't work in replay.
Not true he has to maintain control through the catch in this case he didn't and therefore he did not have possession, had they ruled this a fumble it would have a terrible call because then as soon as his knee hit the play would have been over.
