Was this a fumble?

[GopherHole Staff]

Was this a fumble?

 

[NotAFanOfBecky]

Yes, but then he recovered it in the end zone, but then fumbled it again as he headed out of the end zone. Ruling should be touchback.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Hard to tell if he regained possession in the endzone before the second fumble.

 

[BilldGopher]

Yes, no, maybe. How's that?

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Yes, but then he recovered it in the end zone, but then fumbled it again as he headed out of the end zone. Ruling should be touchback.

If he recovered it in the endzone, isn't that a touchdown regardless of fumbling out the back of the endzone?

 

[bga1]

Oregon did it so- no. If we did that- its a fumble.

 

[MaxyJR1]

They got the call right. Once he possesses the fumble it in the end zone the play is over.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

They got the call right. Once he possesses the fumble it in the end zone the play is over.

That's what I thought.

 

[The Deliberate Stranger]

Yes, but then he recovered it in the end zone, but then fumbled it again as he headed out of the end zone. Ruling should be touchback.

He recovered and had possession in the end zone it's a TD had our guy hustled he could have recovered

 

[The Deliberate Stranger]

If he recovered it in the endzone, isn't that a touchdown regardless of fumbling out the back of the endzone?

Yeah this is a dumb poll

 

[Catechol]

Yes, but then he recovered it in the end zone, but then fumbled it again as he headed out of the end zone. Ruling should be touchback.

Never seen a play exactly like it so I think the league will have to review what “re”gaining possession in the end zone means, but once they ruled he regained possession for one step in the end zone it is a TD, the ball is dead and he can’t “fumble it again.” Begrudgingly on watching the replay multiple times I think they’d have to say he regained it with both hands on the ball and one foot down.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

I hope someone doesn't start making T-shirts with "It was a fumble" written on them.

 

[The Deliberate Stranger]

I hope someone doesn't start making T-shirts with "It was a fumble" written on them.

It was the difference in covering lol

 

[gopherphil]

If he recovered it in the endzone, isn't that a touchdown regardless of fumbling out the back of the endzone?

He has to regain control and make a fb move and he didn’t. It would definitely have been called a fumble if that was a gopher player

 

[USAF]

He has to regain control and make a fb move and he didn’t.

Tell us you don't know the rules without telling us you don't know the rules.

 

[gopherphil]

Oregon did it so- no. If we did that- it’s a fumble.

100%

 

[Great Plains Gopher]

Yes, but then he recovered it in the end zone, but then fumbled it again as he headed out of the end zone. Ruling should be touchback.

Right, he did not have control of the ball when he crossed the scoring line.

 

[everybody knows my name]

Sure it's a fumble, with an unsuccessful attempt to recover. The only argument against is to say that the same guy lost control of the ball twice, but scored a touchdown because he controlled it for less than a second in between.

It's what you can call a Helmet School Ruling.