Mavric

This rule has been in the college game for several years.

 

If a receiver goes to the ground while making a catch, the receiver must maintain control of the ball through the entire process. If the ball comes loose, it is an incomplete pass. This rule was put in place for just these types of circumstances and this same call is made many times every Saturday. There is no reason to review that play when it was clearly incomplete by rule.

 

The rule book gives several examples. This one is probable applies most to the Enunwa incomplete pass:

 

Completed Pass—ARTICLE 6

Approved Ruling 7-3-6

IX. Airborne receiver A85 grasps a forward pass and in the process of going

to the ground, first contacts the ground with his left foot as he falls to

the ground inbounds. Immediately upon A85 hitting the ground, the ball

comes loose and touches the ground. RULING: Incomplete pass. An

airborne receiver must maintain control of the ball while going to the

ground in the process of completing a catch.

 

You can download the rule book here.

Beat me to it.

Good work.

Much as we don't like it, it's pretty clear in an example from the NCAA Rule Book:

Airborne receiver A85 grasps a forward pass and in the process of going

to the ground, first contacts the ground with his left foot as he falls to

the ground inbounds. Immediately upon A85 hitting the ground, the ball

comes loose and touches the ground. RULING: Incomplete pass. An

airborne receiver must maintain control of the ball while going to the

ground in the process of completing a catch.

You can argue that he was turning upfield but he didn't really get to run with the ball before hitting the ground. Per the rule book, he had to maintain control all the way to the ground, which he didn't.

I'm not a fan of the rule but that's how it is.

 

But in all seriousness, at that point in the game and the situation, I'm sure the coaches did not want to risk losing a timeout unless they were completely sure of an overturn. Chances are it wouldnt have been changed. The whole "possess the ball all the way through" crap did that play in.

So I get the dead horse on this one. He went up, made the catch, Took a step, and hit the ground. The ground cannot cause a fumble. Legit question. Although, not wanting to possibly waste a time out is a good point.

True. The ground cannot cause a fumble. It caused an incompletion.

Pretty nice stats courtesy OWH:

NU offense continues nice trends

Nebraska continued three trends with its 30-point, 440-yard offensive effort against Wisconsin.

>> The Huskers have scored at least 30 points in all five games this season. The last time NU hit 30 in five straight games was a stretch spanning parts of the 2007 and ’08 seasons.

>> Nebraska rushed for 259 yards to go over 250 for the fifth straight game. It’s the longest streak of 250-yard rushing games since the 2002 team went seven straight.

 

>> NU has topped 400 yards of total offense in five straight games for the first time since the 2008 season.

Perhaps if they were like LSU and had to label each 5-yard line, this wouldn't have happened.

Huskers 34

Badgers 20

Passing 260

Rushing 230

"The narrative is we've underperformed, and I can't argue with that," Delany said this week. "We haven't won big games. The narrative is about right. When you have big brands, expectations are high. I can't discount the facts, and I can't discount the critics."

...

What stands out about this season is the lack of signature wins -- or even many decent wins -- and more important, the lack of elite teams. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the last time the Big Ten didn't have any top-12 teams in the fourth AP poll of the season was in 2001, when No. 16 Northwestern was the league's highest-ranked team. Illinois finished the 2001 season as the Big Ten's highest-ranked team at No. 12, the last time the league finished without a top -10 team in the final polls.

Full Article

There was at least one bright spot:

The Big Ten has only one starting quarterback, Nebraska's Taylor Martinez, rated among the nation's top 30 passers.

Surprised no one's brought up the ESPN/Urban Meyer bromance yet.

But you have to admit that if a major injury happens to Tmart I seriously doubt Kellogg will be the starter

Disagree! I think our staff has alot of confidence in RK3!

As someone else said, depends on the situation.

If it's next game, would be a tough choice.

If it's the third quarter against Iowa and we're 8-3, RK3 without a doubt.

I would say this game doesn't mean much but there might not be very many games between ranked B1G teams this year so ... why not?

ibtm

In Before The Maudfather???

Apparently the spreads at the beginning of the thread were under and under.

Michigan St. trying to make it look respectable now.

nerd

Gotta have something to do during a 6 hour game...

Last time we scored 70 and won by 60 was 77-14 vs. Iowa St. in 1997.

From what I can tell, the last time we scored 60 was vs. Northwestern in the 2000 Alamo Bowl (66-17)

***I think Knapp started the thread with that

Looks like ucla mite lose to Oregon st

 

Beavers still up by 7?

10

mid 4th

Is #56 related to Bo?

Nephew

Just hope we keep them shutout at this point!

Way to jinx us.

Not to be a Debbie Downer but even though we are "legitimatly raping" ISU.. Just remember Ok st beat Savannah St 84-0...then lost the next week...just putting things into perspective

But you will anyway...

Florida St. won 69-3 and followed that up with 55-0 and 52-0. Has nothing to do with anything.

UCLA back within 7

That's pretty agile for a big man but that might have been the slowest spin move I've ever seen.

Wonder how much different the score would be if they had a REAL punter

You mean, we'd have scored more because AA would have 5 return TDs???

Their QB is TRBL

As if you would be looking for who's open with the Caveman breathing down your neck.

Heard averaging 11.5 ypc

Rex is at 14.9

The butcher lagging behind at "only" 6.1