TD or No? (Mich - ND)

[bama_stripes]

When do you say the signal has been made?  When it starts?  When it finishes?  Somewhere in the middle?

When the ECO or the play clock operator would recognize it.  YMMV.

[AlUpstateNY]

Like garlic, applied in the right amount at the right time can enhance just about any meal, but if applied too heavily, or at the wrong time can destroy any meal, taking Instant Replay beyond it's basic intent can lead to endless argument about trivial matters that shouldn't otherwise amount to being worthy of discussion.

[The Roamin' Umpire]

The B was in great position.  S was a bit behind so may not have had the look he neeeded.  No way to tell for sure from the camera angle.  Kid was in such a hurry to start playing to the crowd he "had" to drop the ball

For my money, the dropped the ball before breaking the plane, but I would say there's not enough video evidence to overturn the call on the field - as someone else said, parallax can do funny things to perceptions.

I'm also curious why there's no flag for USC here. The action by the player is specifically mention in 9-2-1a1(c).

[TXMike]

UC enforcement is still somewhat inconsistent around the country.  The calrification memo from RR essentially said when you feel it, flag it.  Apparently, in their shoes at that moment, they did not flag it.  Better than a flag here would have been to rule it a fumble.