So what if Ben is a couple inches short of the goal line, what difference does it make?
So what if Ben is a couple inches short of the goal line, what difference does it make?
The ref had a better angle and not one still frame.
But hey, don't let me stop you from whining. I'm really enjoying it now, 5 days later!
This thread should keep going till next season!
Let me just tell you that Ben was further ahead a fraction of a second before that still. He was higher in the air and the ball was over (above) the goal line. Then he got shoved and pulled back to that point that you illustrate there. Even that picture is pretty darn close.
Now, that's the last time I'm going to explain that. I saw video of that play at a professional football player's home this past week. We stopped it at every point of progress. Their particular camera was right on the goal line. It was definitely a TD............... not that the truth means anything to some. Maybe on 4th down the Steelers could have run the ball past the back line.
It makes no difference at all, so long as the ball breaks the plane, which it did.
The ball crossed the goal line while Roethlisberger was in the air. Where it landed has no bearing on whether it was a touchdown or not, so the photo is irrelevant.
I've also seen "proof" that it was not a TD posted by folks who don't seem to realize that the ball only has to break the plane of the FRONT of the goal line, it doesn't have to pass through the other side of it.
IMO it was a TD, but the call was close enough to have been HONESTLY and FAIRLY called either way on the field. Given that there was no indisputable evidence to overturn the call, the officiating in this instance was absolutely correct.
The ball crossed the goal line while Roethlisberger was in the air, he was pushed back before he hit the ground. Where the ball landed on the ground has no bearing on whether it was a touchdown or not, so the photo is irrelevant.
I've also seen "proof" that it was not a TD posted by folks who don't seem to realize that the ball only has to break the plane of the FRONT of the goal line, it doesn't have to pass through the other side of it.
IMO it was a TD, but the call was close enough to have been HONESTLY and FAIRLY called either way on the field. Given that there was no indisputable evidence to overturn the call, the officiating in this instance was absolutely correct.