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Was LT's TD really a TD yesterday?
The rule states that once your forward progress stops and you are not "fighting" for extra yardage then the play is dead. LT clearly dove over the pile, did not make it, got pushed back, and looked over to the official and saw no TD signal. It was then that he reached the ball ovwer the goal-line. The play should have been blown dead long before he stuck the ball out.
He didnt reach over the goal-line until he had noticed there was no TD signal. If he would have gotten hit on the second effort and fumbled, I bet you the official would have said his forward progress was stopped.
If you give him the second effort then it was no doubt a TD.
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- GLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
id say the whistle should have blown because he obviously wasnt going to be down
- 1 decade ago
Yes.
LT was obviously not down. The refs usually wait for quite a while before blowing a play dead based on halting of forward progress. So the determination of LT's forward progress not stopped is in line with what the refs usually call.
- 1 decade ago
Actually, the play is not dead until the linesman determines that forward progress has been stopped. This is subjective, and therefore a judgement call.
Since neither linesman blew the whistle, the play continued.
Your description is accurate, but it happened much faster.
I'm not a big fan of LT, but I was watching the game, and didn't really have an issue with that call.
Edit: I was just thinking: If he was able to extend his arms and move the ball forward, technically, that's forward progress.
Source(s): fmr NCAA player - shadouseLv 61 decade ago
Yes it was a TD. Forward progress was stopped but that is used to prevent the defense from just pushing him back and then tackling him. As he was not in the grasp of a player he gets the second effort.
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- GO PACK!Lv 41 decade ago
You've asked this question more than once simply trying to get different answers out of people. Give it a rest.
Yes, it was a TD, it was a judgement call and they hadn't blown the whistle to call it dead. So, he was legally able to stretch the ball across the plane, which he did, and it resulted in a touchdown. Tennesse would not have won that game anyways, they had lost control of the game and all of their momentum that they had in the first half.
- RyanLv 61 decade ago
It's a Touchdown. LT was temporarily stopped at the goaline but he was not Down by contact yet and was still up to reach out with the football across the goaline because of his 2nd effort.
- 1 decade ago
I agree with you it was not a touchdown,and if he had fumbled it would have been foward progress.It sucks when you have instance replay, and the refs still screw it up.They have always done this ,and it really ruins the integerity of the game.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It was a TOUCHDOWN
He wasnt down yet and he did not give up he reached forward, made it past the goalline, was determined to score and he did
BOLTS 17
Titans 6
End of story
GO BOLTS!!
- 1 decade ago
It doesn't matter brother. They would have won anyways brother.
Source(s): Titans suck brother! - Anonymous1 decade ago
its in the books . . . . sssoooo YES
