02-06-2006, 01:09 AM
emperor penguin Wrote:sorry LizardKing I was wrong when I said the ball has to only touch the line, according to <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.nfl.com/fans/rules/definitions">http://www.nfl.com/fans/rules/definitions</a><!-- m -->, it is a touchdown when "any part of the ball, legally in possession of a player inbounds, breaks the plane of the opponent’s goal line, provided it is not a touchback." so therefore even if 1mm of the ball broke the plane which is the beginning of the white line, then it is a touchdown. To me it looked like a little bit of the ball broke the start of the white line in the air.
I'm not a fan of either team, but I don't think that ball broke the plane. And it was one of those calls where there was no irrefutable evidence either way - in other words - had the official not called a touchdown, I don't think that call could have been reversed either.
And that offensive pass interference call in the endzone was W E A K.

