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“Common Sense Prevailed”

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January 4, 2020 at 6:20pm
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That is exactly what was said by the broadcasters when the refs collectively made the decision to overturn the call on the field that Buffalo scored a TD on the “recovered fumble” on the second-half opening kickoff.  It was absolutely the right decision to rule it wasn’t a fumble,

And this is the opposite of what happened when the refs and replay booth collectively decided to overturn what was clearly a fumble in the Clemson game; and even if it wasn’t 100% clearly a fumble, there was unequivocally no indisputable evidence to overturn the call on the field with respect to the JF scoop and score.

Common sense dictated that, at the very least, the ruling on the field should have stood—especially with various angles shown in slow motion in replay.

By the way, I do not in any way subscribe to the view that there was something illicit going on with respect to the reversal on the scoop and score.  It was group think gross incompetence, plain and simple, and there should be some kind of system in place to prevent that from happening on replays.

 

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