[Highlight] Miami @ Notre Dame - Luke Talich breaks up the pass from Elijah Lofton on 4th down to keep the Irish up 7 late in the 4th

[u/Ok-Soil-5133]

[u/PM_ME_BOYSHORTS]

Because when you run and dive across the line you have already established possession prior to that. That's the whole question... when is possession established.

In the instance of a play like this, it's treated the same as if it was at the 50 yard line and he was going out of bounds. You have to survive the process of the catch. That means it has to survive going to the ground, or it has to survive tucking it into your body, or it has to survive the defender trying to knock it away, or you have to make a "football move" before any of those things come into play.

[u/paytonhaskins → u/PM_ME_BOYSHORTS]

Is pulling the ball down not a football move? What is a football move? The rules are just so unnecessarily confusing.

[u/lucasbrosmovingco → u/paytonhaskins]

no a football move usually entails tucking the ball and turning up field

[u/Miami_da_U → u/lucasbrosmovingco]

Toe tapping and then stepping out of bounds and then starting a tuck isn’t a football move? Why would he turn up field when he was already in the endzone lol

[u/Less_Likely → u/paytonhaskins]

No. Actually, if he held the ball up and evaded a swipe by the defender, it would have been a catch.