if you're going to be critical of someone else, at least know the rules. Just because he doesn't break the plane doesn't mean it's a fumble. He never loses control of the ball until the ball hits the ground. The ball is marked down at the 1 yard line.
an EASY touchdown jsut more of a timewaster am i right? but i guess that could be used to keep them in the lead if they were desperate [dont know anything about sports]
If you're going to be critical of someone being critical of someone being critical...
The play shown in this gif is from the 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl (look closer) where he was actually voted as the MVP despite this play. Try googling 'DeSean Jackson All-American Bowl.' swb is correct, the play resulted in the ball being marked down at the 1 yard line.
That being said, DeSean Jackson is one of the best punt returners I've ever seen. While you're at it, try typing 'DeSean Jackson punt return td' into YouTube.
It is a fumble because the ball never crossed the plane of the goal. In other words, he got in, the ball didn't. Fumble!!! I hate showboats anyway, serves him right.
This is nothing, really... it's a High school all-star game... I think this should be deleted and replaced with the clip of when he did the same thing against the Cowboys in his rookie year in the NFL.... but yeah he's a ***.
In John C. Maxwell's book "Failing Forward" he dispels the myth that failure is a bad thing. The man who has never made a mistake is taking orders from the one who made several mistakes. Sometimes what appears to be a failure at the moment is simply success trying to be born in a bigger and better way.
I am a college football official. This tape is played as part of our training on an annual basis. While in poor taste, this move was not a fumble as the ground cannot cause a fumble and the player had control of the ball when it contacted the ground. In 2011 with the new college football rules, this indeed would draw a celebration penalty that would place the ball on the defenes 16 yard line after the ball is downed at the 1 - then adding on a 15 year celebration penalty.
The ground cannot cause a fumble only if you are ruled down in some other manner before losing control of the ball, ie. knee or elbow touching the ground.
In this case he was not ruled down prior to losing control of the fumble, so it definitely was a fumble. It is no different than him simply losing control of the ball running down the sideline, except for the hot dogging of course.
Another example of this is Adrian Peterson for OU against Texas in 2005. He leaped over a tackler not having been downed and used his off hand to try to maintain balance. Not being in good position, his ball hand also hit the ground and the ball popped loose. He had yet to be downed and lost control of the football = fumble.
Google "desean jackson fumble"
If you going to be critical of someone being critical, at least be right....
He even told you what to google, if you had done that you would KNOWN it was a fumble.
Too funny.. EPIC FAIL.
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/09/18/refs-screwed-pacman-on-desean-jackson-premature-celebration-fumb/
If you're going to be critical of someone being critical of someone being critical...
The play shown in this gif is from the 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl (look closer) where he was actually voted as the MVP despite this play. Try googling 'DeSean Jackson All-American Bowl.' swb is correct, the play resulted in the ball being marked down at the 1 yard line.
That being said, DeSean Jackson is one of the best punt returners I've ever seen. While you're at it, try typing 'DeSean Jackson punt return td' into YouTube.
In this case he was not ruled down prior to losing control of the fumble, so it definitely was a fumble. It is no different than him simply losing control of the ball running down the sideline, except for the hot dogging of course.
Another example of this is Adrian Peterson for OU against Texas in 2005. He leaped over a tackler not having been downed and used his off hand to try to maintain balance. Not being in good position, his ball hand also hit the ground and the ball popped loose. He had yet to be downed and lost control of the football = fumble.