Not a bad throw by Mendoza with two dudes hitting him either. Great coverage by PSU, just better plays by our guys.
Greatest reception I've ever seen on a gridiron. I'm 53 and have watched a crap ton of football.
What a catch. To high point the ball and then get his toe down before going out of bounds was incredible.
He had to adjust his motion and with a little more wrist still threw almost a rope!Not a bad throw by Mendoza with two dudes hitting him either. Great coverage by PSU, just better plays by our guys.
I was upset after the sack. I was thinking you havent figured out you have to get rid of the ball fast today and just give your guy a chance, or throw it away!
Then, every other play of that drive he got rid of it fast and let his guys make a play. He played great. Really all game, with that kind of pressure. Penn State fans hate Knowles but he seemed to play it similar to how Iowa played us. Their dee was tough.
I didnt think it was possible for people to jump that high
You've been watching IU basketball too long.
Herbstreit continues on the Indiana redemption tour. Calls The Catch the best he's ever seen (10:10):
I was upset after the sack. I was thinking you haven't figured out you have to get rid of the ball fast today and just give your guy a chance, or throw it away!
Then, every other play of that drive he got rid of it fast and let his guys make a play.
It also helped that the PSU defense was in celebration mode after the sack, and so we IMMEDIATELY hit them for a 20+ yard gain. It didn't look like they were close to ready.
Poise, smarts, coolness, clutch... gotta love it!
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
@goat I've watched it at least 100 times by now. I think his right toe actually clips the ground inbounds, before lifting up and his left foot coming down. Watch his right foot as it comes forward, it clearly bends backward, and that could be him moving it to get it inbounds, but I think it catches on the turf and gets bent back a little and then lifts off as his left foot comes down. There's also a bit of turf that flies up, which also seems to indicate his right toe caught the ground. One of the clips I saw yesterday was from someone else in the booth saying just that to the announcer. I believe it was a not only great catch and TD in college, but would have also been a TD on Sunday. If his right toe did clip the ground that makes it a TD right then, and makes whether his left heal clipped the line irrelevant, I believe.
@hoosierdaddy underrated even more is that he had a defender draped all over him. How that guy wasn't able to nudge him out of bounds I'll never know.
@goat The Catch was so amazing, you can't not recognize the unbelievable nature of the play, but I think Becker was the Receiver of the game yesterday. There are highlights running around of all his catches, but the first one for 53 yards that set up our first TD, the one where Mendoza was hit and he has to reach way back to grab and secure the ball over his head, one where he makes the grab only to be blasted by the safety but holds on, Mendoza scrambling with the little shuffle pass for a first down and then the catch setting us up on the 1 (God, I wish he could've extended that ball and gotten he and Mendoza the passing TD), and then the unbelievable reach back falling out of bounds that got us first and goal for the winning score. Becker's catches set us up for all 3 TDs. I haven't seen it, but I'm betting Cig recognized both he and Cooper in the locker room on offense.
I agree.@goat I've watched it at least 100 times by now. I think his right toe actually clips the ground inbounds, before lifting up and his left foot coming down. ...
And even if not, I think there's a good chance that's what the official saw. From looking down it had to look like a toe tap. I think it did, barely...
Where you been?@hoosierdaddy underrated even more is that he had a defender draped all over him. How that guy wasn't able to nudge him out of bounds I'll never know.
Those two green stars are embarrassing. Like texting someone with an Android phone.
I have heard PSU people insisting that the heel needed to be in bounds and it wasn't, but it was anyway (and the toe alone would have been enough)
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
The rulebooks cite people posted said the heel needs to in if it's in the same motion with the toe. Of course the rulebook going around was from 2020. But the example in the book was 'toe touches in play, heel comes down on line, is it a catch?' that rule example said 'no' if the foot comes down in one motion, it needed to be in bounds. The they gave an example of a toe tap and said 'yes'.
So, I'm not sure why so many are saying it doesn't? It's not a toe tap. Saying that rule was revised?
@openwheel Yeah, and we already got rooked on that earlier in the year (can't remember if it was EJ or Coop), but their toe came down in bounds in the end zone, and then it rolled to the back of their heel coming down on the line/OOB and it was ruled incomplete. Think it was @ MSU. Seems crazy when the moment a ball breaks the plane of the goal line it's a TD, even if they then fumble.