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Posted By: Todd Schultz

I disagree completely that the ball broke the plane. The replay angle was very good but not perfect, and even from that I believe it showed it short. The way I saw it, the tip of the ball looked to be hovering right about directly above the line (maybe and at most), but the angle was skewed just enough that when the ball came down and touched short, you could tell it had basically dropped straight down and had never crossed.

The thing that irked me the most was the linejudge who called it. He ran in about eight or nine steps, and you could tell he was going to mark it. Then boom, he signals TD. That was not a second effort play or one where he needed to get closer to see the ball. He had a clear shot from standing by the pylon, and Ben was down before he started running in. Why not signal TD immediately if that's what you saw. Again, I swear he was ready to have that ball spotted and then changed his mind. One of many horrible calls in that game, IMO.