What was NEVER mentioned that further makes the TD call/take-away even more infuriating and you, Raiders fans, your anger/disgust last night even more justified....
To wit: Whether or not the ruling was right, (and it CLEARLY wasn't or even if there's some gray there) the ruling was bogus because of the following:
The Replay rule: The play ALREADY on the field was called a touchdown. The ONLY way a play can be over-ruled is if there is CLEAR, CONCLUSIVE evidence that the ORIGINAL CALL was wrong. Just on that basis alone, the play should NOT have been over-ruled b/c there was NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE that he didn't score.
End of story.
Had the ORIGINAL call been an in completion , then the ensuing reversal could have been plausibly received.
The Raiders lost 4 points and the TD take-a-way not only was WRONG, but changed the entire MOMENTUM of the game.
Oh, and those four points? Final score, SD: 24, Oakland: 20.
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