Incomplete Pass or Catch and Fumble

This play occurred in a 2010 Patterson versus Urbana playoff high school football game. Patterson is in white and Urbana in dark blue. A pass was attempted by Patterson and the referee called the play a catch and fumble. I say it was a blown call and clearly just an incomplete pass.

An Urbana supporter who claimed to have been on the track near the play saw it as a fumble and stated in a sports forum that the fumble wasn't even a close call. He further stated that he saw the play on film four times and that the receiver caught the ball, made three steps, made a cut, and was "drilled" which caused the fumble.

Here is the play. What do you see? Fumble or Incomplete Pass? How about the steps, cut, and being drilled that caused the fumble?

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Urbana
• Patterson

[NAILS0398]

Incomplete didnt have possesion for 3 seconds

[tripperthe]

catch the ball and the refs don't have to make a bad call.

[JazzyLucario]

I'd say he never had control of the ball.

But...in those games, refs are the replay booths.

[iSport121]

FUCKIN INCOMPLETE

[jcarr2193]

hey that hit was soft thats funny cuz it sure did fuck you up and o yeah just the fact that we demolished you doesnt mean anything but we did win states and o yeah even if you had gotten the ball again you wouldnt of scored and even if you did we won by far in that game so were nationally ranked we came out with a ring yall came out with shit

[aceracer19]

I'm not gonna even read these other comments... my call... incomplete... never did he have possession. The ref was right there too wtf

[Jaymaster94]

And even though we won that game anyway that didn't matter and we went to states and won that... It's all about the U

[Jaymaster94]

Dude it's not 3 steps this isn't the NFL...it's high school it's 1 step

[flockaslim]

Mane dat was me who caught da ball and it wasnt a fumble it was an incomplete pass, i only took 2step and the ball was coming out while i was turning around and that hit was soft anyway!