Did Santonio Holmes get the 2nd Foot down?

by bignerd on Mar 9, 2009 3:51 PM PDT

I was watching Live Wire - Super Bowl XLIII on NFL Network this afternoon. The NFL Films piece had some great footage of Santonio Holmes final touchdown catch to get the win for Pittsburgh, great angle, no blurriness.

Although it's moot now, the footage might be too good. It looked like Holmes got his left toe down but his right toe was sitting on the back on his left foot instead of touching the turf before falling out of bounds.

Anyways, it's something interesting to watch because the replays during the game were never conclusive to what happened. If they replay the episode again, check out Live Wire and judge for yourself because the footage is fantastic.

Live Wire Episdoe Descritpion:

Super Bowl XLIII Edition: NFL Network gives viewers the ultimate insider access; letting them listen in on players and coaches during the game on the field. Award-winning NFL Films crews capture exclusive on-field and off-field sound from around the league.

Update:

Someone posted a pirated version on YouTube. Around the 4:34 mark you get a perfect angle of his back foot. Look it up while it's still posted. To bad this copy isn't in HD.

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I wonder if the referees get access to HD footage down in their little booth. The catch was initially called a TD, right? So the only way to overturn it is if the foot clearly failed to touch the ground in bounds. With the white shoes, it’d be kind of difficult to judge without any kind of HD, I’d think, right?

by sfgfan on Mar 9, 2009 4:23 PM PDT reply actions

The Ref’s get access of the network footage, so it’s whatever camera angles NBC had . . . which was HD. However, NFL Films shoots independently with their own crew using film. There footage isn’t available until they take it back to the shop and produce it.

by bignerd on Mar 9, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions

I knew it

I told a buddy of mine that I was almost positive it shouldn’t have been a TD because his feet were overlapped, meaning there was no way the second foot could come down in the end zone.

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by gatling on Mar 9, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions

Yes, he’s feet were overlapped and looks like he only got one down.

by bignerd on Mar 9, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Inconclusive

That YouTube footage could go either way.

by David Fucillo on Mar 9, 2009 8:20 PM PDT reply actions

The clarity doesn’t show up on the YouTube clip.

by bignerd on Mar 9, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions

The problem is...

the call was a TD. The visual evidence has to be conclusive in order to turn over the original call. The replay is not clear enough to go the opposite way. And i think if it weren’t ruled a TD, they would have reviewed it and not turned it over then either because the evidence has to be concrete in order to over turn whatever call is made. It was not clear no matter what way it would’ve gone.

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by maveric_87 on Mar 9, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions