ILLEGAL "FUMBLEROOSKI"? CAM NEWTON's TRICK PLAY WAS NOT A "FUMBLEROOSKI" "Football fans immediately thought back to the 1984 Orange Bowl, when Tom Osborne's Nebraska team pulled off the fumblerooski to get back into its game with Miami. Fans took to Twitter to ask why Newton's iteration was legal and television commentators and bloggers asked the same It turns out the answer is pretty easy: Newton an Brockel's play wasn't a fumblerooski at all. Because the quarterback never intentionally fumbled the ball and instead subtly handed it to Brockel, the play was completely legal. Deceitful, but legal. For it to have been a fumblerooski Newton would have had to drop the ball to the ground ..."
WATCH CAM NEWTON'S SLICK PLAY AT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV5iGN5FOkc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
NOW WATCH AN ACTUAL FUMBLEROOSKI PERFECTLY EXECUTED AT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIRgXCB_sQE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Why-was-Cam-Newton-s-fumblerooski-touchdown-lega?urn=nfl-wp14201
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
12/20/11 ILLEGAL "FUMBLEROOSKI"? CAM NEWTON's TRICK PLAY WAS NOT A "FUMBLEROOSKI" "Football fans immediately thought back to the 1984 Orange Bowl, when Tom Osborne's Nebraska team pulled off the fumblerooski to get back into its game with Miami. Fans took to Twitter to ask why Newton's iteration was legal and television commentators and bloggers asked the same It turns out the answer is pretty easy: Newton an Brockel's play wasn't a fumblerooski at all. Because the quarterback never intentionally fumbled the ball and instead subtly handed it to Brockel, the play was completely legal. Deceitful, but legal. For it to have been a fumblerooski Newton would have had to drop the ball to the ground ..." WATCH CAM NEWTON'S SLICK PLAY AT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV5iGN5FOkc&feature=youtube_gdata_player NOW WATCH AN ACTUAL FUMBLEROOSKI PERFECTLY EXECUTED AT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIRgXCB_sQE&feature=youtube_gdata_player http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Why-was-Cam-Newton-s-fumblerooski-touchdown-lega?urn=nfl-wp14201
