The edge of Peterson's foot might have been touching the edge of the boundary line, which may have been the reason the official on the field ruled it incomplete. If so, then by rule the video evidence to the contrary must be indisputable in order to overturn the ruling on the field. Due to the camera angle(s) the video evidence is inconclusive.
From the NCAA rules:
ARTICLE 3. a. A ball not in player possession, other than a kick that scores a field goal, is out of bounds when it touches the ground, a player, a game official or anything else that is on or outside a boundary line."
Julio Jones was out of bounds. Perhaps the ruling was that he touched the ball simultaneously with Peterson's initial contact with the ball, making the ball out of bounds (dead) at that instant. I'm not saying that is the case, but it might be.
Just because Gary Danielson (CBS commentator) said he thought the officials got it wrong does not mean they definitely got it wrong. For example, Gary also said on the air right after Cody blocked UT's game winning FG try vs UA, that Cody should have been flagged for removing his helmet and that UT should have gotten a rekick. Gary learned later that he (like Lane Kiffin) did not know the rules pertinent to the situation. Gary Danieson at least showed enough class to come on the air and make an apologetic statement that he did not know the rules and was wrong in stating that UT was due a rekick opportunity.
It'll be interesting to see if the SEC issues any kind of statement about this controversial call from the UA vs LSU game as to whether the officials definitely got this right due to the rule I cited above or that it's a case of the foot having been ruled on the line and that the video evidence could not support overturning the call.
