Tied at 17 at halftime. BYU finally got a drive longer than 3 plays. But they still have -22 yards rushing. Penalties continue to haunt Utah State.
One penalty was weird. The Utah State WR ran out of bounds, then ran back in bounds. He caught a pass, but the ref ruled the pass incomplete because his foot was out of bounds (once again) when he caught the ball deep in the end zone. Then, they call a penalty for illegal touching.
My question is, how can illegal touching be called when the pass is ruled incomplete because the receiver was already out of bounds? Doesn’t that mean every time a receiver catches a ball out of bounds, the ref would have to call illegal touching?