I hate to pick on John Madden

...Because he's one of those entertaining personalities who's really not supposed to be airtight analytical, but just now after a non-fumble call he said this:

"I'd like to go back to the days in the NFL when a fumble was a fumble. They do all these things to see whether or not it's a fumble, but to me, a fumble is a fumble is a fumble. And that was a fumble."

Excerpt from the John Madden NFL rule book:

Ch. 5, Sec. 7, Rule 13.01. A fumble is a fumble. A fumble is a fumble, unless it is not a fumble, in which case it is not a fumble.

13.02. When determination of a fumble is inconclusive, a fumble shall be ruled if a fumble occurred and ruled not a fumble if no fumble occurred.

13.03. A fumble is a fumble is a fumble.

I'm just having some fun, Johnny. We still love ya.