IAA Fan,
You are correct. The officials were discussing who batted the ball into the end zone. Had we done it, it would indeed have been a touchback. The tv replay clearly showed that an SIU player batted the ball, so the officials got it right. Actually, except for those two strange penalties against our kickoff team, I thought that the officials were ok (by MFVC standards.) At least we did not endure about six holding penalties.