Yeah, I've always felt that it was ever so slightly backwards. It was maybe be just the slightest few inches backwards but hey backwards is backwards. It looks backwards to me when you see the angles straight down the line. At best it was exactly level which, as mentioned a few posts up, goes to a backward lateral.
Also, let's not forget one of the biggest plays in the comeback was Don Beebe catching a TD pass after stepping out of bounds. Therefore anyone who takes joy in the comeback has pretty much revoked their right to complain about the lateral.