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Old Mon Aug 23, 2021, 04:57pm
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by Legacy Zebra View Post
This is not the same in NCAA. Once the kick has crossed the neutral zone, it is dead upon recovery by the kicking team. Where that recovery happens to occur is irrelevant. Because the ball was touched beyond the neutral zone by B, it will be 1st and 10 for Team A at the spot of the recovery, the A-25. By rule there is no forward pass here because the ball was already dead.
You're right, it's 4-1-3(e). Might be true in NFL too.

There was a long time in Fed when K's recovery made the ball dead anywhere on the field, regardless of any touching by R.
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