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Originally Posted by phansen
2-27-15. NCAA. This is almost exact situation.
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"Almost" neglects the most important point: going out of bounds first before touching the ball, vs. touching the ball while on the way out of bounds.
In the situation described in the opening paragraph, the receiving team player didn't bat the ball out of bounds to gain an advantage, nor did he play the ball deliberately from out of bounds, but instead made a bona fide attempt to recover it. Whether he succeeded in getting the ball in his grasp or not, it becomes dead and R is awarded first down at the OOB spot, and there is no foul.