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Old Tue Dec 02, 2003, 08:28am
Theisey Theisey is offline
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Originally posted by Sonuvahusker
..... I believe the call was incorrect, using the following logic:

On a kick off, if a player receives the ball in the end zone, and drops to a knee in the end zone, it's a touchback. It doesn't matter where the ball is in this scenario.

Reason: The player took possession in the end zone, and never possessed the ball outside of the end zone. Therefore, dropping to a knee in the end zone is a touchback.
(fix the extra bold stuff)

### I hope you get the point from the other posts, it Does matter where the ball position is relative to the vertical plane of the goal line.
Whether its a kick or interception. The player better make sure the BALL is in the EZ when he takes a knee.

[Edited by Theisey on Dec 2nd, 2003 at 11:07 AM]
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