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I saw this in an NCAA game on ESPN tonight. Player caught the kick-off just inside his own end zone. He took one step forward, so that his front foot was outside the endzone. The rest of his body was in the endzone, and it looked like the ball was still completely inside the endzone. He then stepped back so both feet were in the endzone and knelt. The officials called a touchback, which seemed reasonable to me, but the announcer (we know how reliable they are on rules questions) said it should've been a safety.
I'm just curious what the basis for the ruling is, the position of the feet or of the ball?
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Any NCAA rules and interpretations in this post are relevant for men's games only!
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