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Originally posted by jks7777
NCAA Rules.
Team A is punting to Team B from Team A's 6 Yard Line.
Ball is punted across the neutral zone.
Due to the short punt players from Team B avoid the ball.
Ball bounces on the Team A's 18 yard line and hops back into the endzone. Punter from Team A touches the ball 2 yards deep in the endzone.
No player from Team B touches the ball.
First player to touch the ball is the punter after the ball crosses the neural zone twice.
What is the call? Touchdown for Team B or Safety.
I could not find an answer for this situtation in the NCAA rule book. What are your thoughts?
J
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There is a Canadian rule that if a punt is falling into a group of players, and not very downfield, it is to be blown dead and R takes 1D at the apex of the flight of the ball. Is 12 yards short enough to call this play dead? I would say so.
If it was not blown dead, then K has to "give yards" (not be within a 5 yard halo of the ball). At this point, only onside K players may legally touch/recover the ball. P in the EZ is a legal recovery - this is a
LIVE BALL.