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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Snaqwells
Sounds like the call is about as rare as a one-point safety in football.
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Okay, you brought it up so if this thread veers off topic, it's not my fault! So please explain the one-point safety.
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Its complicated but I will try to explain it.
Okay Team A just scores a tocuhdown and is now lining up for the extra point aka PAT.
Team A kicks the ball but it is blocked, Team B trys to pick the ball up but it goes into the endzone, team B then jumps on the ball. You now give one point to A.
How we determine that is that if the ball becomes dead in your own endzone only two things can occur, saftey or a touchback. How we determine which one it is is by who forced the ball into the endzone.
In the above example, team B forced the ball into their own endzone and landed on it, saftey. Since it was on an extrapoint it is worth one point. Had team A forced it into the endzone and B jumped on it the extra point would be no good.
Hope that makes sense.
[Edited by Snake~eyes on Nov 28th, 2004 at 08:14 PM]