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Originally posted by Bob M.
I'm going to be busy tomorrow at work, so I thought I'd add my week's contribution a little early. NCAA and NF answers are welcome. Please indicate what code you're using.

PLAY: 3rd and 5 from A’s 20. QB A10 is under a heavy rush when he throws a forward pass from his 12 yard line into an area unoccupied by any eligible Team A receivers. Tackle A79 catches the pass at A’s 15. He retreats to A’s 5 where he is tackled.

PLAY: On fourth down from their 20 yard line, Team A's punt barely crosses the neutral zone where it is untouched. B23, waiting for the ball to roll dead, is legally blocked above the waist by A64, causing B23 to touch the ball. In an attempt to get to the loose ball, A39 pushes B83 in the back above the waist, and A29 recovers and downs the ball at the Team A 27 yard line.

PLAY: A has the ball on their own 3 yard line. A2 is hit on his own 2 and fumbles the ball into the air. B4 bats the ball in flight toward the pylon at A's goal line. While the ball is in the air, airborne B7, running toward the pylon, controls the ball at the one yard line. (a) His momentum takes him across A's goal line and across the sideline, where he lands out of bounds in A's end zone, or (b) he crosses A’s goal line in the air, touches his foot in the endzone and then crosses the sideline.

Here is my take off the top of my head for NF.
Play 1: We have 2 fouls, one for intentional grounding and one for illegal touching. Both are loss of down but the intentional grounding is a better case for B. The IG would be a loss of 5 yards from the end of the run (spot of pass), so 4-18 from the 7 yard line. The IT would be a loss of 5 yards from the spot of touching, so 4-15 from the 10 yard line. Best case is decline both penalties and it will be 4-20 from the 5 yard line.

Play 2: The forced touching by B23 is ignored. The kicking team downs the ball at the 27 yard line, so it will be R’s ball at the 27 yard line.

Play 3: The batting is legal cuz it is a fumble in flight. It is NOT a new force by B, cuz the ball did not cross the goal line as B7 recovered it first. In situation (a) player B did not ever recover the ball inbounds, since he does not come down inbounds after recovering the ball while in the air at the 1 yard line. Since he did not come down inbounds A is still responsible for the ball and it will be a safety. In (b), since B7 controlled the ball and touched his foot down in the EZ, it is a touchdown for B.

TWIST: if in play 3, B bats it across the goal line where his teammate controls the ball in the air, but does not come down until he is OOB’s. What do you have now???