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Old Sun Jan 30, 2005, 01:38pm
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Originally posted by ljudge
Good dialogue here. I thought the NCAA would at least have an answer to the double foul anomaly that FED has. In situation A team B can gain an advantage by fouling which is bad. This would be a great rules change if anybody had a good answer to this.

In A the ball goes back to the previous spot and A loses all those yards whereas in situation B it's snapped after marking off A's foul and A doesn't lose anything but their own penalty yards.
Thank you! I kept thinking the same thing as I was reading all the replies. B actually benefits on this play by commiting a penalty. Now we all know no one is smart enough to do this during a game, but it is still a flaw in the rules.
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