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Originally posted by PAUMP
I agree with the second and third answers but not the first. In this case you have a muff which is a free ball. A muff can be recovered by either team but not advanced by the kicking team. Since the ball was recovered in the end zone it is a touchdown.
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REPLY: You're 100% correct that the scrimmage kick is a "free ball" once it is muffed by B7. But, in Fed rules, it is also a dead ball the moment it crosses the plane of B's goal line. As long as you agree that it's still a kick (see NF 2-23-2), it becomes dead and is a TB when it crosses that plane (see NF 6-3-1a).
Your ruling would be correct if the game was being played under NCAA rules.