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Originally posted by tpaul
Andrew,
He hands it forward but the trick is they are trying to get you to think it is a foul but if you know the definition of "forward handing." That is one player hands it to another. In this play the B23 "muffs" the ball thus "handing" never happened - ie "muff." No foul. B's ball where it went OOB.
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tpaul, I agree it is not a foul, but is a fumble, not a muff.
2-19-1 says "handing the ball is transferring player possession from one player to a teammate in such a way that the ball is in still in contact with the first player when it is touched by the teammate. Handing the ball is not a pass. Loss of player possession by unsuccessful execution of attempting handing is a fumble."
For NF, the muff or fumble IN THIS CASE makes no difference, but in NCAA, we it does cuz we have a FFumble OOB's which is returned to the spot of the fumble.