Sun Sep 09, 2001, 07:38pm
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Originally posted by Ed Hickland
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Originally posted by Zeke5
45 seconds left in the game and A is leading by 1 point. 2nd & 3 from B's 40, A32 dives up the middle and is facemasked, but continues on for a touchdown. With 38 seconds left, A captain decides that it would be best to take the penalty and run the clock out instead of the TD and kick off (A had 2 failed 2 point conversions and their kick off team gave up 2 touchdowns already to the state's best returner).
A has the right to accept this penalty this year, but where do you assess the penalty from?
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It is fundamental, that is, Fundamental 47 -- No penalty directly results in a safety, but if a distance penalty is enforced from behind the offender's goal line toward his end line, it is a safety.
A has the choice of declining the penalty, taking the touchdown for six points, plus, the point after, then kicking off to B.
Or, A can accept the penalty, taking the safety for two points and having B free kick giving A possible possession.
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How did a safety become involved in this discussion?
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