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For me Case 1 is a touchdown if he secured possesion over the EZ and would have come down inbounds had he not been contacted by the defense (i.e. he was not all ready coming back to the ball towards the sideline; I guess that would be a judgement issue about if he had been left untouched he would have come down inbounds)
Case 2 (Assuming the without contact the receiver would have landed inbounds) would depend on if he ever evaded the defender, being the defender lost control of him and was not going to for sure tackle him. I.e. the reciever spun away, danced, and most importantly made an effort to run and was not down instantly or right after landing on the ground after leaving the EZ I would rule down at the one. If the defender always had him tackled and the reciever made no attempt or could not advance the ball after he had been pushed out of the EZ by the Defense I would rule TD.
I am curious for the two different interpretations, I do HS only and am not familiar with college.
Dale
Trout Creek, Mi.
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