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jcoopv is correct in his ruling of a safety.
Casebook 8.5.1 Situation C: A scrimmage kick by K1 from his own endzone is muffed in flight beyond the neutral zone by R1 and rebounds into the end zone where it is recovered by K2. The ball becomes dead in the end zone when K2 is tackled there. Ruling: This is a safety because teh force which put the ball into the end zone was still the kick by K1. R will be awarded 2 points and K will free kick from K's 20-yard line.
I hope this never happens to me! I wouldn't feel right awarding R two points for not being able to catch the ball. I'd say a coach or 2 is going to go ballistic on this one, also.
Out of curiousity, what is the NCAA ruling on this one?
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