[mcrowder]

That's exactly what we called. Incomplete pass, no penalty.

Visiting coach was yelling at his lineman, who was maybe 3 feet from the QB, to tackle the QB. After QB lobbed the ball forward toward the line, he wanted this to be a fumble. After we convinced him that the QB didn't drop the ball on accident or have it knocked from him... he threw it forward (unfortunately, my linesmen used the words "intentionally threw it forward"), he wanted intentional grounding.

It was a bit on the absurd side, but being the rules guy that I am, I thought about the wording of the rule. The rule says it's illegal to do what he did "to conserve time or yardage". To me, this implies intent - he must be throwing it forward with the INTENT of conserving time or yardage (ie - avoiding a sack or stopping the clock) - which I think it's clear he didn't do in this case.

But I can see the case being made that the rule doesn't state intent - is says he can't throw the ball away from the vicinity of an eligible receiver "to conserve ... yardage"... which, since he DID gain yardage (the next play started on the other end at the original LOS instead of where he was standing), might have been in fact illegal.

It just got me thinking, that's all.