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Originally posted by benfunke
If Leinart fumbled backwards, which it appears he did (?), then A) is he given forward progress? and B) does the clock continue to run since his progress was stopped in-bounds?
This might be different for NFL and NCAA, but my understanding was that in the NFL if a player goes out of bounds in reverse or fumbles backwards out of bounds, then the ball is spotted where progress stopped and the clock continues to run.
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In NCAA the clock stops for a fumble that goes out of bounds behind the spot it was fumble and restarts on the snap. If it goes forward and out of bounds it restarts on the ready for play.