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Originally Posted by Smiley
What we need to remember is that the "momentum rule" is actually an exception to the rule that a safety results when the ball is carried into one's own end zone and subsequently becomes dead there. Therefore, if it is judged that momentum didn't cause the player to carry the ball into the endzone, its a safety. No way to have a touchback.
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We do need to remember that.
Just not in this discussion, because I don't think either of these two plays had anything whatsoever to do with momentum or a safety or a touchback.