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I'll bite on this one.
I have no idea what the answer is but I would rule that the entire ball must pass the entire crossbar for the FG to be good.
My logic in this is that you could have the ball hit the crossbar (happens all the time) with part of it "through" the goal (the ball is bigger than the bar plus it's a funny shape, remember) and bounce back into the end zone. Imagine the ball coming to rest (balancing) on the crossbar with one point beyond it and one over the end zone then falling back into the end zone. I would never rule this to be good- would you??
For your safety question the entire ball must be entirely in the field of play to avoid the safety. If any part of the ball is over any part of the goal line it is in the end zone- same for touchdown as it is for safety.
Last edited by AndrewMcCarthy; Mon Nov 06, 2006 at 06:02pm.
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