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Originally Posted by kentref
Saturday night's Big 12 Championship Game. I believe it was in the 3rd quarter and a Nebraska punt is downed at about the B 1 yard line. The A player downing the punt clearly stepped out of bounds inside the B 5 yard line and was the first player to touch the ball. The SJ/FJ that was right on the pylon didn't throw his hat so I'm guessing he didn't see the player step out of bounds.
Question: If the A player did go OOB voluntarily then his touching of the ball inbounds should be an illegal touching foul, 5 yards from the previous spot, correct?
Question #2: Could this play (the stepping OOB) be challenged and the ruling on the field overturned?
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1 - There is a foul for an A player going out of bounds and coming in during a scrimmage kick down but the illegal touch is a violation not a foul. The penalty for the going out and coming in is 5 yards from prev spot.
2 - Allegedly IR cannot be used to generate a foul when there was not one called but that has already happened at least once this year so who knows.