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Originally posted by donuteater
Ed,
MJ has it correct. Your answer is b) A's 47 .
We basically have a foul during a loose ball play (the fumble). So the foul is behind the basic spot which is now the end of the run. Enforcement is from the spot of the foul (A's 47). Walk off 15 yards , it will be A's ball 1st and 13 from the A 32 yard line.
Darin
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This is
not a foul during a
loose ball play. You are correct that it is a foul behind the basic spot.
When Ed changed his play (he moved the previous spot from B's 35 to A's 35) he changed it from a loose ball play to a running play, because the fumble was beyond the neutral zone. After Ed's change, the basic spot became the 50, the spot where the related run ended. The enforcement is still from A's 47, but the basic spot that MJ and I were responding to was B's 35.
I'm wondering if Ed didn't also get his A's and B's mixed up on the spot of the foul and the spot of the recovery when he penned his scenario. The ruling would be different if the illegal block by A89 had occurred on B's 47 and the ball recovered on B's 45 (he said "There is a scramble for the ball as it rolls forward.") That play would have been more challenging. If that were the case, enforcement would be from the 50 (
not the spot of the foul) and you end up putting the ball back on A's 35, 1st and 10 all over again.
That's why bean bags are important.