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Old Sun Sep 02, 2007, 01:07pm
AndrewMcCarthy AndrewMcCarthy is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BrasoFuerte
Lets say that the ball A1 receives the snap at the one yard line and fumbles the ball right at the goal line and falls on the loose ball while half of the ball is still in the field of play and the other half is in the end zone.

Or that A1 gets tackled with the ball partially in the end zone and partially in the field of play (note: the ball never completely enters the end zone on either of the plays mentioned above).

I say SAFETY
The bottom "line" is whether the ball is in the end zone or not. There is no "partially in". It's either in or not. If any part of the ball breaks the goal line plane, it is in the end zone.

Last edited by AndrewMcCarthy; Sun Sep 02, 2007 at 06:59pm.
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