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Old Thu Nov 28, 2002, 10:14am
Middleman Middleman is offline
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Bad call. Bad no-call.

First, you state that the runner's forward progress was stopped. Dead ball at the spot.

The runner (because of that no-call) carried a live ball into his opponents end zone. Touchdown.

But wait! The runner was pushed from behind by a teammate. Rule 9, Section 1 HELPING THE RUNNER. 5 yards from the spot of the foul.

Defense gets the option of enforcing the penalty or taking the result of the play. Replay the down from the six or touchdown. The choice is obvious.

Oh, another no-call you say?! No flag on the "Helping"? Bad, bad. This one gets missed a lot.

Touchdown stands.

Too bad.

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