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Old Tue Oct 13, 2009, 10:34pm
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It may be helpful to think of it this way...

The penalty for the liveball foul for illegal touching is 5 yards and loss of down. So on 1st down it will be 2nd after enforcement, on 4th down it will be a turnover after enforcement, and on a try the try will be no good after enforcement...Remember what loss of down means...the loss of the right to replay a down.

HERE IS HOW I THINK ABOUT IT.

So the penalty in the OP is 5 yards and the loss of the right to replay the down, which means...assuming it was PAT from the 3, then the penalty would be 5 yards to the 8 but the loss of the right to replay the down means they've lost the right to replay the try, so our next play is a kickoff.

The penalty has already been enforced...there is nothing to carry over.
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