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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
Hi guys:
I am from the baseball side but would like clarification from last nights Ravens / Steelers game.
The reason I am curious is because of what Al Michaels said about the ruling. On the baseball side we get 'all over" McCarver whenever he says something that we know is simply not true so that's my main reason for asking.
The play happened at the end of the game. It was 3rd and something and Flacco got sacked and fumbled the ball forward where the Ravens recovered it. The Ravens quickly got their field goal team onto the field and attempted a game ending 55/56 yard field goal that fell short.
After commercial, Michaels said that there would have been "hell to pay" had that field goal been good because in the last 2 minutes of the game if the ball is fumbled forward and recovered by anyone other then one who fumbled the ball then the ball is to be placed back where the fumble began, hence the field goal would have been some 59 or 60 yards.
Is this correct?
Thanks guys
Pete Booth
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I know that is true on any fumble that goes out of bounds. Not sure if it applies in this case but that does sound familiar. They were trying to get it spotted quickly because of the time remaining on the clock so the only way to correct it would have been to stop the clock and re-spot it or re-spot it without stopping the clock which would have likely ended the game with no kick attempt.