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Old Sun Nov 06, 2011, 07:30am
mbyron mbyron is offline
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Originally Posted by jchamp View Post
I was LJ today when this situation happened 80 feet in front of me:

On a kickoff from K40, K's kicker almost completely whiffs and the ball barely rolls off the kicking tee. He looks at it confused for a moment, two teammates run to try to recover it, but he then kicks it again after the ball has traveled about 3 inches. This second kick travels about 5 yards, for a grand total of about 5 yards, 3 inches, and K recovers at its own 45 while R is scratching their heads.

Our result of the play: First touching by K at the K40, then K45 yard line. Kick recovered by K.

Our penalty: illegal kicking by K at the 40 yard line. It was accepted by R, 1st and 10 R at the K25.

I'm soliciting comments on our handling of this situation. If you need more details, let me know and I'll see what I can remember.
Result of the play: right, so R would have the option of declining the penalty and taking the ball at the spot of first touching.

Penalty: Check that again. Why would K lose the opportunity to replay the down?

If you were a LJ in OH (5-man) this would have taken place 60 YARDS away from you.
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