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This has come up in various discussion boards before. You actually do not have to bag all fumbles, specifically those that occur behind the NZ. These fumbles and the runs that precede them are loose ball plays, and the basic spot would be the LOS. Since the real purpose of the bag is to mark what would be a basic spot, a bag is not necessary for these fumbles. Many have argued against bagging these fumbles behind the NZ. I don't see any problem with bagging all fumbles (even behind the NZ), especially since many fans have come to associate bags with fumbles, and the bag "signals" to the fans that a fumble did actually occur.
[/B][/Unless of course you are in Texas you should bag all fumbles because if it goes forward and out of bounds it comes back to the spot of the fumble or if it is on 4th down only the player fumbling may catch or recover the fumble. Any other player the ball will become dead and brought back to that spot unless he catches or recovers behind the spot of the fumble then it just becomes dead there.]
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