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Originally posted by Smiley
The wording is inconsistent but personally I believe the Rule Book wording is correct..."the opponent of the scoring team."
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Nope, that doesn't work. Here's why:
Team A snaps the ball from its own 3-yard line. While A1 is attempting a pass, A10 holds B9 in the end zone. The pass is intercepted by B2 and returned for a touchdown.
If what you say were true, then B could keep the TD, accept the penalty, and have it enforced from the SS. But that would be in contradiction of 10-5-3 and 5-1-3d since the foul was by A and occurred prior to the change of possession.
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Originally posted by Smiley
But A would not be the defense until after the change of possession. Therefore any foul committed by A prior to the change of possession would not be by the defense.
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Exactly. Therefore, the wording found in the front of the book is correct, not the wording found under 8-2-2 itself.