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Old Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:38pm
Welpe Welpe is offline
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There's nothing in the book that supports their assertion. You can't go with "what could be", only what is.

Quite simply, if the actual penalty does not bring the ball beyond the line to gain, it's not a first down.
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