Fumble through the end zone

[BigFarns]

If y'all would like to throw out some goofy fumble through the zone situations..here's one I remember from an actual game back home.
A is running a long run where he has only one man to beat...30, 20, 15, 10...defender catches him, tackles him and pops the ball loose..ball is rolling around somewhere between the 7 and the 3. (sorry I don't remember it that well, it was 10 years ago or more.) Next closes defender runs in and while trying to pick up the ball accidently boots it out the back of the endzone. The officials called it a safety which I thought was complete BS (and I still do) but reading the rule 8-5-2 it seems they were "correct". Now THAT is a rule I'd argue as unfair...not the touchback for a ball going out on a fumble. Then again...it happened against my team and I was the defender who caught up with the runner. I was so mad that all that running turned into 2 points for the other team. *GROWL*