Something I have never seen, is this legal?
QB pitches the ball to running back sweeping right, the left guard pulls left, the back stops and throws a backward pass to the guard, #61, the ball is not touched by a defensive player, who now throws a forward pass to wr #80 and he in turns scores. Is this legal and the result a touchdown, or illegal touching by the guard?

This is a touchdown in federation code as long as the original pitch to the running back was also backward. A ball may be passed backward at any time to any player.

NCAA In Pregame Saturday Coach B asks about a play he intends to run. He has it looking like an option left but somehow the tackle gets between the RB and QB and QB will actually pitch it back to the tackle who then lumbers right. We told him as long as it is a backward pass it is ok. Lo and behold they actually run the play. Coach A goes ballistic over "ineligibility" of the tackle. He even calls a timeout for a coaches conference. R explains the play to him and coach screams "BUT HE'S A LINEMAN!!!" Yes coach but it is a BACKWARDS PASS so it is legal. Coach's response: "I don't care if it is legal, are you gonna let that fat *** tackle run with the ball?!?!!?!?" Cracked me up!

[Edited by TXMike on Nov 8th, 2005 at 06:51 AM]