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Originally posted by MJT
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Originally posted by Bob M.
REPLY: If anyone has the tape, look at the Bush backward pass/fumble again. I believe that as he was letting the ball go it 'ticked' off of a Texas player's helmet and moved ever so slightly forward as a result.
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Ok Bob, so if he had just let it go, and it was BW, and then it hits a helmet and goes FW, we are fine cuz the ball left his hand with an initial BW directions. I would assume that if he trying to toss it BW's but his hand gets hit so when he releases it, the ball goes FW, that we would have an IFP. Would you guys agree with that?
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Not comfortable with your terminology of using "initial BW direction".
What matters is the spot where passer let the ball go and its relation to where it first touches "anything" beyond that spot. Translate "anything" to mean any other player, the ground, official, etc... anything.
If the ball has stuck an opposing team player in the helmet, what matters then is was that point in front of the spot where the ball was released. If it was in front, no matter what direction the ball ricochets is not relevant as the pass is by definition a forward pass.
Thu Jan 05, 2006, 10:37pm
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