Blocked Kicked

[The Roamin' Umpire]

Originally Posted by RoyGardner

Under NCAA rules the facts that the kick never crossed the NZ AND that B never touched the ball beyond the NZ means that unless some illegal act (kick, bat. etc) takes place, and unless in the interim B actually has possession, if A ends up with the ball down in the EZ it is a safety. It does not matter how many times the ball was "muffed" by either team, A ball in the EZ on this play has to be a safety.

College isn't my thing (yet), but it's still good to know. Thanks!

[Bob M.]

REPLY: The issue in the original post isn't whether it's still a kick or not; it's who supplied the force. As described, I would go with the kick still being the force and a safety would result.