BC vs. Vandy muffed punt

[yankeesfan]

ncaa rules. did the refs get the call right on the muffed punt that went into the endzone and recovered by vandy for a touchdown? i know in fed rules it would be a touchback.

[JRutledge]

All I can say is the NCAA Rules are different. Based on what I have read I strongly believe officials got this one right.

Peace

[Texas Aggie]

I saw the sketchy replay on espn.com. All it looked like was that the returner muffed the punt and it went into the end zone and the punt team recovered. Is that correct? If so, TD. I don't understand how that could be controversial. P can't ADVANCE the ball, but they can recover it and its dead where they recover.

What is the fed rule that makes this different?

[jaybird]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

I saw the sketchy replay on espn.com. All it looked like was that the returner muffed the punt and it went into the end zone and the punt team recovered. Is that correct? If so, TD. I don't understand how that could be controversial. P can't ADVANCE the ball, but they can recover it and its dead where they recover.

What is the fed rule that makes this different?

NFHS:
The status of the ball after the muff is still a kick and once it breaks the plane of the GL it is dead and a touchback.

[HLin NC]

5. Any kick which is not a scoring attempt becomes dead when it breaks the plane of R’s goal line.

and Rule (definitions) 2-13-
ART. 4 . . . Force is not a factor:
a. On kicks going into R’s end zone, since these kicks are always a touchback
regardless of who supplied the force.

[merlin]

I was having this argument with a buddy. I was saying that the force which put the ball in the end zone was the kick and so it should be a touchback.(in NF) I was not aware of a difference with the NCAA rule.