Stupid Question - Illegal Touching

[With_Two_Flakes]

HLin NC nailed it for NCAA Rules. If the guy goes out of his own accord (or doesn't come back in after being blocked out) then he loses his eligibility to touch the pass until the D or an official touches it.

Mechanics?
Some will drop their hat at the spot he goes out (sometimes called the "Honig mechanic", the thought being Honig's get to sell more hats that way to replace ones that get trodden into the mud ). Others will beanbag the spot.

[TussAgee11]

OK, so it sounds like the "first to touch thing" is a fabrication of the color announcers (shocking...).

Simply put, in order to touch it again in NCAA, WR needs to be reestablished and the ball needs to touch an opponent or official first.

Thanks guys for the help.

[HossHumard]

In my book, "Illegal Touching" took place a couple of weeks ago when that umpire grabbed the Cardinal player "down under"....let's not let THAT happen again....

[Bob M.]

REPLY: Also, for Federation, note that even though that WR has fouled by inadvertently going OOB and returning, he does NOT lose his eligibility. That means that if he returns and a pass is thrown to him, and he is pushed by B before the pass gets there, you're going to have a double foul: IP against the offense and DPI against the defense.

[Theisey]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

OK, so it sounds like the "first to touch thing" is a fabrication of the color announcers (shocking...).

Simply put, in order to touch it again in NCAA, WR needs to be reestablished and the ball needs to touch an opponent or official first.

Thanks guys for the help.

This is not a stupid question at all.
ncaa: As you have just read, those announcers do have it correct.
I don't know what you are driving at with your statement "to touch it again". A receiver does not have to reestablish anything.

example: A80 while running is route down-field steps OOB either before or after the pass is in flight.. B23 tips the ball in his attempt to intercept. A80, while still OOB, leaps into the air, secures possession and comes down in-bounds and is downed.

What do you have? Nothing other then a completed forward pass because a team-B player touched the ball before the team-A player did. note that the team-A player did not have to first come back in-bounds as I think you are suggesting.

[TussAgee11]

Originally Posted by Theisey

note that the team-A player did not have to first come back in-bounds as I think you are suggesting.

I did suggest that, because I ***-u-med it would be similar to basketball.

Thanks for the info guys.