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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 03:13pm
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Originally Posted by Reffing Rev. View Post
Great discussion...

Our crew of 6 was divided 3-3 on this one. Well actually it was 3-2-1 at first.

The one odd-ball opinion was that the intercepting player abandoned play (much like a scrimmage kick receiver who thinks he signalled fair catch and doesn't run). So he wanted to call it a touchback and then administer a dead ball USC penalty. 1st and 10 at the 10.
Interesting! He must also be a baseball umpire. So he's saying the player's behavior will be taken constructively as if he had said, "Down." Is this one where the officials huddle and the R says: "It would really simplify things if one of you heard him say `down' before he threw the ball."?

Robert
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