Is a ball carrier down by contact...

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by jaybird

This is not a true statement. It is common-tater talk.

Of course, the ground can actually cause a fumble! If a guy goes airborn and the first thing to hit the ground is the ball and it pops out, the ground did cause the fumble!

I do hate it when I hear people say the ground can't cause a fumble. I know announcers have a job to do and generally they do a good job but they don't understand the rules and spread things like this too often.