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I need a little help with clarification using NFHS rules.
This has happened in a couple of different ways: At a kick off or punt R catches or picks up the ball with a knee on the ground. Is this dead at the spot of the catch or pickup? *** At a kickoff R muffs the catch at the 1 and the ball rolls into the R end zone. Can R run the ball out? Or Is this ruled a touchback because the ball broke the plane. *** Punt from the Ks 3 yard line for the 4th down. Ball is poorly kick and lands 1 yard past the line of scrimmage in R NZ. The ball makes contact with R lineman, who is oblivious to the location of the ball, and the ball bounces back over the line of scrimmage and is picked up by K and run for a forward gain of 3 yds but not past the fist down marker. Who's ball is it ? |
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Wellcome Bigdawgg,
Hope I can help. 1. The ball is dead if caught or recovered with R's knee on the ground. 2. This is a touchback. Any kick that breaks the goal line is a touchback. The fact that R touched the ball has no effect in FED. Quote:
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Good NFHS questions to ask. Knee on the ground with the ball in player possession is a criteria for declaring the play over. Ball dead at that spot. (comment: There has been talk of changing that rule for this specific case, but no movement has been made on it. Quote:
Correct, rule a TB. Quote:
However, you also have Team-R touching the ball beyond the NZ. Since in this play, the touch was not forced touching nor was it touching of a low scrimmage kick in the expanded NZ area, Team-K will be granted a first down no matter where they are finally downed. The continuity of downs has changed by team-Rs touching of the ball as I stated. Tough call to make, but that kind of stuff happens in close just as it happens downfield. |
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