Punt behind NZ

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Also, a ball would never come to rest in Canada.

Yeah, because those winds are murder!

[asdf]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

I doub he knew he could run with it or that he could have kicked it again.

Agreed.

Have had K grab the ball, get the deer in the headlights look, then put the ball on the ground.....

....followed by R picking the ball up and running........


Each situation is a cluster because not many players know what to do with a kick recovered by K behind the NZ.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by whitehat

We had a similar one last wekend as well. Punt was partially blocked, rebounded in the air about 5 yards beyond the NZ where K caught it. Our very alert HL blew it dead as soon as he caught it then had a look of momentary terror wondering if he should have blown it dead. As R , I wandered over to my HL to be sure what we had.

2 questions came to mind that we answered quickly and I believe correctly:

1. Did the partially blocked kick by R allow K to advance the kick. answer is "no" becasue touching of low scrimmage kick by R in or behind the nuetrual zone is ignored. So K still cannot advance since he caught it beyond the NZ.

2. did this play have the possiblitlity for kick catching interference if any R was in postion to catch this partially blocked kick? We said "yes" and decided quickly that there were no Rs in the area.

So, we had a partially blocked punt and "a lot of nothin" quickly afterward.

comments or quibles?

Your ruling and thinking were quite correct.

One tiny quibble: touching by R is ignored if it occurs in or behind the expanded neutral zone.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Yeah, because those winds are murder!

I do believe we had some hurricane effect winds here the other day. They near blew me over!

[cdoug]

Originally Posted by asdf

He could also have kicked it again.

Okay, I probably missed it when looking for it but could someone please give me a reference for this.

[Rich]

The scenario we passed around at our association meeting last night was:

K punts.

R muffs the punt beyond the neutral zone.

Ball goes back behind the NZ and K recovers and ...

Doubtful R is going to be happy, regardless what K does at that point (unless they kick it again).

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by cdoug

Okay, I probably missed it when looking for it but could someone please give me a reference for this.

Sure, 6-2-1.

[cdoug]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Sure, 6-2-1.

Thanks. I missed that little part that said "before team possession has changed" and was thinking that it was like a forward pass, I guess.