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Wrong way scoop & score
First, let me say this did not happen to my crew. (Thank heavens!) Here's the sitch:
1st and 10 from B's 40. On a run, A fumbles and B55 scoops up the loose ball then runs the wrong way into B's endzone. After crossing the goal line, B55 tosses the ball to R who had stopped at the GL. R wisely lets the ball go untouched to the ground in play near the B 2-yard line and no whistles are blown. Both A & B (apparently the other 21 players knew that B55 had gone the wrong way) scramble after the loose ball. During the scramble, A23 is flagged for a 15-yard facemask foul. The ball is finally recovered by B in B's endzone. Whatcha got? Believe it or not, this happened on a Friday night. |
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Or not so wisely... let the ball go untouched, great. And as soon as it hits the ground blow your whistle. Why would you not blow the whistle after an imcomplete forward pass?
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Yes, incomplete pass and illegal forward pass in the end zone for a safety.
Had something similar happen to me a few years back. A1's punt was blocked behind the LOS and was caught by lineman A2 in the middle of a crowd of B players. A2 quickly threw the ball to the ground. Blew it dead for incomplete pass and flagged him for grounding (prevent loss of yardage). Even the rest of the crew (JV game) looked at me like I was nuts until I explained it to 'em. A's coach didn't object, he was just laughing his butt off! |
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What if B55 had dropped the ball right at his feet after crossing the goal line. How we have a fumble. How does that change the ruling? Here's how the actual situation was ruled in the game. Safety for A. 15 yards enforced on the ensuing free kick. B kicks from their own 35-yard line. |
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There's 2 ways to look at this. I probably would have not gone the route you went. Since you didn't blow it dead, and have what seems to be a LIVE ball foul for the facemask - you have offsetting live ball fouls (the illegal forward pass and the facemask) after a turnover. Hope someone way back where still has their bag on the ground. If you treat the FM as a dead ball personal foul after the play (a bit of a stretch to me since you didn't flag all the other action after the play ended), then you can have the safety and then the free kick from the 35 as described.
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Another crew in our area had this play happen and we've been discussing it for a couple of weeks. Can I pose another "What If"? What if B55 had entered his own endzone and then peeled back into the field of play and, while at his 2 yard line thinking he had scored a touchdown, flipped the ball to the R? Now we have a fumble at the 2 after a change of possession and the rest of the play happens as described. (B recovers in their own endzone while during the loose ball A is flagged for a PF facemask.) I say the basic spot is the 2. B retains possession. 1st and 10 from their own 17. Am I correct on that one? |
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No, I don't think it should be...not the personal foul variety anyways. A face mask is always illegal and needs to be penalized. It will just be a DB PF and enforced from the succeeding spot, which it seems is what happened.
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With that said, for your second version as posted here, it would be B's ball, 1st and 10 from their 15. 10-5-2 (in the 2009 book) notes that the enforcement spot for any found committed by the defense is the goal line when the run ends in the end zone and would have otherwise resulted in a safety.
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LOL... perhaps the crew didn't know what direction was what either.
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