NFHS vs NCAA

EEE

A fumbles the ball the ball at B's 20. The ball rolls and goes out of bounds at B's 15.
NCAA: Bring ball back to the B 20.
NFHS: Ball placed at the B 15.

Correct?

footballref

You are correct on NFHS...A will have the ball at the 15.

Welpe

Correct for NCAA as well.

jophyal

that is true, however, not true on the fourth down fumble rule.

MD Longhorn

jophyal wrote
that is true, however, not true on the fourth down fumble rule.

In which ruleset is the initial answer not correct on 4th down?

tow

NCAA has a fourth down fumble rule.

Welpe

tow wrote
NCAA has a fourth down fumble rule.

Of course it does, but you still take the ball back to where it was fumbled if it is fourth down.

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refbuz

Welpe wrote
Of course it does, but you still take the ball back to where it was fumbled if it is fourth down.

A forward fumble out of bounds is returned to the spot of the fumble regardless of the down AND if it is under 2 minutes, you wind the clock as well.

MD Longhorn

tow wrote
NCAA has a fourth down fumble rule.

I'm aware of that ... your point?

ljudge

refbuz wrote
A forward fumble out of bounds is returned to the spot of the fumble regardless of the down AND if it is under 2 minutes, you wind the clock as well.

Are you implying if more than 2 minutes remain you go on the snap???

NCAA: Fwd fumble OOB, clock always on the ready
Fed: Any fumble OOB (fwd or bwd), clock always on the snap

Sonofanump

ljudge wrote
Are you implying if more than 2 minutes remain you go on the snap???

NCAA: Fwd fumble OOB, clock always on the ready
Fed: Any fumble OOB (fwd or bwd), clock always on the snap

Yes. My first thoughts after reading the first post.

refbuz

ljudge wrote
Are you implying if more than 2 minutes remain you go on the snap???

NCAA: Fwd fumble OOB, clock always on the ready
Fed: Any fumble OOB (fwd or bwd), clock always on the snap

I'm not implying anything.

I thought that it was obvious that if A retains possession we are winding any time the ball goes OOB above 2 minutes regardless if the fumble was forward or not...