bounces you say ?

[mikesears]

Originally posted by James Neil
K 4/10 on the R40. K14's punt is rolling near the R10. R26 attempts to block K75. R26 bounces off of K75 and into the football at the R9. K27 recovers the ball at the R7. Clock?

[Edited by James Neil on Jan 10th, 2003 at 09:08 AM]

I've read many of the other posts before replying to this one. I'd say that the ball belongs to K because he was not blocked into the ball by K. This really comes down to semantics. Was R touched/blocked by K or was K touched/blocked by R? Someone posted the rule above and the question we need to ask is, "Was K pushed into the ball by R?" -- Not "Was there any contact between K and R?". In my opinion, the rule is there to prevent K from getting a cheap turnover by pushing an R player into the ball.

I may be way off base here and really looking forward to what everyone else has to say.