Kickoff: touchback or fumble

[Ed Hickland]

Originally posted by bluezebra
"Kickoff: touchback or fumble"

Contrary to what the morons in the announcers' booth say, a kick CANNOT be fumbled, only muffed.

Bob

To fumble you must have possession.

You can advance a fumble but you cannot advance a muff. (Dandy Don Meredith used to quote that all the time.)