Kickoff play

[ABoselli]

You should be. A simpler rule doesn't exist. If it goes into the end zone on a kick and no one has possessed it prior, its always a TB.

I had a similiar situation last year as I was back with the receiver on a kickoff, strong wind blowing toward us, a hard knuckler is coming toward R and it skips off his hands and lands in the endzone. I whistle TB and reach down to pick up the ball. The K coach is screaming "GO GET IT!!!" as I'm standing there in the end zone with the ball in my hand. You can see the confusion on the faces of the K players as they resume their charge toward me. They're thinking, "coach said to go get the ball but the ref has it in his hand. What to do, what to do..."

I'm starting to get nervous now as they are bearing down on me at full speed so I blow it again hard then start yelling "Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?? You gonna tackle me??!!" I then explained to the K coach what happens in that situation. He wasn't aware.

The next kickoff, I said to the R player, "Catch it this time, OK boss?"