I'm a coach in Texas. Can I get an explanation on this KOR at 1:28:46 of this game
https://youtu.be/k6035tl1FBo?t=5326
Thanks
NCAA rules are very different from other sets of rules, particularly on this item. In NCAA, if the ball is touched by the receiving team (Team B)
before the ball touches the ground in the end zone, the ball remains alive and in play. In this case, the receiver muffed the ball at a point behind his goal line, but
BEFORE the ball actually touched the ground in the end zone. So, the ball remained alive, as the covering official correctly ruled and officiated. The ball then bounded from the end zone, into the field field of play - ever so briefly - and crossed the sideline and went out of bounds. In such a case, Team B (the receiving team) simply gets possession of the ball at the point that it went out of bounds. Note that this may not be the result under some other set of rules, but it IS the NCAA rule (which is used for UIL and other HS football in Texas).
Technically, when the loose ball crossed the goal line and into the field of play, the game clock should have been started. But, then the ball nearly immediately went out of bounds, so the clock would have only run about 1/2 second. The covering official simply didn't have time to start the game clock before he would have had to signal for it to stop.