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Football Officiating => General Discussion => Topic started by: rhhammon on September 21, 2010, 03:56:07 PM
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K punts the ball to R. As the ball is approaching the goal line and no R in the area K catches the ball at the 2 yard line slides with two knees at the 1 yard line and continues into the endzone of R. How do you handle this play?
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Ball is dead where K gains possession.... knees do not matter or the EZ for this matter. Kick ends when possession is gained does not matter what team. R gets the ball on the 2 yard line.
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As I understand it, in NFL this would be a touchback. In NCAA (and NF) R's ball at the 2.
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If he goes down on his knees to slide at the on the 1 (as I'm reading the OP), isn't the ball dead there, preventing the use of the momentum exception?
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The momentum rule only applies to a live ball, so in this case it did not apply because the ball was already dead at the 2. K cannot advance a kick recovered beyond the neutral zone, so any motion by the K player after catching the ball is ignored. K cannot keep the ball if it had not first been touched by R (which was the case here) so 1st down for R at their 2 yard line.
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Might help if I read the play thoroughly (sp?). I read this as R recovering on the 2, not K.
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