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Try or No Try?
« on: November 21, 2015, 08:52:34 PM »
Team A trails by 4 points. A-88 scores (touchdown) as time expires in the 4th quarter. 8-3-2 states "If a touchdown is scored during a down in which time in the fourth period expires, the try shall not be attempted unless the point(s) would affect the outcome of the game."

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Re: Try or No Try?
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2015, 08:59:30 PM »
Try. By rule, the try is an opportunity for either team to score. Team B could theoretically score two points to tie the game, so Team A must snap the ball.

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Re: Try or No Try?
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2015, 09:05:17 PM »
Try. By rule, the try is an opportunity for either team to score. Team B could theoretically score two points to tie the game, so Team A must snap the ball.
Bingo! Just take a knee to minimize the risk. (And hope you don't fumble the snap). Unfortunately, the crew chose to leave the field declaring the game over.

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Try or No Try?
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2015, 09:34:58 PM »
What game was that?


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Re: Try or No Try?
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2015, 11:04:02 AM »
Hopefully any British official will have got that correct as a version of that scenario has appeared in their annual exam more than once in recent years.

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Re: Try or No Try?
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2015, 02:31:41 PM »
What game was that?


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Re: Try or No Try?
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2015, 10:50:00 AM »
Hopefully any British official will have got that correct as a version of that scenario has appeared in their annual exam more than once in recent years.

Well I suspect now they may but the reason it was put in a number of times was because too many answered incorrectly previously :-)

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Re: Try or No Try?
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2015, 03:49:25 PM »
Actually had this happen in a game this year.

And yes, we made them do the try.

And yes, they took a knee.

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Re: Try or No Try?
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2015, 07:03:56 PM »
Actually had this happen in a game this year.

And yes, we made them do the try.

And yes, they took a knee.
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Re: Try or No Try?
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2015, 01:25:02 AM »
We had this in the second league semifinal, and yes, team A with a one point lead attempted to kick the extra point (they made it)...