Grabbing nameplate? BBW?

[sirhoagy]

This one was posted to a quiz we had for our conference.  Seems very few of us got it right.  Posting for the benefit of the group.

Second and 15 at the B-30. From the shotgun, A14 receives the snap and runs straight ahead.

B61 grasps his jersey in the nameplate area and pulls him immediately to the ground at the B32.

During A14's run, tight end A88 (who was lined up on the left side of the formation seven yards from the center) goes to his right and blocks B79 (who was lined up across from the left tackle, and maintained that position) from the front and below the waist at the B-28.

After completion of any penalties, it will be A's ball:

a. First and 10 at the B-15.

b. Second and 15 at the B-30.

c. Second and 30 at the B-45.

d. Third and 17 at the B-32.


What's your answer and your rationale for the answer?

[Legacy Zebra]

C. There is no foul for B61’s action because the ball carrier was in the tackle box. A88 fouled because his block was below the waist and back toward the original position of the ball.

[Morningrise]

C. There is no foul for B61’s action because the ball carrier was in the tackle box. A88 fouled because his block was below the waist and back toward the original position of the ball.

Agree. A horse-collar is legal if the ball is still within the tackle box; and meanwhile, a crackback BBW is still illegal even *if* the ball is still within the tackle box.

[ElvisLives]

Yeah, I get 2/30, B-45, for the Illegal Block Below the Waist.  There was nothing illegal about B61's tackle of A14.

So, what was your conference's expectation for this situation?

[goodgrr]

I'd agree with the others, what was the thinking for those who got it wrong?  Which of the two potential fouls did they decide should be enforced and why?