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To: SoothingDave

No, you made no mistake. The ball IS downed in the end zone in the example you gave. Since a ball that is downed out of bounds within the endzone is a touchback, the ball is rewarded to the other team at the twenty. Perfectly consistent.


79 posted on 01/08/2007 3:57:10 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: SoCal Pubbie
No, you made no mistake.

My mistake was stating unequivocally that a fumbled ball is always spotted at the point it went out of bounds. This is true when it is fumbled backwards, but not when it is fumbled forward. I was correcting my overly general language, that is all.

92 posted on 01/08/2007 5:43:21 PM PST by SoothingDave (Are you on the list?)
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