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To: JeffAtlanta; SoothingDave; Alberta's Child
One more exception to the "half the distance" rule -

An offensive penalty that occurs in its own end zone results in a safety scored for the defense (unless ABC orders that the penalty be treated as though it occured outside the end zone in order to prevent a blowout).

226 posted on 01/16/2006 11:20:47 AM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)
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To: steveegg

Doesn't that rule only apply in cases of intentional grounding?


227 posted on 01/16/2006 11:25:00 AM PST by Alberta's Child (Said the night wind to the little lamb . . . "Do you see what I see?")
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To: steveegg

Sadly that's not just ABC. Two of the things that drive me nuts in the NFL is how hard the refs try not to call intentional ground or safeties. If they can find any sorry excuse why a throw as actually a "pass" or why they shouldn't spot the ball in the wrong endzone they will. And extra good luck trying to get an intentional grounding call in the endzone, the refs have many volumes of excuses against that call.


237 posted on 01/16/2006 11:57:13 AM PST by discostu (a time when families gather together, don't talk, and watch football... good times)
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