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If all you Einsteins really know the rules, correct me if I am wrong. I believe if the ball touches the ground, it is a fumble correct? I believe that any fumble under 2 minutes can only be advanced by the player that fumbled the ball correct?
 

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If all you Einsteins really know the rules, correct me if I am wrong. I believe if the ball touches the ground, it is a fumble correct? I believe that any fumble under 2 minutes can only be advanced by the player that fumbled the ball correct?

it's a backward pass not a fumble

free to hit the ground and be recovered and advanced by anyone
 

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If all you Einsteins really know the rules, correct me if I am wrong. I believe if the ball touches the ground, it is a fumble correct? I believe that any fumble under 2 minutes can only be advanced by the player that fumbled the ball correct?

Who fumbled?
 

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it's a backward pass not a fumble

free to hit the ground and be recovered and advanced by anyone

What if the guy gets hit and the ball goes backwards. Is it a backward pass or a fumble that went backwards?
 

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If all you Einsteins really know the rules, correct me if I am wrong. I believe if the ball touches the ground, it is a fumble correct? I believe that any fumble under 2 minutes can only be advanced by the player that fumbled the ball correct?

You are correct, but I don't think it influences the play in this case.

FUMBLE AFTER TWO-MINUTE WARNING
Article 6 Fumble After Two-Minute Warning. If a fumble by either team occurs after the two-minute
warning:
(a) The ball may be advanced by any opponent.
(b) The player who fumbled is the only player of his team who is permitted to recover and advance the
ball.
(c) If the recovery or catch is by a teammate of the player who fumbled, the ball is dead, and the spot of
the next snap is the spot of the fumble, or the spot of the recovery if the spot of the recovery is behind
the spot of the fumble.
A.R. 8.61 Second-and-10 on B14. On last play of game Team A is behind by 4 points. Quarterback A1 falls back to
pass, fumbles, and ball eventually winds up in B’s end zone. A2 falls on it.
Ruling:No score. Game over.
A.R. 8.62 Fourth-and-four on B9. Offensive player A1 fumbles (forward unintentionally) on the B9. A1 recovers and goes
to the B4.
Ruling:Legal advance as the fumbling player recovered. A’s ball first-and-goal on B4.
A.R. 8.63 Fourth-and-four on B9. Offensive player A1 fumbles on the B9 (forward unintentionally). His teammate A2
recovers on the B7 and goes to the B4.
Ruling:Player other than the fumbling player recovered. The spot of the snap is the spot of the fumble (B9).
B’s ball first-and-10 on B9.
A.R. 8.64 Fourth-and-four on B9. Offensive player A1 fumbles on the B9 and A2 recovers on the B12 and goes to the
B4.
Ruling:Other player than the fumbler recovered and spot of next snap is the spot of recovery as it is behind
the spot of the fumble. B’s ball first-and-10 on B12.
A.R. 8.65 Fourth-and-four on B9. Offensive player A1 fumbles on the B9. Defensive player B1 touches the ball and then
offensive player A2 recovers on the B7.
Ruling:Ball is returned to spot of fumble (B9). B’s ball first-and-10 on B9.
A.R. 8.66 Fourth-and-four on B9. A1 fumbles on the B9 and the ball rolls out of bounds on the B4 without any player
touching it.
Ruling: The ball is next put in play at the spot of the fumble. B’s ball first-and-10 on B9.
 

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FUMBLE AFTER TWO-MINUTE WARNING
Article 6 Fumble After Two-Minute Warning. There is no two-minute warning in college football.
 

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FUMBLE AFTER TWO-MINUTE WARNING
Article 6 Fumble After Two-Minute Warning. There is no two-minute warning in college football.
Gawd that's funny. Are those Pro rules he is quoting for the college game? Lol
 

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I'm sure the ball can only be advanced by the original ball carrier if the ball is fumbled forward
 

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What if the guy gets hit and the ball goes backwards. Is it a backward pass or a fumble that went backwards?

players are often getting hit and being tackled when they pitch the ball backwards guess replay would figure it out
 

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The Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP) during its conference call on Tuesday approved moving the kickoff and touchback lines beginning with the 2012 football season.


Next fall, teams will kick off at the 35-yard line instead of the 30. Also, players on the kicking team can’t line up for the play behind the 30-yard line, which is intended to limit the running start kicking teams used to have during the play.


Also, touchbacks on free kicks will be moved to the 25-yard line instead of the 20 to encourage more touchbacks. Touchbacks on other plays (for example, punts that go into the end zone, or fumbles that go out of the end zone) will remain at the 20-yard line.
 

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If all you Einsteins really know the rules, correct me if I am wrong. I believe if the ball touches the ground, it is a fumble correct? I believe that any fumble under 2 minutes can only be advanced by the player that fumbled the ball correct?

That's NFL rules.
 

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I thought I seen the last guy step out of bounds right before he went into the end zone..... but it was just a vein busting in back of my eye.
 

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