From: freshlt@quig14.alleg.edu (Timothy Freshly)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Rules question (trivia?)
Date: 20 Nov 92 14:45:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Allegheny College

In article <1992Nov19.170524.19530@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>  
nitin@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Nitin Khanna) writes:
> In article <1992Nov18.200850.815@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>,  
piz@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (G G ZIPFEL) writes:
> > 
> > 	You Make the Call:
> > 
> > 	It's first and ten at the 25. The Steelers are 25 yards from  
the
> > 	winning touchdown. Brister hits Foster for a 3 yard screen  
pass.
> > 	Foster scrambles down the sideline, and dives for the corner  
of the
> >         end zone with the ball held close to his chest. After  
passing the
> > 	goal line, he extends the ball into the end zone from out of  
bounds
> > 	and lands with the ball in the end zone, and his body out of  
bounds.
> > 	The ball never passed over the goal line, but did end up in  
the end 
> > 	zone. Touchdown?
> > 
> 
> If Foster extended his arms into the endzone before he touched the
> ground I would rule it a touchdown because he is still not legally
> out of bounds and therefore has scored.


	A la Jerry Rice several years ago in the Super Bowl.  He  
caught a pass, turned was hit toward the out-of-bounds, and stretched  
the ball around the pylon on the fair side.  No other part of his  
body crossed the goal line.  Result = Touchdown.


[rest deleted]


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