Will NCAA review this play regarding NEW rules?

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The real difference is that this Touchback happened in Over-time. Has this ever happened before?

In regular play, GA would have gotten the ball starting on their own 20 yard line.

I think if there is a touchback in Over-time there should be a penalty of 10 yards or something.
 
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It's a turnover. Regardless of how it happens UGA gets the ball on the 25 yard line
 
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It's no different than if UGA had intercepted the ball in the endzone. There are no true turnovers in OT, just changes of possession.
 
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The rule is fine. It just sucks that it went against us yesterday. If it had been GA that fumbled it that way we'd be loving the rule.
 
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Nothing wrong with the rule. Nobody would be complaining if Georgia fumbled. It's not the NCAA's fault we turned it over
 
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VFL44 said:
I hope so, I never liked the rule to begin with.
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Yeah, if he'd have fumbled and the ball rolled to the right, out of bounds on the one, it would have been our ball on the one. It sucks that you can't maintain possession like you do on any other fumble that goes out of bounds.

But, it's a game of inches, and even though we lost. I've had two weeks in a row where the game was interesting all the way to the end. I've missed that. It seems like the past several years, whether we were beating the cupcake, or we were the cupcake, almost every game was decided by halftime.
 
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Dumbest rule in football. If you fumble into the endzone, possession should stay with the offense wherever the loss of control occurred. It's not fair to reward the opponent with a fumble they never recovered.

If opponent made a fumble recovery or interception in the endzone, touchback is fair.
 
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if another ut player had recovered the fumble in the endzone, would it be a TD? are you allowed to advance your own fumble?
 
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Dougie_D said:
The real difference is that this Touchback happened in Over-time. Has this ever happened before?

In regular play, GA would have gotten the ball starting on their own 20 yard line.

I think if there is a touchback in Over-time there should be a penalty of 10 yards or something.
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That rule has been on the books for years and it is a good rule. if the ball had gone out of bounds before it reaches the end zone, it would have been our ball where it went out of bounds. A fumble is a fumble and it bit us badly. It hurts, but it is what it is.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
The rule is fine. It just sucks that it went against us yesterday. If it had been GA that fumbled it that way we'd be loving the rule.
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The rule is not fine. If a player makes a play for 109 yards(kickoff return in regulation) but is tackled at the 1/2 yard line and loses the ball into the endzone, then you are telling me that the ruling is justified in that the ball should just be given over to the other team? The same applies to any type of play for any amount of yards.
 
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mgu7 said:
Dumbest rule in football. If you fumble into the endzone, possession should stay with the offense wherever the loss of control occurred. It's not fair to reward the opponent with a fumble they never recovered.

If opponent made a fumble recovery or interception in the endzone, touchback is fair.
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Love your dedication to the Vols, but I respectfully disagree. OT is supposed to be 'high stakes,' e.g. note NFL rules. Of course, college ball is not NFL ball, but the purpose is still to force teams to pay for mistakes as much as reward them for good execution.

Go PIG! Great effort, and we wouldn't have made it that competitive of a game w/o him.
 
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This rule is older than American football itself. It exists in rugby. It has been enforced hundreds of times. The NCAA is not going to dedicate a moment's thought to reviewing it.
 
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The only change that needs to be made is each team should start possession in OT at midfield. You should have to earn the ability to score instead of starting out already in most kickers' FG range.
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JohnMarxism said:
The rule is not fine. If a player makes a play for 109 yards(kickoff return in regulation) but is tackled at the 1/2 yard line and loses the ball into the endzone, then you are telling me that the ruling is justified in that the ball should just be given over to the other team? The same applies to any type of play for any amount of yards.
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Alright, when that exact scenario happens you come see me. Until then, the rule is fine.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Alright, when that exact scenario happens you come see me. Until then, the rule is fine.
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Your missing my point. The same principle applies. The opponent should NOT be GIVEN the ball after a player makes a play, only to lose possession at the goal-line. I don't understand why it's so hard to understand that?
 
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IMO if you fumble out of the endzone the ball should be spotted at the line of scrimmage. No TD and no yards gained. Just like an incomplete pass to the endzone.

Problem solved.
 
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JohnMarxism said:
The rule is not fine. If a player makes a play for 109 yards(kickoff return in regulation) but is tackled at the 1/2 yard line and loses the ball into the endzone, then you are telling me that the ruling is justified in that the ball should just be given over to the other team? The same applies to any type of play for any amount of yards.
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Yes it's justified . We have some idiots on this board.
 
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