I had a wide range of emotions on that play. āWoah, why the heck isnāt that a safety? He made a play on the ball??ā¦ Well, at least we pinned them deepā¦ woahhh what the f*ck?!ā
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I think heās asking why it was a touchback and not down where we touched it (the 2) or where the SDst guy began to touch it (at the 1).
Iām pretty sure itās because after we touched it, it was still rolling toward the endzone and even though the returner tried to play the ball he didnāt get full possession of it until he was already in the endzone. So they determined the ball to be in the endzone and a touchback. If he would have fully possessed it at the 1 it would have been down at the 1.
By the way, horrible play by our number 10. That was a pretty easy pin and the dude slapped the ball toward the endzone. Lol
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So it comes down to control then. Neither the defender who initially touched it nor the receiver had full control until it got to the end zone. Maybe that was what they were thinking.
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Yeah I think thatās the case. Although I think the rule should be changed.
Makes sense for it to be a touchback if the punt coverage team touches it in the field of play but doesnāt fully possess it, but if the fielding team touches it in the field of play but doesnāt fully possess it until itās in the endzone it should be down where they touched it.
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He kicks an interesting ball. Has supreme power but the ball doesnt rotate that fast, almost like perfectly in the middle between a standard rotating football and a knuckleball. I wonder if this enables it to go further. Not sure, not an expert at aerodynamics.
Regardless, he was fantastic in week 1.
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I had it explained to me, and it was so convoluted idk if I can explain it correctly but basically because we touched it and didnāt control it their player was able to try and return it without it being a safety
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It makes sense as rotation would use some of the energy by the force applied to the ball.
Maybe you should ask this guy?
Some of the #olds will understandā¦
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In theory I think thatās right, but how do you hit the ball hard without causing it to rotate? Maybe he hits the ball with foot higher on the ball towards the center instead of lower on the ball (which is maybe more standard)
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That Iām not sure of.
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Standing like he needs to talk to the manager lol
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Iād bet Bowman will be on staff one day. Seems like a guy that would become a coachā¦and he seems to lovesOSU.
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Nerd persecution will end one day.
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Thanks for clarifying, you nailed what i was asking! And yeah i get protection for the returning team after the kicking team has touched it, but it should be a spot the best of 1) where the kicking team touched it or 2) where the play ended. Not sure I get why the returning team would be able to essentially help the ball into a touchback.
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Yeah I figured that was the question, I had the exact same one. Itās weird, he touched it at the 1 and ran backwards into the endzone and got tackled. Either thatās a safety or itās not, fine. But you canāt place the ball where he was tackled but also pretend he didnāt touch it at the same time.
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