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Rutgers' muffed punt return

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Can someone explain what happened, from where I was sitting, it looked like he muffed the punt and we picked it up for a td. I thought it was a live ball if they muff. Or is it down where ever we recover it?

Either way, would have liked to see a td vs a fg.

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If you watched the game, it clearly was negated the call was that it wasn't a fumble. They specifically went to the booth to review this specific point. Aside from that, the penalty was running int

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On passing plays, sure. The run defense was pretty good, especially in the second half, save for the clinching touchdown. There were some nice tackles for loss.

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Well if you're stubborn enough to just insist there were no good plays made by the defense, it's not hard to understand why. It's possible to both be really disappointed with a loss AND not think t

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Can someone explain what happened, from where I was sitting, it looked like he muffed the punt and we picked it up for a td. I thought it was a live ball if they muff. Or is it down where ever we recover it?

Either way, would have liked to see a td vs a fg.

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Can someone explain what happened, from where I was sitting, it looked like he muffed the punt and we picked it up for a td. I thought it was a live ball if they muff. Or is it down where ever we recover it?

Either way, would have liked to see a td vs a fg.

In college, if the punt returner never has possession, it is a muff and not a fumble, and it is down wherever it is recovered if the kicking team gets it. In the NFL, there is no such distinction, and it's a live ball. Had the returner gotten possession then lost it, it would have been a fumble and a live ball. I thought it was the right call by the refs.

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O ok. I was thinking NFL rules then. It was hard to hear from the student section.

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Same rule in NFL actually. A muff can't be returned. From my angle, it looked like he had it and made a move, which would have been a fumble. I was wrong seeing a replay on TV.

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Same rule in NFL actually. A muff can't be returned.

Yeah, this is true, I thought they had different rules but just looked it up.

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Same rule in NFL actually. A muff can't be returned.

Yeah, this is true, I thought they had different rules but just looked it up.

The TD was negated by a roughing the kicker penalty.

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Same rule in NFL actually. A muff can't be returned.

Yeah, this is true, I thought they had different rules but just looked it up.

The TD was negated by a roughing the kicker penalty.

Are you serious? No penalty was called

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Same rule in NFL actually. A muff can't be returned.

Yeah, this is true, I thought they had different rules but just looked it up.

The TD was negated by a roughing the kicker penalty.

How so?

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