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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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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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