Thread: The era of weird and obtuse football rules.
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Old 12-18-2006, 10:20 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by TrickyNicky
If the touch is the ruling, then any time anyone first blocks the punt, the ball is live and if the kicking team recovers, they should get the first down. The first contact the receiving team makes is on the block...
Nope. It depends on where the ball is:

When touched behind the LOS the ball is not live (Pollard's touch did not make the ball live)

When touched beyond the LOS the ball is live (Ross' touch made the ball live)

In short summary, the fact that the punt was blocked changes nothing as to when and where the recieving team can touch it.
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