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Originally Posted by Ugly Duck
Yeah... we recovered a fumbled kickoff at a critical point, but were flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct because one of our players got pushed out of bounds and "didn't make a strong enough effort" to get back in bounds quickly. Didn't look much different than any other kickoff on the replay. They took away our fumble recovery & penalized us 15 yards.
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I have seen that called a few times, and the Oakland guy never really tried to get back onto the field of play for 40 yards.