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Zebra - End of OU/ISU Game
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<blockquote data-quote="CountryFrog" data-source="post: 2793513" data-attributes="member: 70667"><p>I've seen this happen on occasion because it is a zero risk scenario but it's incredibly rare for a couple reasons.</p><p></p><p>First, as a player on the return team you're ingrained with the fear of accidentally touching a punt and resulting in a turnover. So once the returner decides he's not going to catch the ball then everyone on the return team typically scatters to the point where the only people left around the ball members of the punt team. You just can't afford to take that chance that YOU touch the ball first and give it back to the other guys in prime field position just on the incredibly rare chance that maybe you might have an opportunity to carry out the scenario you described above.</p><p></p><p>That leads to reason #2 which is that, because so many people on the return team are scattered, even if the return man finds himself in a position to pick up the illegally touched ball without consequences then he is almost always going to find himself totally alone and surrounded by the punt team so what's the point anyway.</p><p></p><p>I've seen it, though, a couple times where the coverage team basically gives up on the play because they've seen it touched and it did lead to the returner picking it up and advancing it. That's what it takes, is for many or all members of the punting team to just completely lose their minds and responsibilities and give up on a play before the whistle is blown. And you don't see that happen very often.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CountryFrog, post: 2793513, member: 70667"] I've seen this happen on occasion because it is a zero risk scenario but it's incredibly rare for a couple reasons. First, as a player on the return team you're ingrained with the fear of accidentally touching a punt and resulting in a turnover. So once the returner decides he's not going to catch the ball then everyone on the return team typically scatters to the point where the only people left around the ball members of the punt team. You just can't afford to take that chance that YOU touch the ball first and give it back to the other guys in prime field position just on the incredibly rare chance that maybe you might have an opportunity to carry out the scenario you described above. That leads to reason #2 which is that, because so many people on the return team are scattered, even if the return man finds himself in a position to pick up the illegally touched ball without consequences then he is almost always going to find himself totally alone and surrounded by the punt team so what's the point anyway. I've seen it, though, a couple times where the coverage team basically gives up on the play because they've seen it touched and it did lead to the returner picking it up and advancing it. That's what it takes, is for many or all members of the punting team to just completely lose their minds and responsibilities and give up on a play before the whistle is blown. And you don't see that happen very often. [/QUOTE]
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