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> in American football, failing to take the ball past a "first down" marker in five downs results in a turnover Thanks for clarifying.
by jstanley 4y ago
> in American football, failing to take the ball past a "first down" marker in five downs results in a turnover
Thanks for clarifying.
- bitwize 4y agoAmerican football players are often stereotyped as big and dumb but... football is complicated. Often needlessly so. It takes extensive knowledge of the rules of the game in order just to figure out what's going on.
- bad416f1f5a2 4y agoMy favorite example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K3EpLn77JdQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K3EpLn77JdQ In this case, the rules say that if a kickoff is handled first by a player who has established themselves as out of bounds, a penalty is assessed and the ball moved to the 40 yard line. The intent is for a horribly miskicked ball to be penalized. What you see is a special teams player knowing the rule, carefully and clearly establishing himself as out of bounds, and turning an excellently kicked ball at the one yard line into a ball 39 yards down field. I’ve seen the commentators confused by this play before!