AlwaysaDeac
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I was at that game at Air Force and as I remember Duncan (who I believe was a freshman at that time) tried to field the punt when he was already in the end zone and it was clear he was not going to try to run it out as the coverage was good after a high punt with a longer hang time. That really made it infuriating as there was absolutely no up side to him fielding that punt so there was great risk with no reward. I don't know if the rule was changed or not but it made sense to all of us that it was an AF touchdown. I believe we had a related type situation in the NC State game where one of their receivers on our kick off tried to field the punt in their end zone and muffed it and was able to recover it before it rolled past the goal to the one yard line. My belief is if we recovered it in the end zone it would be a touchdown and if we recovered it on their one yard line Wake would have it first and goal. Am I wrong?
And I've been watching college football for over 60 years and had no idea of the touchback rule as interpreted in our game. Btw, doesn't Air Force still owe us a return game. I thought it was delayed due to Grobe's and Calhoun's coaching connection at AF, Ohio and Wake.
And I've been watching college football for over 60 years and had no idea of the touchback rule as interpreted in our game. Btw, doesn't Air Force still owe us a return game. I thought it was delayed due to Grobe's and Calhoun's coaching connection at AF, Ohio and Wake.