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This happened last night at the LH Game..


We kicked off and the ball rolled into the middle of the endzone. The North Garland player walked away from it-Can the kicking team run down pick it up for a touchdown? Is it a live ball?

Not is the official blew the whistle.

LakeHighlandsPony wrote:This happened last night at the LH Game..


We kicked off and the ball rolled into the middle of the endzone. The North Garland player walked away from it-Can the kicking team run down pick it up for a touchdown? Is it a live ball?

Isn't it a live ball after 10 yards? First to the ball gets it. North Garland would have to take a knee in the endzone to get the touchback. Since it was still a live ball, I would think that Lake Highlands could score a touchdown off their own kickoff. It's not like a punt where when the kicking team touches the ball it's automatically downed.

After both teams headed to the sideline the ref picked it up. I have heard Texas UIL goes by the same rules as NCAA.

SECTION 6. Touchback
When Declared
ARTICLE 1. It is a touchback when:
a. The ball becomes dead out of bounds behind a goal line, except from
an incomplete forward pass, or becomes dead in the possession of a
player on, above or behind his own goal line and the attacking team is
FR-114 RULE 8-6 / SCORING
responsible for the ball being there (Rules 7-2-4-a and b) (A.R. 6-3-9-IV,
A.R. 7-2-4-I, A.R. 8-6-1-I and II, and A.R. 10-2-2-XXV).
b. A kick becomes dead by rule behind the defending team’s goal line and
the attacking team is responsible for the ball being there (Exception:
Rule 8-4-2-b) (A.R. 6-3-4-IV).

In the NFL the ball remains live, college it is dead when it hits past the goal line just like McCann walking away from the one that bounced into the end zone last night. He knew it was dead.

yeah. it was ironic that this happened last night, after this question was presented

Let me ask another question. What is the college rule on intentional grounding? When UTEP QB went straight back and then threw the ball into the stands why was that not intentional grounding?

San Antonio Mustang wrote:Let me ask another question. What is the college rule on intentional grounding? When UTEP QB went straight back and then threw the ball into the stands why was that not intentional grounding?

Rule is he has to be out of the tackle box and the pass has to be beyond the line of scrimmage. The line of scrimmage does extend infinitely so into the stands is ok if it goes far enough downfield. The officials met and discussed for a lengthy time and I assume it was about in or out of the tackle box. They said no penalty. I disagree. I believe he was still inside but at least they discussed it, and perhaps this one time they were right and I was wrong.

LakeHighlandsPony wrote:After both teams headed to the sideline the ref picked it up. I have heard Texas UIL goes by the same rules as NCAA.

Any kickoff in the endzone in high school is called a touchback.

Can't even run it out.

First and 10 on the 20.