Quick Q: Why was Dobb's fumble into the EZ not a TB

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Why wasn't Dobb's fumble a TB like in the UGA overtime game when our kid fumbled diving into the EZ???
 
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^^^ Yes. Pig's fumble versus Georgia 3 years ago went out the side of the end zone.

Also, the Dobbs fumble went forward but it was 3rd down. The ball is returned to the spot the fumble occurred only on 4th down. Even that may not have mattered with Dobbs as the fumbled ball broke the goal line plane before hitting the turf.
 
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I'm glad someone asked this question. At 1st, I didn't think you could fumble a ball forward into the endzone. I thought it would be brought back to the point of the fumble. I'm glad I was wrong!
 
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The defense would have been awarded a touchback had they recovered the ball. A touchback relates to the defense having possession of the ball in the end zone at the end of a play or the ball itself going out of the end zone. If the offensive team recovers in the end zone then it's a touchdown.
 
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Boca Vol said:
I'm glad someone asked this question. At 1st, I didn't think you could fumble a ball forward into the endzone. I thought it would be brought back to the point of the fumble. I'm glad I was wrong!
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You would have been correct if the question was about the NFL ruling. No forward fumbling there.
 
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In the Vols Sugar Bowl victory over Miami on Jan. 1, 1986, the Vols had a similar play. Early in the game a Vol running back fumbled into the end zone and WR Tim McGee recovered for a touchdown. It was a big play in the game and led to a great victory for the Vols.
 
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Iam4utalways said:
On 4th down only the player that fumbled can recover for a TD. Glad it was 3rd.
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Now that's one rule that i didn't know. Knew the rest of the touchback/foward fumble rules but idk how I didn't know that one? Learn something new everyday. Thanks for the free lurnin' there I am.

You ready to rock for the B@B?
 
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It wasn't a fumble. It was an incomplete jump/shovel pass. We just executed it so poorly, along with everything else that night, that we were awarded with a TD as a fumble. Everyone kept their mouth shut, cause it seems luck was the only way we were beating anyone that night.

Blue font?

Another blue font theory/Superstition is the General Neyland Day. Didn't it just start last year? And we just barley squeaked by? Either the General don't like being disturbed, or he's buried next to a rival fan with more "Football God powers"
 
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TN Outlaw said:
Now that's one rule that i didn't know. Knew the rest of the touchback/foward fumble rules but idk how I didn't know that one? Learn something new everyday. Thanks for the free lurnin' there I am.

You ready to rock for the B@B?
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I'm pretty sure the rule he mentioned is an NFL rule created after the Raider's "Holy Roller" play
 
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It looked to me that the ball was on the goal line when fumbled. The TD should have been credited to Dobbs. Glad Hurd hustled and was in the right place at the right time.

Still not sure why Dobbs didn't go low or give a limp leg and go left to dive in.
 
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madbamahater said:
It looked to me that the ball was on the goal line when fumbled. The TD should have been credited to Dobbs. Glad Hurd hustled and was in the right place at the right time.

Still not sure why Dobbs didn't go low or give a limp leg and go left to dive in.
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Just my theory: I don't think he felt that Appy State DB had a good enough angle to keep him out of the endzone. Turned out he took the only good angle to stop Dobbs on the play; inch to the left or right, and Dobbs scores. But he caught him dead center, and you know the rest.
 
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