[Husker] question about pitt game: FUMBLE Q.

[j j]

As far as whether the rb can pass a fumble he can.
Remember NU using the bounce pass and then passing the
ball again. As long as the first pass is backwards, a
lateral by definition, it can be passed forward as
long as neither player has passed the line of
scrimmage while in control of the ball. Or something
like that.  And no the passer can not repass a ball
that has been batted back to him. 



--- "Smith, William" <wsmith at towson.edu> wrote:

> True enough.. 
> 
> I wondered if "hitting the ground" made any
> difference or, asked another way, if "fumbles that
> do not hit the ground" have fewer limitations.  
> e.g. if a QB had the ball stripped, and a RB
> recovered the ball before it hit the ground, could
> the RB pass it?  I doubt the RB could pass if the
> ball hit the ground (assuming the fumbling QB and
> the recovering RB were not over the line of
> scrimmage), but I could be wrong on that.
> 
> Btw, this is just an amateur's interpretation, it
> would seem to me since there can only be one forward
> pass per play, that if a batted ball happened to
> wind up back w/ the QB that the QB could not pass it
> a second time.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Pat
> Gaule
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:48 PM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] question about pitt game:
> FUMBLE Q.
> 
> Smith, William wrote:
> 
> >Regarding an earlier post on this thread....
> >
> >Must a fumble, by definition, hit the ground?  Are
> all "loose balls" (however they occur)even those
> that never hit the ground also fumbles, and all
> rules are applied accordingly?
> >  
> >
> It doesn't have to hit the ground.  Remember the
> Wake Forest game where Daniel Bullocks ripped the
> ball away from WF's tailback and returned it for a
> touchdown?
> 
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