[Husker] question about pitt game: FUMBLE Q.

[Bob Clouston (rclousto)]

 Did they really make it illegal?  I wonder what part of it.  Every now
and then I still see a QB throw a backwards pass to a WR, who can then
throw it downfield--that's just one forward pass.  If the WR drops the
ball (maybe even intentionally, like Gill intentionally drilled the ball
into the ground to Fryar), can he pass it again?  What's really the diff
between that and the bounce pass?  Maybe its been longer than I think
since I've seen it.

That was still one of my favorite plays of all time.  Gill threw a
perfect bounce pass, Fryar (not Rozier) caught it and played the fake
just like he should have to act like it was incomplete, and then a great
pass and catch from Fryer to Krenk.  The only part that didn't work is
that OU wasn't fooled!  They still came hard at Fryar, and Krenk had two
guys on him.  But with the great execution the play still worked for 30+
yards!

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Silvey [mailto:tjsilvey at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:45 PM
To: j j; Smith, William; husker at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [Husker] question about pitt game: FUMBLE Q.


"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."

If you are refering to the play NU ran in the 1982 OU game in which Gill
bounced a lateral pass off of the turf to Rozier who then passed to the
TE, the NCAA has made that play illegal.

Tim