UT / A&M 1-point safety????? - Houston Texans Message Board & Forum

**disaacks3** · 11-26-2004

I like to think that I've seen or heard of nearly every scoring scenario. If someone had told me that a 1-point safety existed, I would've told them they were nuts. My only consolation is that the announcing team was just as baffled as I was!

**TEXANS84** · 11-26-2004

Huh?? What is a -1point saftey?

downtownsb · 11-26-2004

i dont get it either, first of all he kicked the ball so isnt it dead. then even if A&M had the ball and fumbled it again they lose either way if texas gets it in the endzone it is a two point conversion and if A&M gets it its a one point conversion for Texas again so either way Texas is going to get points. that is what doesnt make sense to me.

DomDavis · 11-26-2004

The problem is that the play should've been blown dead when it hit the offensive line. But the rest of it makes sense. Go back to Leon Lett in the snow. If your team is defending a field goal or extra point, you never touch that ball unless there is no one around you and you can clearly have a shot at a return. If A&M picks it up and fumbles it back in the end zone, they deserve for it to be a bad result, just like it would if it were a normal play and they fumbled back. That said, I still don't understand it because I thought the play would be dead when it hit the OL.

Texan Gal 312 · 11-26-2004

That is what the aggies did, they picked it up and ran with it. The player was on about the 2 yard line when he fumbled the ball into the end zone.
If Texas had recovered, I am not sure it would have been two points.

**jgl35** · 11-26-2004

Been watching football for 40 some years and this is a first. I too think the ball is dead, but the Lett thing is a good point.

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disaacks3 Site Contributor Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Spring, TX Section: 116 - Row M Age: 44 Posts: 8,933 Rep Power: 31254	UT / A&M 1-point safety????? I like to think that I've seen or heard of nearly every scoring scenario. If someone had told me that a 1-point safety existed, I would've told them they were nuts. My only consolation is that the announcing team was just as baffled as I was!

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11-26-2004	#2
TEXANS84 Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Woodlands, TX Age: 35 Posts: 7,447 Rep Power: 3116	Huh?? What is a -1point saftey?

11-26-2004	#3
downtownsb Rookie Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 28 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	i dont get it either, first of all he kicked the ball so isnt it dead. then even if A&M had the ball and fumbled it again they lose either way if texas gets it in the endzone it is a two point conversion and if A&M gets it its a one point conversion for Texas again so either way Texas is going to get points. that is what doesnt make sense to me.

11-26-2004	#4
DomDavis Veteran Join Date: Jun 2004 Age: 28 Posts: 303 Rep Power: 11	The problem is that the play should've been blown dead when it hit the offensive line. But the rest of it makes sense. Go back to Leon Lett in the snow. If your team is defending a field goal or extra point, you never touch that ball unless there is no one around you and you can clearly have a shot at a return. If A&M picks it up and fumbles it back in the end zone, they deserve for it to be a bad result, just like it would if it were a normal play and they fumbled back. That said, I still don't understand it because I thought the play would be dead when it hit the OL.

11-26-2004	#5
Texan Gal 312 Veteran Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 54 Posts: 187 Rep Power: 9	That is what the aggies did, they picked it up and ran with it. The player was on about the 2 yard line when he fumbled the ball into the end zone. If Texas had recovered, I am not sure it would have been two points.

11-26-2004	#6
jgl35 Site Contributor Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: West Chester,Pa. Age: 68 Posts: 551 Rep Power: 1758	Been watching football for 40 some years and this is a first. I too think the ball is dead, but the Lett thing is a good point.

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