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by T Skubic on October 16th, 2005

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Can a player push the ball carrier across the goal line for a touchdown?

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  • by sly1993 on January 19th, 2008

    sly1993

    ya i know football and it is legal

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  • by Preacher on December 27th, 2008

    Preacher

    Not legally. But this rule is seldom enforced. It goes against the history of the game. In early American Football (and still in Rugby) helping your ball carrier in this way was considered good teamwork.

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  • by Double T on August 29th, 2009

    Double T

    It is illegal and should be called.

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  • by Banned from Yahoo on August 31st, 2009

    Banned from Yahoo

    Who knows any more! Now it appears that the QB is untouchable!? :( The little sissy girl cry baby losers need to go back to making rules for something else!

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  • by FootballGuru on January 6th, 2008

    FootballGuru

    It is illegal to push a ballcarrier for any gain whatsoever. Matt Leinart did this against Norte Dame pushing Reggie Bush in for game-winning td. Was not called.

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  • by Bob Vila 956 on October 6th, 2007

    Bob Vila 956

    if its unintentional, yes

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  • by bdby112002 on October 27th, 2005

    bdby112002

    Yes, have you ever seen them actually jump off of another player? Most of these things are not illegal until recently. I believe for now that is very possible.

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  • by Henry Hascup on March 26th, 2006

    Henry Hascup

    Not really!

    Did RB Reggie Bush illegally pushed QB Matt Leinart into the end zone for the winning touchdown against Notre Dame.

    The NCAA rule officially states "no player of the team shall grasp, push, lift or charge into the runner to assist him in forward progress." It's a five yard penalty. Tom Hansen, commissioner of the Pac-10, said officials could have called a penalty against Bush. Hansen also said he could not recall when that particular rule was last enforced, particularly in a goal line situation. I've watched many a TD over the past years where OL push or "assist" their RBs into the end zone and I never see that get called by officials. "He didn't push him in," Coach Carroll said. "He did knock into him. He didn't pile drive him into the end zone."

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  • by Robik21 on May 11th, 2007

    Robik21

    Yes, I'm not quete sure what the call is but it is a penalty to push one of your teamates into the endzone

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  • by unknown on May 11th, 2007

    unknown

    Never mind

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  • by Braxton_E on October 23rd, 2010

    Braxton_E

    Yes it is illegal and i will recall the Notre Dame Usc game 005. I am a nd fan and i was watching and one of two should of happen we techinally should of had the ball when we hit matt ball never crossed pilon and we touched it last which should of beeen fumble our ball and they should of called pentaly five yards on reggie bush for illegally pushing matt leinart into the endzone. USC fuck off

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