Why do coaches preach play to the whistle blows....(fumbled punt)

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I don't see how any of the coverage guys could have recovered that ball. It barely got away from the returner who got on it quick.

I'm guessing they were told to play safe/contain to avoid a big return. Didn't want to overrun the returner and give them better field position.

But it's a another "what if" moment in the game. What if that ball ricochets just a little harder off his arm and goes in to the endzone? We either recover it or tackle him for a safety. Would have made for an even crazier ending...

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Looked like a couple players let up instead of sprinting to the punt returner. Very well could have been their moment where “A Legend Was Made”. But they chose to let up. You never know when it’s your moment.

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Or they over-pursue, the guy returns it to the 50, and we celebrate the the gunner entering the transfer portal

The returner signaled for fair catch, didn’t really seem like the let up. I don’t understand how he held on to the ball after getting blasted by Law lol

In my day, that would have been looked at far more carefully. It was a fumble.. The moment he secured and tried to advance would have 'negated' the forward progress explained. I caused a safety in college, on an identical play, where I knocked the punt returner back into the endzone [and on the deck].

Michigan's player may have been down before the goal line [knee IIRC] but even their spot looked suspect to me.

Exactly, if Law didn't hesitate he would have hit him a second sooner and might have created a fumble.