Safety in IU-PSU game

[gindie]

Should it have been a safety, since it was PSU that clearly propelled the ball out of the end zone?

[gindie]

Nm.  I found a replay of the play, and the final contact with the ball was by a pile of players from both teams.  But, if it had been how I originally described it, would it still have been a safety?

[JustRules]

Not from what I've heard. It doesn't matter how the ball was knocked OUT of the end zone. It's how it got there in the first place. It sounds like it was IU's fumble. A new impetus by rule only happens if the ball is at rest or nearly at rest. It's not a judgment call on whose contact caused the call to move from the field of play to the end one.