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Feb 01, 2009 23:18

Sending a congratulatory shout-out to Santonio Holmes, Super Bowl MVP, hailin' from THE Ohio state University.

Great game; I didn't really have a favorite but the underdog Cardinals gave the Steelers a tough one. I really thought they were going to pull it off.

I didn't know that a holding penalty in the endzone is considered a safety...that's a new ( Read more... )

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trillian4210 February 2 2009, 16:14:32 UTC

It wasn't the holding penalty that did it alone. It means that the ball never got out of the endzone legally, and so it's a safety. If the ball is considered "down" in the endzone, either by sack or tackle (or by a penalty that kept it in the zone) then it's a safety. :)

lauraceleste February 2 2009, 16:20:36 UTC

Wow, thank you! I didn't know that. Is that a pro-only rule?

My understanding of a safety was if the qb is tackled in the end zone w the ball or the ball carrier does not break the plane.
That's as bad as the one point safety I saw in a game awhile back :)