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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 819251" data-attributes="member: 10247">I recall one play where the coach (I think it was McCarthy) threw the challenge flag on a play that was ruled short of the first down marker.  They looked at the replay and moved the ball a couple of feet further up the field but it was still short of the first down.  It was ruled that he lost the challenge and therefore lost a time out even though the initial spot was wrong.  I never got an official ruling but it was speculated that he challenged that the result of the play should have been a first down which did not end up being the case.  It was further speculated that had he challenged the spot of the ball he would have been right and not lost the challenge.  It would have still been 4th down but since he was correct on what he challenged he would not have lost the TO .  I may have some of the details wrong but I do recall the gist of that happening.Also, correct me if I am wrong but can't you only challenge if you have timeouts left since the penalty for losing the challenge is losing a time out.  No wonder McCarthy never challenged after the first 10 minutes.</blockquote>

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