touchback

How To Use touchback In A Sentence

• The second was also risky, as Stanley had not shown his regular touch, and a touchback would have only resulted in a net 11 yards.
• A touchback is when you down the ball inside your own endzone when you are a returner or defender. Matthew Yglesias » “Touchback”
• It included high fines, a pointless, punitive "touchback" requirement and new restrictions on family unification, among other problematic provisions. PubliCola Video and Photos from Saturday’s Immigration Reform Rally « PubliCola
• He has posted 12 touchbacks and has become adept at pushing the ball to one side or the other to reduce the running room for return men.
• A touchback is when the other team punts or kicks it into your endzone and you choose to take the ball on the twenty yard line rather than attempt a return. Matthew Yglesias » Tagging Up
• * The Colts a strong drive to open the second half and get it after the touchback, which is a good thing considering two returns had already failed to reach the 20. IndyStar.com Top Stories
• DOBBS: You have what's called a touchback provision. CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2007
• Watson nearly caused a touchback, as the ball narrowly missed the endzone on its way out of bounds.
• They would then, at some point, have to leave the United States, what's known as a touchback program, return to their country of origin, to reapply for a visa. CNN Transcript May 16, 2007
• A touchback is when the ball is downed in the end zone. Matthew Yglesias » “Touchback”