OT/ FOOTBALL RULES ?

[HUNTER46120]

I watch a lot of football so I'm not sure if it's college or pro. On a kickoff I notice the refs calling a touchback before the receiving team takes a knee and sometimes before the receiving team even touchs the ball. I always thought that was a live ball that the kicking team could recover in the endzone for a TD.
The ref calls a touchback and the ball is still in the endzone. Has something changed?
Thanks

 

[nat100]

I watch a lot of football so I'm not sure if it's college or pro. On a kickoff I notice the refs calling a touchback before the receiving team takes a knee and sometimes before the receiving team even touchs the ball. I always thought that was a live ball that the kicking team could recover in the endzone for a TD.
The ref calls a touchback and the ball is still in the endzone. Has something changed?
Thanks

That is the pro rule. In college if it is in the endzone on the ground, it is a touchback.

 

[HUNTER46120]

That is the pro rule. In college if it is in the endzone on the ground, it is a touchback.

OK. Thanks. That's probably why I was confused and also I'm gettin old.