The College Football Thread 2006

[SlowwHand]

I can want whatever I want to want.

[TCO]

Are you still arguing for including Texas in the mix?

[SlowwHand]

No, I'm off that for this year.

[Drake Tungsten]

BOISE/NEV could knock BOISE down to 1 loss.

Boise St. already beat Nevada. They're undefeated and are most likely on their way to the Fiesta Bowl to play the Big 12 champ.

[SlowwHand]

Oklahoma.

[Drake Tungsten]

What about them?

[TCO]

Thanks Drake.

[SlowwHand]

Oklahoma.

[Tuberski]

I was reading the recap of the BYU-Utah game that BYU won 33-31. They scored a TD with no time left in the game and had to kneel down on the conversion instead of converting the extra point.

That got me thinking, accord ing to NCAA rules, no extra point or field goal should have ever counted, since the holder's knee is already on the ground when he receives the snap.



ACK!

[SlowwHand]

Oh, good point.

[TCO]

They should squat.

[Drake Tungsten]

Under college rules, a ball carrier who touches the ground with anything other than his hands or feet is considered to be down and the play is over. However, there is one exception to this rule, and it is the holder of a place kick who may receive the snap with his knee on the ground and then rise to his feet and continue to do whatever the play calls for. Back in the old days, when I began my college officiating career, the holder of the kick had to rise off his knee before the snap arrived in order not to be ruled down.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/askthereferee/cs-061017askjerrymarkbreit,1,5569528.story?coll=cs-bears-asktheref-headlines

[SlowwHand]

Save some time for question at hand. Good site.

In college, if a team is lining up for a field goal, is it legal for the holder to take the snap while on a knee then stand up and throw a pass on a fake field goal? I thought in college if you have possession of the ball and are on a knee you are considered down. --Scott Roberts, Norwood, Mass.

Under college rules, a ball carrier who touches the ground with anything other than his hands or feet is considered to be down and the play is over. However, there is one exception to this rule, and it is the holder of a place kick who may receive the snap with his knee on the ground and then rise to his feet and continue to do whatever the play calls for. Back in the old days, when I began my college officiating career, the holder of the kick had to rise off his knee before the snap arrived in order not to be ruled down.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Tuberski
I was reading the recap of the BYU-Utah game that BYU won 33-31. They scored a TD with no time left in the game and had to kneel down on the conversion instead of converting the extra point.

That got me thinking, accord ing to NCAA rules, no extra point or field goal should have ever counted, since the holder's knee is already on the ground when he receives the snap.



ACK!

I think they shouldn't be forced to kick or even snap the XP if it's with no time remaining ...

[pchang]

USC vs. Notre Dame

So far 37 - 17. Is this a big enough beat down to spring USC ahead of Michigan?