2012 Season Week 13 Clips
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Poll Results:
Week 12's poll involved a close play at an end line and asked if a play resulted in a catch or incomplete pass. The play was ruled incomplete pass on the field but video review overturned to a TD. Only 72 folks chose to answer the question, with 61% ruling incomplete and 39% ruling TD. The comments were predominantly along the line that they had seen no indisputable video evidence which would warrant an overturn.
Aiding the Ball Carrier ? This interesting play generated some heated comments from the Team B coach. No doubt he had seen this same team run this play earlier in the season: Video from Week 3 . Furthermore, the storied history of the game between these 2 teams included another very similar play in 2005: Bush Push No doubt when he saw this he immediately had those old visions and wanted to make sure the R was tuned in to his concerns. We do not know for a fact that is what has him so animated but it is easy to see how it might be due to this play. Officials are reminded of this play from CFO Play Situations Bulletin 4 of 2011: Aiding the Ball Carrier 9. In trying to gain yardage, ball carrier A44 is slowed by defensive players attempting to make the tackle. Back A22 (a) puts his hands on the buttocks of A44 and pushes him forward; (b) pushes the pile of teammates who begin to surround A44; (c) grabs the arm of A44 and tries to pull him forward for more yardage. RULING: (a) and (c) Foul for assisting the runner. 5-yard penalty with three-and-one enforcement. (b) Legal play. It is not clear that A22 is directly assisting A44. (9-3-2-b) Please view the video and then take the poll that follows.
Encroachment
on the Offense
Yes, it is possible to have
encroachment by the offense. (2-18-1) This foul is a dead ball foul
and occurs after the snapper is established, whenever a Team a player, other
than the snapper, is in or beyond the neutral zone (with exceptions for
substitutes and departing
players; and offensive players in a scrimmage kick formation who break the
neutral zone with their hand(s) to point at opponents. If an official
decides he will flag an act like this, he must shut down the action immediately,
even if the snap has just happened. This is a dead ball foul. It is
noted this is a foul like a false start which will qualify for the 10-second
subtraction in some situations when the game clock is running.
Timeout to Avoid the 10-Second Subtraction Speaking of the "Zap 10", in this play the offending team chose to burn a timeout to avoid the 10 second subtraction which would have been called for due to their false start. (3-4-4)
Illegal Motion vs False Start Seems not a week goes by that we do not see examples of officials flagging false starts (dead ball foul) as illegal motion (live ball foul). It is true the penalty yardage is the same. However, when we let a false start go by, we open up the potential for many other issues to occur during the down, none of which would have happened had we shut the thing done correctly before it got going. 7-1-2-b is clear on what constitutes a false start. Just because a player is in the backfield does not exempt him from being charged with a false start when he clearly misses the snap count and starts downfield early.
Illegal Block Below The Waist Good work by the crew to observe the fouling player who moves a considerable distance away from the flow of the action before he throws the illegal block below the waist. The description by the announcers can be ignored since this block would have been illegal whether it was at the line of scrimmage or not. A86 was a back who was outside the tackle box at the snap. That made him a restricted blocker. Since he was on the right side of the formation at the snap, as a restricted blocker his low block would have to have been towards his adjacent sideline (right sideline) or the goal he was attacking. Instead, his block was to the left sideline, clearly a foul. (9-1-6-a-2-b)
"Coach, I
have bad news and worse news"
"Not only did we not flag the kick
catch interference by them, we DID flag the roughing the kicker by you."
But the "good" news is that it will not be enforced since they recovered your
muffed kick. Little wonder the coach is somewhat perplexed by what
happened here. Viewers can decide for themselves if there was any foul for
roughing, or even running into, the kicker. Some kickers are very adept at
sensing when there is anyone close to them and then flopping in the hopes of
drawing a flag. Perhaps that happened here? Also, did Team A violate
the new 1 yard restricted zone in front of a potential kick receiver?
Receiver Forced Out of Bounds An eligible receiver who is forced out of bounds does not lose his eligibility to be the 1st to touch a forward pass as long he attempts to come back inbounds immediately. (7-3-4) There is no requirement this receiver "re-establish himself" in bounds before becoming eligible to touch the pass. An airborne player is considered neither in bounds nor out of bounds, regardless of whether he is over in bounds or out of bounds territory. (4-2-1-a) This play is a good example of the athletic plays today's college football players are capable of and a good example of a properly officiated series of events. The announcer has a basic understanding of the rule (probably more than many of his peers) but not a sufficient knowledge that would enable him to correctly predict the outcome of the video review.
Kick Returner Voluntarily Out of Bounds This play shows an example of a Team B player voluntarily going out of bounds during a free kick down. There is no prohibition against that. It is perfectly legal for him to step out, come back in, and catch or recover a kick. He does of course cause the ball to become dead by then stepping out of bounds again after he has possession of the ball. Interestingly, had he stayed in that position of having 1 foot in bounds and 1 foot out of bounds when he first touched the kick, the ball would have been declared dead immediately and a free kick out of bounds would have been ruled, the penalty for which would have given his team considerably better field position.
Offside on a Free Kick It is not unusual for kicking team players to go offside during onside kick attempts. Officials are reminded that even though Team B may recover the free kick, the penalty for Team A's offside is NOT automatically declined. In fact, it is rare that penalty would EVER be declined. Since the foul is by Team A, team B can elect enforcement from the spot where the deadball belongs to them. (10-2-4)
Extra Period Coin Toss As this R shows, it is not necessary to spend an exorbitant amount of time explaining extra period procedures to captains as part of the coin toss. The teams are itching to get to the action so the less wasted time and excess verbiage the better. Who wants to play what first and what side of the field are they playing on? Let's find that out and move on!!