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Florida vs Alabama KOR Explanation
« on: September 21, 2021, 09:33:11 AM »
I'm a coach in Texas.  Can I get an explanation on this KOR at 1:28:46 of this game
https://youtu.be/k6035tl1FBo?t=5326
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Re: Florida vs Alabama KOR Explanation
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2021, 10:41:19 AM »
From the NCAA Rulebook
SECTION 2. Free Kick Out of Bounds
Kicking Team
ARTICLE 1. If a free kick goes out of bounds between the goal lines untouched
by an inbounds player of Team B, it is a foul (A.R. 6-2-1-I-II and 4-2-1-III).
PENALTY—Live-ball foul. Five yards from the previous spot; or five yards
from the spot where the subsequent dead ball belongs to Team
B; or the receiving team may put the ball in play 30 yards
beyond Team A’s restraining line at the hash mark [S19].
Receiving Team
ARTICLE 2. If a free kick goes out of bounds between the goal lines, the
ball belongs to the receiving team at the hash mark. If a free kick goes out of
bounds behind the goal line, the ball belongs to the team defending that goal
line (A.R. 6-2-2-I-IV).
Receiving Team—ARTICLE 2
Approved Ruling 6-2-2
III. A free kick in flight strikes a Team B player who is in his end zone, and the
ball then goes out of bounds at the three-yard line. RULING: Team B’s
ball, first and 10, on the three-yard line at the inbounds spot.

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Re: Florida vs Alabama KOR Explanation
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2021, 11:40:41 AM »
I'm a coach in Texas.  Can I get an explanation on this KOR at 1:28:46 of this game
https://youtu.be/k6035tl1FBo?t=5326
Thanks

NCAA rules are very different from other sets of rules, particularly on this item. In NCAA, if the ball is touched by the receiving team (Team B) before the ball touches the ground in the end zone, the ball remains alive and in play. In this case, the receiver muffed the ball at a point behind his goal line, but BEFORE the ball actually touched the ground in the end zone. So, the ball remained alive, as the covering official correctly ruled and officiated. The ball then bounded from the end zone, into the field field of play - ever so briefly - and crossed the sideline and went out of bounds. In such a case, Team B (the receiving team) simply gets possession of the ball at the point that it went out of bounds. Note that this may not be the result under some other set of rules, but it IS the NCAA rule (which is used for UIL and other HS football in Texas).
Technically, when the loose ball crossed the goal line and into the field of play, the game clock should have been started. But, then the ball nearly immediately went out of bounds, so the clock would have only run about 1/2 second. The covering official simply didn't have time to start the game clock before he would have had to signal for it to stop.

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Re: Florida vs Alabama KOR Explanation
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2021, 12:16:44 PM »
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Re: Florida vs Alabama KOR Explanation
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2021, 03:25:03 PM »
Posted this in two places hoping to get a good reasoning behind the ruling, glad i did. 
As coaches we "assume" things and in the heat of the game we ask for an explanation but very rarely do we like it nor agree.  Part of my role with my team, NOT THE HC, is to get a better understanding of certain rules to explain to our other coaches.  If more teams had a guy that dug deeper into the rule book it might make you guys jobs easier.
Thanks!!