Football Officiating > NCAA Discussion

Clock starting following a legal kick down

(1/2) > >>

ElvisLives:
For those that work NCAA rules as well as other sets of rules, please understand that when there is a legal kick made during a down (free kick or scrimmage kick), if the next down will start by snap, the game clock will start on the snap. Period. Regardless of which team will put the ball in play, or what else happened during the down, including a legal forward pass (before or after the legal kick), foul(s), etc. One of the few absolutes in NCAA football.

dammitbobby:
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but another, similar 'absolute' would be a TD that is called back for an accepted offensive foul, the GC will start always start on the snap as well.

That's the only other one I can think of.

ElvisLives:

--- Quote from: dammitbobby on January 21, 2025, 09:03:07 PM ---Please correct me if I'm wrong, but another, similar 'absolute' would be a TD that is called back for an accepted offensive foul, the GC will start always start on the snap as well.

That's the only other one I can think of.

--- End quote ---

Any apparent score. The game clock will next start on the snap, or per free kick rules.
And after an apparent touchback.

TxBJ:

--- Quote from: ElvisLives on January 21, 2025, 11:14:03 AM ---For those that work NCAA rules as well as other sets of rules, please understand that when there is a legal kick made during a down (free kick or scrimmage kick), if the next down will start by snap, the game clock will start on the snap. Period. Regardless of which team will put the ball in play, or what else happened during the down, including a legal forward pass (before or after the legal kick), foul(s), etc. One of the few absolutes in NCAA football.

--- End quote ---

Team A is trailing by two in Q4 when their 3rd down field goal try is blocked and remains behind the LOS. Team A player picks up the ball and immediately throws it forward into the ground. Flag for ING with 0:12 on the clock and Team B accepts the 10 second runoff. Clock status?  Not a likely scenario but unless I’m mistaken it takes away the “absolute”.

ElvisLives:

--- Quote from: TxBJ on January 23, 2025, 04:25:16 PM ---Team A is trailing by two in Q4 when their 3rd down field goal try is blocked and remains behind the LOS. Team A player picks up the ball and immediately throws it forward into the ground. Flag for ING with 0:12 on the clock and Team B accepts the 10 second runoff. Clock status?  Not a likely scenario but unless I’m mistaken it takes away the “absolute”.

--- End quote ---

Yeah, I should know better than to claim any absolutes, and you clearly conjured an exception. So, an incomplete illegal forward pass (which includes ING) or a backward pass thrown OB with less than 2 minutes in the 2nd or 4th periods would certainly qualify for a 10SS, and for the game clock to start on the snap. And that would supersede the kick down timing rules.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

Go to full version