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Football Officiating => NCAA Discussion => Topic started by: Edwin20er on November 10, 2014, 03:54:39 AM
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During the play where Utah's receiver dropped the ball going into the endzone, Oregon's number 4 ran into the endzone, then ran out of bounds, returned to the field of play and made a play on a live ball. I was under the impression that this was not a legal touch on the ball. This being said I'm not an official at any level, just a fan who's curious. Thanks in advance for any clarification on this.
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The only two times where a player is restricted from being the first to touch the ball after voluntarily going out of bounds are during a forward pass play and a kick play. These restrictions apply only to team A, so based on your description neither would apply in any case, as the action was by team B - plus it was a running play.
The rule change for this year does require that the player must establish himself inbounds before being able to touch the loose ball without the ball being immediately dead out of bounds.
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Can someone explain to me this phenomenon of dropping the ball before scoring? I just dont get it...
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Can someone explain to me this phenomenon of dropping the ball before scoring? I just dont get it...
Stupidity and/or bad coaching!
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Can someone explain to me this phenomenon of dropping the ball before scoring? I just dont get it...
"I'm cool & just can't wait another second to go celebrate with my teammates."
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"This ball is so heavy I just can't hold on to it for another second."
Dealer's choice.
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I was at the game and thought the play was officiated as well as any "unusual play" could be... great patience by the SJ/BJ in not rushing to judgment, good bean bags & hat for the fumbles. Excellent reverse mechanics all the way back to the other end zone. Good rule knowledge that being OOB and coming back to the ball means nothing unless you're still in OOB status. Otherwise Team A has the only restrictions on kick and pass plays.
As for the ball being "heavy" or the player being "cool"... it's tough enough as an official to judge PI, holding, targeting, etc... don't get caught up in judging 18-23 year olds actions. Been there (a long time ago) and done too many regrettable things myself. If you can officiate this play as well as this crew did then as Dave Parry used to say, "You put it in the upper deck!"