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Football Officiating => General Discussion => Topic started by: donttouchatwire on September 18, 2010, 12:11:17 PM

Title: Illegal touching on punt
Post by: donttouchatwire on September 18, 2010, 12:11:17 PM

There was a punt and it hit a punting team player while in the air. Flag for illegal touching but no mark off yardage for the foul.  Why not.  Why have a penalty where there is no penalty of yards off?

Title: Re: Illegal touching on punt
Post by: tow on September 18, 2010, 12:13:02 PM

Are you sure it wasn't first touching?

Title: Re: Illegal touching on punt
Post by: TXMike on September 18, 2010, 12:13:41 PM

Should not have been a flag for that.  It is a violation, not a foul.  A bean bag should be used to mark that spot as receivers might be able to take the ball there depending on what happpens during rest of down

Title: Re: Illegal touching on punt
Post by: donttouchatwire on September 18, 2010, 12:53:46 PM

Quote from: tow on September 18, 2010, 12:13:02 PM

Are you sure it wasn't first touching?

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I'm pretty sure the ref said illegal touching.  Vandy punting.  While in the air the ball hit vandy player in the back.  I saw the side judge drop his flag

Title: Re: Illegal touching on punt
Post by: TXMike on September 18, 2010, 12:58:45 PM

It is called illegal touching in NCAA but it is a violation, not a foul.  If a flag was thrown, it was a mistake. But sounds like they enforced it correctly

Title: Re: Illegal touching on punt
Post by: Welpe on September 18, 2010, 02:34:18 PM

Maybe the covering official initially judged KCI but then they decided just to go with illegal touching.

Title: Re: Illegal touching on punt
Post by: bossman72 on September 19, 2010, 08:36:52 PM

...could have been NFHS variety KCI - no yardage there.