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Football Officiating => NCAA Discussion => Topic started by: TxSkyBolt on September 22, 2012, 07:38:49 AM
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Extra Point Try, ball snapped from the left hash. TE A99 is lined up on the left side of the formation, enters EZ (about midway deep) and begins blocking team B players. Pass is thrown and caught by A81 in the right corner of the EZ for the apparent two point conversion. A99 flagged for OPI. Legitimate?
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By rule, yes. But the prevailing philosophy is to only call this foul in the same third of the field as the pass.
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But the prevailing philosophy is to only call this foul in the same third of the field as the pass.
So if a safety or a line backer reads run when a receiver starts blocking beyond the NZ and gives up pass coverage, this is a good play from the offense? I thought that contact before the pass is thrown is OPI anywhere on the field, the third of the field philosophy applies to the contact after the pass is thrown.
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I was told that defenses don't play that way anymore, or something. At any rate, the big boys don't seem to think the offense gets an advantage by causing a backside DB to read run based on a block.