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Offline TXMike

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Re: Kicker gets rocked on onside kick
« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2012, 11:29:40 AM »
The Team B player can't go low (it was a kick down).  He has a guy who is trying to get in position to make a play on the onside kick and he is going to keep him from getting in that position.  The kicker, who apparently thinks he is back on the soccer field "protecting the ball", got blown up due to his own lack of preparedness.  If you judge the Team B player used his helmet in the hit, then it has to be flagged.  Agree 100%. But I also know that helmets hit each other and hit other body parts just by the nature of the game at times.

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Re: Kicker gets rocked on onside kick
« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2012, 05:31:24 PM »
Is the hit by #51 of Utah State really any different than the hit by #27 of Co State on #7 right after that?  Of course the hit by #27 is clearly illegal under the rules since the kickers were not eligible to touch yet and therefore could not block.

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Re: Kicker gets rocked on onside kick
« Reply #27 on: October 02, 2012, 06:48:20 PM »
That is a GREAT question!      :thumbup     :bOW
 
Of course I have never done this myself  (   ;D   ) but I wonder if the covering officials were so caught up in 51's blowup that they did not even see the other hit?