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re: the onside kick

Posted on 9/7/10 at 10:08 am to
Posted by BTRDD
Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 9/7/10 at 10:08 am to
I'm not sure of this since I don't have an NCAAFB rulebook, but since the kick was a bounce kick, then the contact is legal. If the ball had not touched the ground, then the contact would have been a foul.

Posted by JaxTigah
Jackson, MS
Member since Dec 2009
1499 posts
Posted on 9/7/10 at 10:20 am to
From Miles news conference yesterday:

On how he interpreted the onside kick ruling...
"I talked to the head of officials in the SEC, Rogers Redding, and he said frankly you cannot block anyone in advance of the ball. Anybody that would contact somebody in advance of the ball has created a foul. It's irrespective of the 40-yard line. In other words, if (Alfred) Blue steps across the 40-yard line to make the reception on the kick, then he is protected because you still cannot block in advance of the ball, and you still cannot contact a guy until the ball has gone 10 yards, so we are in a position where we should be able to field the ball certainly until we get possession without interference. In review, the officials are given a responsibility not to apparently create flags and throw flags from a reviewed look, and I think that was really the position that was taken. They reviewed it, and they really could not overturn the call on the field."

On if his explanation of the onside kick is the case, then why did they bother reviewing it...
"That's a good point. It really is. No one, certainly not I, said that we had the ball. It's not like they had to review possession. Maybe that's what the review was. Maybe they went back to review possession, and if that's the case, I think they came back with the right ruling on the field because they did have the ball. The issue became was he interfered with before the ball got there, and if they were not going to actually review that, that is a really good question."
Posted by LSUSaintsFan86
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2009
2294 posts
Posted on 9/7/10 at 8:50 pm to
quote:

I'm not sure of this since I don't have an NCAAFB rulebook, but since the kick was a bounce kick, then the contact is legal. If the ball had not touched the ground, then the contact would have been a foul.
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