Backfield set on spike play

I thought they had 9 on the los, which is ok.

There has been no rules expert to relegate if the spike play was 100% legal. If we want to be technical with the rules, a spike, by definition, must come "high over the quarterback's head." It clearly did not do this. Does this action make the spike itself illegal? By not coming high to spike it it saved the tenths of a second needed to avoid the clock hitting 0:00. Does this justify the play as illegal?

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Yeah, it’s already been covered and spoke about by the rule experts.

It was an illegal formation that was missed.

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Scott Shanle and random LSU fans aren’t “rule experts”.

Move on.

No two were off the line.

I'm one of those non-experts that got corrected earlier.

The rule says you must have at least 7 on the LoS. So when you hear 'too many men in the backfield' that's actually what they are referring to.

However, there are rules regarding numbers and eligibility; Ignore the numbers issue for now. Eligibility and who is covered up (you have to be uncovered on the end of the LoS to be an eligible receiver). And a spike is a pass.

2nd more important However, just like the OL they only get called for that under two circumstances-

1. "Illegal Touching", ineligible receiver who is first to touch the ball.

2. Going downfield on a pass as an ineligible receiver.

Since it was a spike, those ineligible WRs covered up on the LoS didn't go downfield because there wasn't time on a spike play.

I do believe they weren't set for 1 sec though. 1 WR and one or more RB. Which is often ignored on spikes.

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If this is required for a spike, than is this even a spike by definition? Maybe it's a fumble. Or intentional grounding. I have no clue to any of this except the fact he did not go through the entire motion the rule dictates he must have.

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lol, years ago there was a huge running debate for about 2 or 3 years if a spike was intentional ground. This was well before the whole tackle box thing and when the NFL was still doing "in the grasp".

the sentence you’re quoting is an example of a team taking too much time to execute a spike in the interpretations area of the book.

in the rules area, there is no mention of being required to raise the ball over your head.
only says you have to spike immediately upon gaining possession from the center.

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The tackle was not covered on the left side.

Illegal formation

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that made him an eligible reciever. With the wrong number set. He was required to report in to either back judge or head.

That's never called on spike. The ONLY way that's illegal, assuming there's 7 on the LoS, somewhere, is the number issue.

NCAA rules are less permissive than NFL rules and require that the five interior linemen, numbered 50-79, never line up as eligible receivers.[4] If an offensive tackle wishes to line up as a tackle-eligible, he must physically change his jersey number to that of an eligible receiver (this, for example, happened in the 1943 Cotton Bowl Classic, when an offensive lineman for Baylor switched from his usual number of 60 to 80 in order to perform the feat).[5] A defensive lineman can line up as a tight end if his number is not between 50 and 79 (defensive players have no positional numbering restrictions in the NCAA).