11-19-2012, 07:25 PM
I would love to see this happen. A DB just Balashnokoving the WR to the back of the end zone.
(11-19-2012, 07:11 PM)MT link Wrote:According to the NCAA rules, it does appear that if an offensive player catches the ball on the 1 yard line, the defender can catch the player in the air and carry him on his shoulder (without ever stopping forward progress) through the endzone and out the back of the endzone before allowing the player to touch the ground, then the pass is incomplete. If the offensive player's forward progress stops, then the player is considered down and the pass is completed.
The same thing is true on the sideline. If you catch the offensive player in the air and carry him 10 yards without stopping forward progresss to the side line and out of bounds, it is an incomplete pass.
(11-19-2012, 07:11 PM)MT link Wrote:According to the NCAA rules, it does appear that if an offensive player catches the ball on the 1 yard line, the defender can catch the player in the air and carry him on his shoulder (without ever stopping forward progress) through the endzone and out the back of the endzone before allowing the player to touch the ground, then the pass is incomplete. If the offensive player's forward progress stops, then the player is considered down and the pass is completed.
The same thing is true on the sideline. If you catch the offensive player in the air and carry him 10 yards without stopping forward progresss to the side line and out of bounds, it is an incomplete pass.
(11-19-2012, 08:26 PM)TreeWeird link Wrote:Reminds me of the end of the 1993 Colorado game at Stanford.ÂThat is an interesting play. Kline was not going to fall, he had the ball in his hands with at least one foot on the ground and then he was hit and the ball was knocked loose. Is the rule today that the receiver who has the ball in the end zone must maintain possession through a hit that happens after a catch? And how long must he have possession? The hit on Kline was almost instantaneous...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmuTr6iMBd0
Fabulous comeback victory.
Rules have changed since then, possibly in some part because of this catch. Don't know the precise wording, but I believe the essence now is to require a receiver who falls to maintain possession as he goes to the ground.
(11-19-2012, 08:26 PM)TreeWeird link Wrote:Reminds me of the end of the 1993 Colorado game at Stanford.ÂThat is an interesting play. Kline was not going to fall, he had the ball in his hands with at least one foot on the ground and then he was hit and the ball was knocked loose. Is the rule today that the receiver who has the ball in the end zone must maintain possession through a hit that happens after a catch? And how long must he have possession? The hit on Kline was almost instantaneous...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmuTr6iMBd0
Fabulous comeback victory.
Rules have changed since then, possibly in some part because of this catch. Don't know the precise wording, but I believe the essence now is to require a receiver who falls to maintain possession as he goes to the ground.
(11-19-2012, 05:04 PM)NYCCardinalFan link Wrote:Pereira wasn't taking a view as to whether Ertz scored a TD. His point was merely that there was no inconclusive proof that he scored one sufficient to overturn the call on the field. If the situation were reversed and the officials called it a TD, he would likewise argue that the call should not be overturned.
I respect Pereira and it is nice to hear his take on questionable calls.
(11-19-2012, 05:04 PM)NYCCardinalFan link Wrote:Pereira wasn't taking a view as to whether Ertz scored a TD. His point was merely that there was no inconclusive proof that he scored one sufficient to overturn the call on the field. If the situation were reversed and the officials called it a TD, he would likewise argue that the call should not be overturned.
I respect Pereira and it is nice to hear his take on questionable calls.