Commie_High96

September 16th, 2017 at 10:59 PM ^

Michigan -Purdue 1995, freezing. Final score 5-3, watching that field goal at Michigan stadium was the craziest I ever saw. Cause I was cold

Also Ferris State should sue TLU for copyright infringement

mbrummer

September 16th, 2017 at 11:00 PM ^

You can still dropkick (hit the ground and then kick it through)  for the same about of points.  3 on a FG or 1 on XP.  

That's the best thing I've seen all day.

Dollars to donuts, that kicker played a bunch of soccer.

NYWOLV93

September 17th, 2017 at 12:56 AM ^

Copy and past'd 

According to the NCAA rule book, “any free kick or scrimmage kick continues to be a kick until it is caught

or recovered by a player or becomes dead.” The kick was never recovered by anyone.

Also according to the rule book, “it is a legal kick if it is made by Team A —  in or behind the neutral zone during a scrimmage down before team possession changes.” Possession never changed and the kick was made behind the neutral zone.

ppToilet

September 17th, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^

It's certainly a weird kick and I've never seen anything like it. I'm wondering the circumstances, though, that led them to kick a field goal when they were on the one or two yard line... Kirk Ferentz coaches them too?

travesty

September 17th, 2017 at 2:37 PM ^

It is true that it remains a kick until it is possessed by a player.  This is one case of it being a loose ball.  (Other cases are punts, fumbles, etc.)  In all circumstances, it is illegal to kick a loose ball.  In NCAA rules, this is a 15 yard penalty and loss of down.  (In high school or the NFL, it's not a loss of down.)  Since the offense gave the impetus for the ball to enter the end zone, if the defense declines the penalty, the result would be a touchback, first and ten at the 20 for the defense.  Also, if the kicker had actually possessed the ball, he could have attempted a drop kick still legally, as the ball had never crossed the line of scrimmage.  But he would have actually had to establish possession first.