Thread: Illegal kick?
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Old Fri Nov 06, 2015, 08:43am
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by BoomerSooner View Post
If I remember correctly, wasn't the change made in response to teams electing to not even attempt a try once the clock had expired due to the possibility that B could, if the margin was 1 or 2 points, win or tie the game on a returned try attempt?
No, because Fed has "shall" too (w/o 2-way scoring on the try), & NCAA made that change before 2-way try scoring was instituted. I couldn't say for sure right now, but I think the wording changed in the 1930s.
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