Penalty enforcement punt from EZ

[Rich]

If someone other than the person that blocked the kick hits him, it's possible.....or if it's flagrant....but I've never had it happen.

[bigjohn]

Sounds FUBAR'd to me!

[CT1]

I won't speculate on the quality of the call, but Roughing The Kicker is penalized 15 yards from the previous spot, plus Automatic First Down.

[bigjohn]

Even if the guy that blocked the kick hit the kicker it could be roughing. If the R felt like he contacted the kicker and it was avoidable he could still call Roughing the Kicker and that would be 15 from previous spot and Automatic First Down. He has a giant pair if he does this! Kudos!

[HLin NC]

Had one do that to me once. It was not a very pleasant time on my sideline for a while after that

[BoomerSooner]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

Had one do that to me once. It was not a very pleasant time on my sideline for a while after that

I've been trying to figure out why the punter would have been been in the endzone if the ball was snapped from the 20 yard line (since as stated the penalty would be enforced from the previous spot meaning the new series would start at the 35 yard line). I'm wondering if the previous spot was the 5 yard line, so following the roughing the kicker call, the ball would have been moved to the 20 and then to the 35 after the USC foul on R's head coach for going ballistic as HL in NC has seemingly experienced up close.

[Welpe]

Maybe the crew ruled a touchback and then tacked on the 15 yard personal foul from that (not likely but I've seen some awful enforcements before).

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by BoomerSooner

I've been trying to figure out why the punter would have been been in the endzone if the ball was snapped from the 20 yard line (since as stated the penalty would be enforced from the previous spot meaning the new series would start at the 35 yard line). I'm wondering if the previous spot was the 5 yard line, so following the roughing the kicker call, the ball would have been moved to the 20 and then to the 35 after the USC foul on R's head coach for going ballistic as HL in NC has seemingly experienced up close.

The original poster never said where the punter was either.

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

Even if the guy that blocked the kick hit the kicker it could be roughing. If the R felt like he contacted the kicker and it was avoidable he could still call Roughing the Kicker and that would be 15 from previous spot and Automatic First Down. He has a giant pair if he does this! Kudos!

Yikes. I agree with bigjohn here. This is correct but very unlikely to happen. Touching the kick doesn't give the R player free reign to hit the kicker.