Free Kick After Fair-Catch

[Warrenkicker]

Something very interesting happened in Kansas last night. The second ranked and fifth ranked teams from the second largest class in the state were playing. The score was tied with less than 30 seconds left in the game. One team punted and the other called for a fair-catch at B-40. They then took advantage of that obscure rule that allows them to free-kick for a field-goal. Their kicker made the 50-yard field goal with 3 seconds left and won the game. The article said that almost all of the fans had no idea what had just happened and just stood around after the end of the game. Both coaches knew what was happening and neither had to be informed of the option for the free-kick. The losing coach knew what the other coach was doing as soon as he saw the signal for a fair-catch. I suppose now he wishes that he had his punter kick the ball lower or out-of-bounds.