legal and illegal kicks

cad · #1 (**permalink**) Sat Aug 21, 2004, 09:07pm

What are some illegal kick situations that can occur during a college game? What are the penalty enforcements?

Theisey · #2 (**permalink**) Sun Aug 22, 2004, 01:35pm

Here are a few that come to mind.
(a) A return kick is an illegal kick
(b) A scrimmage kick that is made when the kicker is beyond the NZ.
(c) using a tee or tee like device on a scrimmage place kick

in (a) the play is blown dead at the time the illegal kick is made. Mark off 5-yards from the spot if the kick.
in (b) again, the play is blown dead at the time of the illegal kick. Mark off 5 yards from the previous spot and the down counts.
in (c) mark off 5 yards from the previous spot. Ball is live until it becomes dead by rule.

I think there might be one more, but I'm drawing blanks at the moment.

cad · #3 (**permalink**) Sun Aug 22, 2004, 04:05pm

What is a return kick?

JRutledge · #4 (**permalink**) Sun Aug 22, 2004, 04:18pm

I think he means if the return team kicks the ball back after the initial kick.

Peace

Theisey · #5 (**permalink**) Sun Aug 22, 2004, 05:45pm

Quote:

Originally posted by cad
What is a return kick?

Here's the actual definition:
(NCAA)2-15-8: A return kick is a kick by a player of the team in possession after a change a team possession during a down and is an illegal kick. It is a live-ball foul and the ball becomes dead.