Downing a scimmage kick, goal line - NCAA

[ljudge]

In studying for my NCAA test I was going over batting with respect to scrimmage kicks. I believe I read this in redding's guide....

If B happened to touch the ball (and team A was unaware of it) and team A subsequently batted the ball in team B's ez toward his own goalline, team A would then be guilty of an illegal bat.

This would be a very costly penalty for team A b/c this would more than likely occur on 4th down so it would be 15-yds from the PS and loss of down.

Now, the question is...would you call this?

[Theisey]

Originally Posted by ljudge

In studying for my NCAA test I was going over batting with respect to scrimmage kicks. I believe I read this in redding's guide....

If B happened to touch the ball (and team A was unaware of it) and team A subsequently batted the ball in team B's ez toward his own goalline, team A would then be guilty of an illegal bat.

This would be a very costly penalty for team A b/c this would more than likely occur on 4th down so it would be 15-yds from the PS and loss of down.

Now, the question is...would you call this?

You read that correctly. No player can bat a loose ball while in the EZ. It would be a tough call to make, but one you would have to make if you ruled the team-B receiver did touch the ball.

[JasonTX]

Originally Posted by ljudge

In studying for my NCAA test I was going over batting with respect to scrimmage kicks. I believe I read this in redding's guide....

If B happened to touch the ball (and team A was unaware of it) and team A subsequently batted the ball in team B's ez toward his own goalline, team A would then be guilty of an illegal bat.

This would be a very costly penalty for team A b/c this would more than likely occur on 4th down so it would be 15-yds from the PS and loss of down.

Now, the question is...would you call this?

The loss of down provision doesn't apply to scrimmage kicks beyond the neutral zone.

[ljudge]

Originally Posted by JasonTX

The loss of down provision doesn't apply to scrimmage kicks beyond the neutral zone.

Hey Jason, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. The foul is for an illegal bat which carries a loss of down provision, correct? Is there an exception?

[AndrewMcCarthy]

Originally Posted by ljudge

Hey Jason, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. The foul is for an illegal bat which carries a loss of down provision, correct? Is there an exception?

Yup- in the penalty part of 9-4-1...

Exception: No loss of down if the foul occurs when a legal scrimmage kick is beyond the neutral zone

[TXMike]

http://www.safootballchapter.us/VID/EZBAT.htm

Here is the video clip from the BCS Championship Game

[Theisey]

How about fixing your link TXMike.. one too many http:// in the link.

Do you have a .wmv for this play?

[TXMike]

Yes (.wmv) but it is fairly large.