Game Protest Brewing in California

[Suudy]

Originally Posted by TXMike

With six seconds on the clock and Vacaville Christian trailing by two points, the Falcons' Drake Wiest fielded a squibbed kickoff, broke a tackle, then outraced the Pride defense to the end zone as time expired.

Wait a sec. The kicking team cannot advance a kick (I presume Vacaville are the Falcons). The ball is dead when a kick is recovered by the kicking team. So if the whistle was blown when the ball was recovered by the kicking team, that was the right call. How can it be an IW?

Seems to me the screwup is calling it an IW, when the whistle was appropriate.

Am I missing something here?

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Suudy

Wait a sec. The kicking team cannot advance a kick (I presume Vacaville are the Falcons). The ball is dead when a kick is recovered by the kicking team. So if the whistle was blown when the ball was recovered by the kicking team, that was the right call. How can it be an IW?

Seems to me the screwup is calling it an IW, when the whistle was appropriate.

Am I missing something here?

I think the receiving team fielded the squib kick and ran it back for a TD. You are correct in everything else you are saying though.

[Suudy]

Originally Posted by bisonlj

I think the receiving team fielded the squib kick and ran it back for a TD. You are correct in everything else you are saying though.

Ah! My bad.

I've re-read the article 3 times, and I don't know how I figured that Vacaville was kicking off.

[TXMike]

Originally Posted by Suudy

Wait a sec. The kicking team cannot advance a kick (I presume Vacaville are the Falcons). The ball is dead when a kick is recovered by the kicking team. So if the whistle was blown when the ball was recovered by the kicking team, that was the right call. How can it be an IW?

Seems to me the screwup is calling it an IW, when the whistle was appropriate.

Am I missing something here?

Vacaville is the Falcons They fielded the squick KO their opponents did and started to run it the distance befor ethe whistle blew.