Bounce pass....

[Umpmazza]

Wow this is a crazy play...

Rivals High - Backward bounce pass starts off wacky TD play

[HLin NC]

My freshman year in college our JV squad ran that play. We had the old style astroturf so they got a good bounce. I was running the chains that day and got a good look at it.

Years later I had a HS team try to run it to my side but it skipped and rolled to the sideline where B recovered before it went OB.

[ajmc]

This play may be new to Arizona, or at least this particular reporter in Arizona, but it's been around for generations. Considering his reference to a "backwards latteral" pass, I'm not surprised.

[whitehat]

I guess if I am R I am ingoring "intent to decieve" here, like I would on fake handoffs, reverses, etc....

Wow, the old Bouncer Rooksy is back. NAIA Doane College pulled this on Nebraska Wesleyan a couple weeks ago and landed them on ESPN's College Football Night (or whatever that show is called). Of course, I'd brag about Doane pulling it off since I'm an alum, and the Head Coach is a buddy of mine from our days there. To brag even further, it was perhaps Nebraska who first pulled this off way back when Turner Gill (current Buffalo U coach) was our QB.

[jaybird]

Here's the latest high school football trick play.

The latest! Horsefeathers!
We had this play in high school in 1973.

[Jim D.]

Originally Posted by whitehat

I guess if I am R I am ingoring "intent to decieve" here, like I would on fake handoffs, reverses, etc....

Just about every offensive football play involves "intent to decieve". Maybe a QB sneak or a fullback up the gut don't, but most plays involve fake handoffs to one or more players. There there are the statue of liberty type plays, etc. There is no need to ignore the intent to decieve because it's legal - applaud it and enjoy the play.

[Huskerblue]

OK Ref UMP Welsh...Trivia Time:

When Nebraska ran that play, who was the receiver of the backward pass...and finally who was the receiver of the pass downfield??