California rules

[GarthB]

BBR, you responded to:

Originally posted by refjef40
...a team can only spike the ball to stop the clock if they are in "T" formation(must take hand to hand snap).


With:

True. I'm not sure why they threw the T formation bit in there, but a hand to hand snap is required.

Why couldn't this be done in the "I" formation as well as the "T" formation. Why couldn't everyone but the QB be on the line? Wouldn't the answer be false?

Just asking.

GB

[Mike Simonds]

As long as the QB receives the ball in a direct hand-to-hand center snap, he may legally spike the ball forward to the ground in order to create an incomplete forward pass and stop the clock. The formation itself can be the T, I, etc. The most important thing is the QB must be directly behind the center.

[GarthB]

I guess I was thinking it was like a FED test.