Taking A Knee

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

I'll tell you EXACTLY how it happened ... or happens.

Team B is completely out of the playoffs. Team A needs to not only win, but win by 8 to win a tiebreaker to make the last slot of the playoffs. A is up by 4 with 30 seconds to go on the B 20. A lines up in victory (and had practiced this all week for EXACTLY this scenario). QB pretends to bobble snap. TE takes one firm step at the snap and pretends to give up on the play, then darts to the right corner as QB throws him the ball - no one on the defense moved.

That one actually happened - I was not there, but we ALL heard about it.

Another plausible scenario would be next year when Team B above plays Team A, and is up by 20 ... and wants payback.

And a far more common possibility would be from your own 40-ish at the end of the HALF. Act like you're taking your 6 pt lead to the locker room, lineup in victory and fake it. This one ACTUALLY happened in the Texas Tech v. Texas game 2 years ago. Unfortunately Mike Leach was unaware that if his QB went toward the ground as if taking a knee, the ball was dead in NCAA. If he'd not have acted as if he was going down, he would have caught Texas completely unaware.

The main problem here is that states have points scored as a tiebreaker for making the playoffs...this breeds blowing teams out and poor sportsmanship.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

The main problem here is that states have points scored as a tiebreaker for making the playoffs...this breeds blowing teams out and poor sportsmanship.

Maybe true... do you have a better suggestion?

[SamG]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Maybe true... do you have a better suggestion?

Depending on the schedule/# of teams:

#1
Head to head
#2
Vs. Common opponents
#3
Conference pts ALLOWED (lower wins)
#4
Coin flip

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Maybe true... do you have a better suggestion?

Points given up...defense.

We don't use a point system in WI.

[MD Longhorn]

Points allowed can have exactly the same effect if the team you're trying to climb ahead of is the one you are playing. I do admit it's BETTER, but it doesn't get rid of the issue.