Disturbing college football trend...players faking injuries to slow down no-huddle

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

That (wasting time) was not the OP's issue. He was talking about faking injury to slow down no-huddle offenses. I saw the Houston - Louisville game he referred to, and it was rather obvious to me as well (at least on TV --- possibly not so obvious on the field ... and I agree with the above who state that he, as an official, would not want to be put into a situation of guessing which injuries were real and which were just to give the defense time to breathe and/or substitute)

My simple point is there are some remedies already in place, not saying they completely works or that is stops all the time, but there is a risk of doing this. I would have no problem if the rules changed to take a player out for series or more than one play. I just do not want to get to a point where we try to figure out as officials if someone is really hurt and start making judgments based on if we think that someone is really hurt.

Peace