Kick off rule change

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

I hadn't heard of that one. Did NCAA redefine "catch" as applied to kicks, or just make an additional provision for kicks that have bounced only once, and only in the vicinity of their origins?

I don't have the exact wording in front of me, but it is something to the effect of "a kick that goes directly off the tee, into the ground, and into the air in the manner of a ball kicked directly into the air" could still have a KCI infraction. After the ball hits the ground a second time, there can be no KCI.

Basically, they're going to make plays like this one illegal. In fact, in NCAA this one would have two fouls on the play... one for KCI, and one for blocking before the ball goes 10 yards. In FED, this is currently not KCI.