https://auburnwire.usatoday.com/lists/a ... iron-bowl/billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:53 pmGood rule, but will it be enforced?Vrede too wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 7:41 amFCS quarterfinals, bracket
Tonight, 7:00 PM EST On ESN2
Go Montana 9-2 > 6.5 point favorite @James Madison 10-1. Griz rule!
This was fast. Good.NCAA instructs officials to more strictly enforce slide rule after Kenny Pickett fake slides to TD
... NCAA: No more Kenny Pickett fake slides
The NCAA delivered its answer on Thursday via national coordinator of football officials Steve Shaw, who said in a bulletin that plays like Pickett's run should be blown dead as soon as the runner starts indicating a slide.
The nitty-gritty of the ruling:Basically, the NCAA is telling its officials to call any would-be Pickett copycats down if they fake a slide, under its rule saying a ball carrier is down when he "obviously begins a feet-first slide."... Any time a ball carrier begins, simulates, or fakes a feet-first slide, the ball should be declared dead by the on field officials at that point. The intent of the rule is player safety, and the objective is to give a ball carrier an option to end the play by sliding feet first and to avoid contact. To allow the ball carrier to fake a slide would compromise the defense that is being instructed to let up when the ball carrier slides feet first. A fake slide will not be considered reviewable under Rule 12-3-3 – Dead Ball and Loose Ball.
It's a ruling that makes sense, because the whole point of calling a ball carrier down as soon as he starts sliding is player safety. The defense shouldn't have any doubt a player is down once it looks like he's given himself up, otherwise you're asking for a lot of flags and potential injuries. Of course, it could be argued that Wake Forest's defenders gave up way more quickly than they should have.
Fortunately for everyone's peace of mind, the game ended up not really hinging on the touchdown. Pitt would eventually win by a convincing score of 45-21, with Pickett going 20-of-33 with 253 passing yards and two touchdowns through the air....
cause sometimes rules don't get enforced in the sec when there's money at stake
. I'm no James Madison fan, but N Dak St has won 8 of the last 10 FCS championships! So, go #7 4.5 point underdog @Montana St today (2:00 PM EST ESPN2), but if not go #11 South Dakota St > N Dak St.
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