Alabama onside kick

[Fishhead]

I was at AnyTime Fitness sitting on the bench between sets and watching the endless Sportcenter coverage of the game last night. They showed the onside kick like 12 times in a row.

Anyways, anyone notice the kickers non kicking foot was way off sides when he kicked it? Hmmm. Why was ISU called for off sides in that Baylor game a couple of years ago? Oh, because ISU performed it? I get it.

 

[Fitzy]

 

[WalkingCY]

I was at AnyTime Fitness sitting on the bench between sets and watching the endless Sportcenter coverage of the game last night. They showed the onside kick like 12 times in a row.

Anyways, anyone notice the kickers non kicking foot was way off sides when he kicked it? Hmmm. Why was ISU called for off sides in that Baylor game a couple of years ago? Oh, because ISU performed it? I get it.

Said the same thing last night.

 

[NorthCyd]

Is that actually a rule? Can the plant foot actually be offsides?

 

[3TrueFans]

Guys, why was this one call with 2 different teams and an entirely different officiating crew in games that were played years apart called differently? Is it because everyone hates us?

 

[BoxsterCy]

I was at AnyTime Fitness sitting on the bench between sets and watching the endless Sportcenter coverage of the game last night. They showed the onside kick like 12 times in a row.

Anyways, anyone notice the kickers non kicking foot was way off sides when he kicked it? Hmmm. Why was ISU called for off sides in that Baylor game a couple of years ago? Oh, because ISU performed it? I get it.

Well, yes and the call against ISU was incorrect. The kicker isn't supposed to be called for off-sides (unless you were running one of those trick plays where the apparent kicker isn't the one who ends up kicking it).

 

[Bigman38]

From what I learned from that Baylor game a few years ago the Kicker can't be called for offisides.

That was just the Big 12 refs being Big 12 refs. Bama's onside kick was perfectly legal.

 

[Fishhead]

Guys, why was this one call with 2 different teams and an entirely different officiating crew in games that were played years apart called differently? Is it because everyone hates us?

Nah, just found it peculiar. Was not upset about it

 

[SoapyCy]

FOR THE LAST TIME - the kicker's plant foot can be in front of the ball.

 

[JHUNSY]

FOR THE LAST TIME - the kicker's plant foot can be in front of the ball.

But can the ball be behind the kicker's plant foot?

 

[brianhos]

Kicker cannot be offsides.

 

[SoapyCy]

Kicker cannot be offsides.

people have trouble understanding the rule with this phrase.

are you saying the kicker "must not be offsides" or the "kicker will not be called offsides"

because that phrase alone is like saying "offensive lineman cannot hold".

 

[NorthCyd]

Kicker cannot be offsides.

people have trouble understanding the rule with this phrase.

are you saying the kicker "must not be offsides" or the "kicker will not be called offsides"

because that phrase alone is like saying "offensive lineman cannot hold".

Well, according to the NFL rules a kicker can be offsides. Only the plant foot is allowed. Assuming this is to stop a kicker from "faking" a kick and quickly kicking in a different direction. I'm too lazy to look up if the NCAA has the same rule.

 

[Miniclone11]

At least you were gettin swoll!

 

[Muzzy]

Whatever it was, it was a thing of beauty!

 

[D UP Clones]

Kicker cannot be offsides.

I point to that call as one of the most obvious evidence of big 12 officiating bias. There was no the player within a yard of the ball when it was kicked.

BTW that was the same game rg3 fumbled the ball forward when he lost his grip. Called an incomplete pass...terrible call but okay... then no grounding call when no receiver was even close..in the pocket... etc...

Just go back and watch that game. It's so crooked it seems make believe.

 

[VeloClone]

Go back and look and listen to the Baylor game replay. The commentators surmised that they must have called the kicker off sides because clearly no ISU player was offside but if you listen closely the call was made on #7 - not the kicker. It was a bad call, as no one was even close to offsides but it is a fallacy to say that ISU's kicker was called offside. The commentators apparently didn't know the rules.

And as others have pointed out the kicker's plant foot is a specific exception to the offside rule just like the holder's knee is an exception to the rule of a ball carrier being down as soon as the knee touches the ground.

 

[ruxCYtable]

I'm still trying to figure out what Dabo Swinney was going apeshit about after that play. Clearly legal play all the way around. Not even questionable.

 

[VeloClone]

I'm still trying to figure out what Dabo Swinney was going apeshit about after that play. Clearly legal play all the way around. Not even questionable.

Yeah, I was trying to figure that out:
Everyone onsides? Check
Ball advanced 10+ yards? Check
Receiving team didn't attempt fair catch? Check
No one blocked receiving team player away from ball? Check
Didn't allow advancement of ball? Check

I have no idea what he was arguing. The officials appeared to not really want to hear it, either. Talk to the hand.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Alabama didn't get whistled offsides because the officiating crew was competent.