Possible FB rule changes for 2012

[Trapped in California]

Apparently, proposed rule change for kickoffs:

The NCAA Football Rules Committee announced Thursday that for safety reasons, it was proposing that kickoffs be moved from the 30 to the 35 and that a touchback would result in the ball being placed at the 25 instead of the 20. In addition, kicking-team players would have to be no closer than 5 yards from the 35 at the kick.

This would totally change the dynamic of kickoffs, especially onside kicks. Everyone but the kicker would start 15 yards away from the recovery line.


Also other changes to cut blocking that greatly affect Triple Option type teams

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=mh-huguenin_college_kickoff_proposal_game_changer_021212

[jegbomb52]

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pretty typical NCAA rule changes, a year later than the NFL. Saw this coming a while back. This is a benefit to us.

[JayJ79]

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Somewhere along the line, somebody misinterpreted the proposed rule change.
The intent of the rule is to limit the running starts by the kick coverage team (for safety reasons), thus the proposed rule is that the players can start no FARTHER than 5 yards from the 35 yard line. They are just as close to the recovery line as they have been, they just can't get super big running starts prior to the kick itself.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2012-02-09/committee-proposes-new-rules

[JayJ79]

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I don't have a problem with moving the kickoff back up to the 35. But why the hell are they talking about moving up the touchback placement?

[panther-state]

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But why the hell are they talking about moving up the touchback placement?

Agreed, what does that have to do with anything?

My best guess is that returners will feel less inclined to run it out of the endzone and thus there is less chance of a collision/tackle...which unless I'm mistaken, is one of the freakin' points of football.

[Barnstormer]

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Let's just eliminate the kickoff and start at the 20 after every score. If you want to try an onside kick, well just get a D&D 20 sided dice and roll it. What is the sucess rate in college, 25%? If you roll a 1,2,3,4,5 then you get the ball back. Nobody gets hurt.

[UNIpanther99]

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It is to prevent players from running it out of the endzone. This is all about concussions. They are afraid (as they should be) of lawsuits down the road for not doing more to prevent concussions.

In the old days, we used to just say "that kid got his bell rung." Now that kid has grown up to become an adult who has Parkinsons or can't remember where he parked his car at the grocery store.

Some of the most violent collisions happen during kickoffs, with players having more space to pick up speed and special teams featuring players trying to make a name for themselves, to earn regular spots on offense and defense.

[JayJ79]

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Agreed, what does that have to do with anything?

My best guess is that returners will feel less inclined to run it out of the endzone and thus there is less chance of a collision/tackle...which unless I'm mistaken, is one of the freakin' points of football.

changes the punting game too.
I for one, hope they don't adopt that part of the rule. though I have no problem with any of the other proposed changes

[Trapped in California]

Re: Possible FB rule changes for 2012

Somewhere along the line, somebody misinterpreted the proposed rule change.
The intent of the rule is to limit the running starts by the kick coverage team (for safety reasons), thus the proposed rule is that the players can start no FARTHER than 5 yards from the 35 yard line. They are just as close to the recovery line as they have been, they just can't get super big running starts prior to the kick itself.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/articl...oses-new-rules

This makes more sense than the way it was originally presented in the Yahoo article.

I suspect some special teams coach will attempt to get cute and have players running at angles (rather than the straight ahead 5 yards) prior to KO to generate some more speed.

[Trapped in California]

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As I thought about this proposed change, it could be a net positive for Tyler's KOs. Bump him up to the 35 and most of his KO would have dropped around the 5 yard line +/-. That and the kickoff coverage team would be 5 yards closer to start, apparently.

[Cap'n Cat]

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Fvck kickoffs. Penalty on every goddam one. Put it at the 25.

[Trapped in California]

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Looking at the rule as summarized, I would take it that the kicker is not allowed to go more than 5 yards back either, correct? If so, that is going to mess up most of the kickers. They are used to dropping back 8-12 yards to start a KO.

As an aside, what do you think the facilities team will do with the mondo turf with the X in the middle of the 30 yard stripe?

[JayJ79]

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Looking at the rule as summarized, I would take it that the kicker is not allowed to go more than 5 yards back either, correct? If so, that is going to mess up most of the kickers. They are used to dropping back 8-12 yards to start a KO.

As an aside, what do you think the facilities team will do with the mondo turf with the X in the middle of the 30 yard stripe?

player safety takes priority. those kickers always lay devastating hits with that extra runup......

they'll probably paint those X's green an paint white X's on the 35's.
Or they'll do nothing.

[BCPanther]

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They'll do nothing.

[ProwlingPanther]

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So where are the possible Facebook rule changes at?