What about Richard Mullaney's heads up play?

Good on him to pick it up, but know the rules. Don't run it out.

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Actually, while it was a good reaction to pick up the ball, it would've been a touchback if he would've just grabbed it and downed it and we'd have had it on the 25...

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Gotcha. Didn't realize this at the time.

Yeah, but the ref was signaling that it had been touched.

But if it is touched, the guiding principle is who put the impetus on the ball and caused it to go into the endzone. In this case, even though the ball was touched, it was the kick that caused it to go in. Mullaney should have downed it.

Everyone on kick receiving teams need to know the rules. Remember Jones's boneheaded play againzt OSU that almost was a disaster?

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Eh, it probably isn't one of the standard rules they teach. I thought it would've been a safety until they explained otherwise, can't blame him for not knowing.

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That is a rule they need to teach every special teams player. If you don't, you're a shitty ST coach.

I know, but that's a rule you need to now before stepping on the field for ST.

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Mullaney is pretty much my unsung hero of this year.

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The truth. I thought if Coker thrown it right in the first quarter, Mullaney would have gotten a TD, but instead, Coker opted to throw into the dirt. Mullaney has been money for keeping drives alive and blocking well on screens. Really wish we had him for another year.