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re: Dabo's complaint w/ onsidekick was that Clemson had no chance to catch ball
Posted on 1/12/16 at 9:36 am to Hawgeye
Posted on 1/12/16 at 9:36 am to Hawgeye
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A fair catch doesn't mean the ball is dead. The catch still has to be made.
if the fair catch signal is made, the player doesn't have to catch the ball. he could have thrown up his hand for a FCS and the ball would have bounced to the ground. if bama touches it, it's downed and possession would have been clemsons.
eta: this obviously didn't happen. it was a really great play by bama and executed perfectly.
This post was edited on 1/12/16 at 9:38 am
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Posted on 1/12/16 at 9:39 am to monsterballads
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if bama touches it, it's downed and possession would have been clemsons.
This isn't true on a kickoff, it's a live ball. The only thing the fair catch signal affects is when the ball is in the air. Once it hits the ground it's anyone's to recover.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 9:40 am to monsterballads
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if he raises his hand for fair catch, it doesn't matter if he catches it or not. bama couldn't have touched it first and got possession. same rules as a punt.
The problem with your scenario is there was no "he" in the vicinity. By your logic, the deep man back could have called for a fair catch.
You understand a kickoff is different than a punt, right? Punts are not live balls until touched by the receiving team.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 9:46 am to monsterballads
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if the fair catch signal is made, the player doesn't have to catch the ball. he could have thrown up his hand for a FCS and the ball would have bounced to the ground. if bama touches it, it's downed and possession would have been clemsons.
True for punts, not kick offs
Posted on 1/12/16 at 9:51 am to monsterballads
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if he raises his hand for fair catch, it doesn't matter if he catches it or not. bama couldn't have touched it first and got possession. same rules as a punt.
You couldn't be more wrong.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 10:02 am to Asharad
The distinct difference...When a punt returner is inside his five, commonly the returner will wave his hand for fair catch and run forward 5-10 yards to draw defenders away from downing the punt.
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