And let’s all take a good look after the first one .. if you guess that team you win a McDonald’s cheeseburger happy meal
The NCAA is instituting a number of rule changes for the upcoming college football season, including some that deal with targeting, the faking of injuries to stop the clock and slow no-huddle offenses.
The Associated Press shared the changes:
There may not be a single penalty that can more drastically alter the outcome of a game, as all it takes is one star player to be ejected for it in the early going to leave a team fighting an uphill battle.
The NCAA is instituting a number of rule changes for the upcoming college football season, including some that deal with targeting, the faking of injuries to stop the clock and slow no-huddle offenses.
The Associated Press shared the changes:
- Players ejected in the second halves of games for targeting might not be suspended for the first half of the next game, depending on the results of an appeal.
- Schools and conferences can report the potential faking of injuries to the national coordinator of officials, which could lead to penalties for the school involved.
- Only linemen and stationary backs inside the tackle box can block below the waist.
- Ball-carriers who simulate a feet-first slide, like then-Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett famously did in the ACC Championship Game, will be ruled down at the spot.
- Defensive holding is an automatic first down in addition to the 10-yard penalty.
- Replay officials can adjust the clock if a ruling is overturned with less than two minutes remaining in the game or first half.
- Illegal touching by an ineligible player is a loss of down in addition to the five-yard penalty.
There may not be a single penalty that can more drastically alter the outcome of a game, as all it takes is one star player to be ejected for it in the early going to leave a team fighting an uphill battle.