Rare & Random Penalties in College Football #2

[@dantheminigolfwizard860]

I don’t think the Texas coach actually touched the ball but his entire staff, including him, were on the field during play. Insane

[@67L48]

That's what I saw, too. I don't know this play and the highlights here were too brief for me to understand what happened. But, I couldn't believe how many staff and players were fanned out onto the field as a live football was bouncing around. Insanity. But, the penalty was specific to a coach touching the football. I didn't see any touching ... there were a 100 things they did poorly, but physically touching the ball didn't seem to be one of them.

[@NavDDG54]

@@67L48The actual penalty as recorded was likely sideline interference, the touching was just an explanation, but largely irrelevant. All that matters is the actual call, and there was clearly sideline interference.

[@67L48]

@@NavDDG54 Incorrect. The actual penalty was an unsportsmanlike foul. The ref said, "The ruling on the field has been reversed. While the ball was loose, during a backward pass, a member of the coaching staff attempted to touch the ball. By rule, it's an unsportsmanlike foul [...]" At no point does he ever utter anything even resembling the words "sideline interference." However, it's important to note, and it's something I only learned on re-watching it -- the coaches were not claimed to have touched the ball. They were only claimed to have "attempted to touch the ball." Apparently, the attempt is enough and that stupid coach definitely put his hands down in such a way as to look like an attempt.

[@NavDDG54]

@@67L48What the refs says and what gets recorded aren't always the same thing. Additionally, sideline interference falls under the unsportsmanlike conduct umbrella.

[@67L48]

@@NavDDG54 I'll go ahead and trust what I can see and hear, rather than your supposition about what might have been written down somewhere. If you can point me somewhere definitive, I'm happy to check it out. Until then, I'll rely on the video evidence.

[@Moose6340]

Sad thing is, those FAMU jersey numbers were easier to read than some of the "legal" jersey numbers around these days.

[@SgvSth]

4:51 - Effectively a 70 yard penalty. Just needed to kick it two steps sooner.

[@bjchit]

Or not do it at all, he had the first down.

[@goodmaro]

Or several years earlier!

[@roryh2241]

Bro why does a team even have jerseys that literally are against ncaa rules? It’s amazing nobody thought to check.

[@RoyalMela]

6:13 This is the only penalty that stops the play while the play is normally alive. Illegal kick beyond the line of scrimmage. Play is dead immediately. This time they whistled it dead, but not on the previous play. (Fake slide is not a penalty, it just stops the play at the spot, if you are about to comment on that rule)

[@glasswhisperer]

If they knocked the hell out of a QB doing a fake slide they wouldn't have to worry about making it a penalty people would do it anymore

[@faceones]

Not sure how that was a penalty cause it not in current rule book

[@CybeastID]

2:59 Contact to the head or neck area, check. Initiated contact with the crown of the helmet, check. Distinct launching motion, check. That's literally all 3 boxes checked for targeting...

[@67L48]

Led with (initiated contact with) the shoulder, check. Used arms to wrap up, check. Went low (about belly-button level to a normally postured man), check. That's literally all 3 boxes checked for textbook tackling...

[@michaelfalkner1186]

Third one: Not sure on KCI, but a straight Targeting PF would've sufficed. Fourth one: He slipped, but that's a takeout below the knees on the punter. RTK all day every day on that one. That third punt: All kinds of penalties on that play. Half the team was downfield before the kick, on top of the other one. Illegal double-number: I saw Michigan State get away with that one on a game-winning play against Notre Dame. Second-to-last play: That was RTK. Wrong call. That last one, frankly, should've been outright forfeiture of the contest.

[@WithTwoFlakes]

" Half the team was downfield before the kick " And does that matter in a COLLEGE game? 😉 I'm in agreement with you on your opinions on the other plays though.

[@satan6432]

My left earbud loved this video

[@phizaal]

Turn your audio output to mono :)

[@papilgee4evaeva]

Only the first clip has the one-sided audio.

[@kevinstull8552]

What the heck is the purpose of having two of the same numbers for two different players on the same team? Did they run out of numbers to be given out or something?

[@MatthewCaldwell]

Yeah... way more players in college ball than pros... more than 100 players means you gotta duplicate some numbers.

[@KitsuneGB-hc9zb]

Can’t they also use 00-09 in addition to 0-100?

[@skenze26]

Delay of game,sideline interference ,western kentuky,fifteen yard penalty automatic first down

[@matthewchase6744]

No one could find a black marker and just filled the numbers onthe jerseys in

[@jonashelmke2564]

6:00 What a punt though, come on!

[@goodmaro]

And it was only about 25 years ago they made that illegal -- and even more recently they made it loss of down, so sometimes even after it was made illegal it was a smart play if you could do it.

[@oldschooldiy3240]

How on Earth do two players end up wearing the SAME NUMBER?!? SMDH

[@tpresto9862]

Lots of college teams have players with the same number; it's not uncommon because they often have more than 99 players. That's allowed as long as they are not in the same play. Teams usually keep them separated by offense/defense, or make sure they are not on the playing field at the same time.

[@scottl.1568]

How the hell you have two players wearing the same number?! 😅

[@Beast-yp2ei]

College rosters sometimes have more than 99 players so players have to share numbers and when both need to be out on the field they gets new number. I guess they didn’t give one of them a different jersey

[@tpresto9862]

Lots of college teams have player with the same number. That's allowed as long as they are not in the same play. They just try to keep them separated by offense/defense, or make sure they are not playing at the same time.

[@scottl.1568]

How the hell does FAMU have white numbers on a white jersey?! 😮

[@brensdad7445]

So sick of announcers having no idea what the rules are.

[@AmirBrooks]

Case in point: "Roughing the kicker is if the guy does not have two feet on the ground" 😂

[@johnathonkelley5234]

Also case in point, targeting.

[@RoyalMela]

They quite often do not have a clue. That was a clear targeting. Most people thing targeting is helmet to helmet. Not true. Most helmet to helmet are clean, and targeting can be called even if player targets the back, knees or any other body part. Also, it is not referees job to judge if player slips and that causes the contact. They have to go with the end result. Clearly a 15 yard penalty. Contact to plant leg after the kick.

[@phobos258]

​@@AmirBrooksand he speaks like he's had a few drinks or a stroke. 😂

[@lubrew5862]

@@AmirBrooksActually that is part of the rule, but not the entire rule. What the officials were more than likely enforcing on that play is the punter hadn’t fully caught his balance and the defender hit him low, which also contributes roughing.

[@roryh2241]

The Texas coach didn’t touch that ball. I’ll hold onto that belief until I die

[@bjchit]

Still a penalty for being on the field.

[@67L48]

@@bjchit Perhaps, but that's not the penalty that they called. I was not familiar with this play until this highlight and it was much too brief for me to understand what was going on. I have no idea why the entire Texas coaching staff and bench was fanned out onto the field like they were, but the penalty was specific to a coach touching the football. In the replay I saw, I couldn't see any touching of the football. I saw lots of head-scratching, bone-headed antics by coaches, but no actual touching of the football.

[@nasir2649]

Promo'SM

[@ronaldmead7643]

That ruffing the kicker was a flop. Bad call but what else is new. I would not have thrown the flag

[@bjchit]

Are Tennessee fans ever not trashy?

[@ShadowFalcon19]

I'm so sick of Referees making this a snowflake game. We need big, powerful hits and tackles to come back. WE NEED TO ABOLISH THE STUPID "TARGETING" RULE!

[@RoyalMela]

You can do all that without targeting.

[@TroyVan6654]

OK Boomer

[@bonzjoe]

I prefer big, powerful hits and tackles that don't turn brains into jello. If that's a requirement for you to enjoy the game there's something wrong with you

[@mitchmcmahon4079]

The referees are just enforcing the rules. They don't make them. The NCAA Competition Committee does. Your anger is directed at the wrong people. And you can 100% have powerful hits and tackles without drilling a guy in the head.

[@bjchit]

I would abolish it for the fact that half the time they get it completely wrong or don't call obvious targeting blows in the first place.