NCAA makes rule changes for targeting, blind-side blocks, kickoffs and overtime

[Titans Fan]

Starting this season.

NCAA makes rule changes for targeting, blind-side blocks, kickoffs and overtime

 

[82_VOL_83]

Meh

 

[hUTch2002]

We can call the blindside rule the UCF rule. I still can’t believe that hit on LSU’s QB and subsequent taunt weren’t flagged.

 

[hUTch2002]

With that change in rules following the 5th OT we basically have the equivalent of shootouts. I’m glad they don’t start that until after 5 OTs so we may see it once a year, twice at most.

 

[NATHAN05]

No more two man wedge kick off returns!!!! Football might as well be played with shorts and a belt with flags hanging down.......

Seriously though, the new OT change seems pretty cool.

 

[STL0611]

Three targeting calls = one game suspension.Silly

 

[Special Ed]

Oh Boy!
More rule changes the officials won't be able to comprehend or enforce properly.

 

[XknoxvolsX]

With that change in rules following the 5th OT we basically have the equivalent of shootouts. I’m glad they don’t start that until after 5 OTs so we may see it once a year, twice at most.

Nah, with instant replay, just play two hand touch!

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

That blind side block rule is going to be a nightmare.

 

[give_him 6]

Saban goes under the knife for one day and the NCAA rolls out new rules. Wonder if they got his approval beforehand.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Three targeting calls = one game suspension.Silly

Atleast it has to be pure targeting to get called now. Hence the not letting the play stand. It either is or isn’t targeting.

That blind side block rule is going to be a nightmare.

Agreed.... what is going to be considered forcible contact.... the shoulder to the chest? What are you supposed to do? Use your hands and possibly break them? Hmmm....

 

[Wireless1]

Yep more opportunity for a ref to make a judgement call. Player running full speed with his head turned, runs into a stationary blocker and the blocker will get the call (if it's a Tennessee...)

 

[JacketVol]

Having a chance to cream someone on a blindside hit was what made defense fun. Not a cheap at the knee shot but a legal hard slobber knocker.

 

[zaqhhh]

I don't actually like the OT changes. I get why it's being done, but I don't really see the way we have it now as an issue.

 

[DefenseWins]

I don’t understand rule changes every year... it gets ridiculous. I guess they need to feel important so they make up new stuff to throw a flag on. When is the last time you had a year without some sort of penalty change?

 

[Iam4utalways]

Having a chance to cream someone on a blindside hit was what made defense fun. Not a cheap at the knee shot but a legal hard slobber knocker.

If the player getting slobber knocked is away from the play and the block is unnecessary then I agree that it should be flagged. If it takes a blind side slobber knocker to spring a play then the play should stand unless it is textbook targeting. Helmet to helmet open field blocking should go away. Same goes for looking at the ground when hitting, whether it’s the RB or the DB.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

With this 5th overtime rule, you better have some really nice 2 point plays and a wide variety of them. Also if you know your opponents playbook well, you can take them out a lot easier on just 2 point plays.

Of course, we haven't been in a 5 OT game in a while.

BTW, that incredible game last year between LSU and aTm wouldn't have happened....what a shame!

 

[Chilmonty]

New NCAA Rule 1-A:
Screw TN Vols with a call that is SO Bad, we have to change the rule Again!!

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[JacketVol]

If the player getting slobber knocked is away from the play and the block is unnecessary then I agree that it should be flagged. If it takes a blind side slobber knocker to spring a play then the play should stand unless it is textbook targeting. Helmet to helmet open field blocking should go away. Same goes for looking at the ground when hitting, whether it’s the RB or the DB.

I was taught to keep your dang head on a swivel. Just old school I guess.

 

[Remy]

Having a chance to cream someone on a blindside hit was what made defense fun. Not a cheap at the knee shot but a legal hard slobber knocker.

I agree totally. To demonstrate my last personal involvement was my son was playing safety in high school. He rolled over to pursue a RB who had broken lose and was running down the opposite sideline. He was getting ready to close for the tackle, had the correct angle, little did he know a receiver on that side had gone deep and was coming back. The receiver laid one of the best decleaters on him just as he was about to decleat the RB. LOL I mean it was one of those splatter city blocks. It was so long in developing you could see it coming, myself and others were trying to scream at him to see it, he was too focused on his hit when he got hit ... which makes for the best if you are the deliverer. LOL, we still laugh about it, but that's football, if they're trying to turn the sport into tiddlywinks, people will lose interest.

 

[Iam4utalways]

I was taught to keep your dang head on a swivel. Just old school I guess.

True that.

It’s like in boxing, “Protect yourself at all times.”, how many times have you seen a boxer neglect that most basic instruction.

 

[VolInNW]

Wait....a rule against blind side blocks?

That's Georgia Football doctrine - Hit 'em low, hit 'em dirty, hit 'em blind, and take out their knee! That's UGA FOOTBALL!!!!!

If you doubt that, Shy Tuttle (among others) says hi.

 

[peerless98]

With that change in rules following the 5th OT we basically have the equivalent of shootouts. I’m glad they don’t start that until after 5 OTs so we may see it once a year, twice at most.

It sounds like it starts when a game reaches a 5th OT not after the 5th OT.

 

[DefenseWins]

If the player getting slobber knocked is away from the play and the block is unnecessary then I agree that it should be flagged. If it takes a blind side slobber knocker to spring a play then the play should stand unless it is textbook targeting. Helmet to helmet open field blocking should go away. Same goes for looking at the ground when hitting, whether it’s the RB or the DB.

Head contact while blocking will eventually go away but McNally (use to coach OL for the bengals) has been preaching centripetal force for awhile but the results aren’t the same... see our offensive line in ‘15... I don’t know a lot about all the techniques (maybe slightly more than the average fan... whatever that means) but from my humble view it doesn’t look like it will go away anytime soon.

Also, a lot of those hits and blocks are revenge blocks or hits... so you won’t get rid of that in its entirety. I mean you get a big guy blocking the crap out of you all game with no space to give you a leg up and now your running with a lot more space and now you have the upper hand on him.... 99.9% of the time you’re going to take that shot.

 

[Jaws]

That blind side block rule is going to be a nightmare.

I guess blocking will eventually turn into the equivalent of a pick in basketball. You basically stand there and let the guy run into you. I can understand not launching at the guy on a blindside block but not making an “attacking/forcible” block is tough to define and tough to interpret for the players.