The one rule in football I hate

#126
#126
Voltopia said:
Nix excessive celebration - I hate that rule more than anything. Flag 'em when it's taunting, and otherwise, let'em celebrate. If you go back and watch football before prime time ESPN 7 days a week TV, there was plenty of celebrating. Didn't hurt the game. So let 'em celebrate.
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I've got no problem one way or another on the celebration. I don't watch football for the TD dancing. So I could care less, but not enough to matter.

Taunting should not be a penalty. Just like trash talking they give the game an edge.

It would be nice to go all year without discovering a flaw in the rules, just another factor to hafta overcome on our NC run.
 
#127
#127
Here is my gripe. Defensive holding is five yards and automatic first down. Offense holding is 10 Yards play the down again. Even that out, either make if five yards and replay the down for def or loss of down for the offense
 
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#128
#128
bigdaddy said:
Here is my gripe. Defensive holding is five yards and automatic first down. Offense holding is 10 Yards play the down again. Even that out, either make if five yards and replay the down for def or loss of down for the offense
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Defensive holding is a ten yard penalty.
 
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#132
bamawriter said:
I have often thought that a penalty shouldn't result in a first down unless the yardage is enough for a first down (like how encroachment is enforced), with the exception of personal fouls.
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Totally agree. There are several penalties that lead to automatic 1st down but only one penalty of loss of down. Just a bit unbalanced. But, I'll still watch it as it is.
 
#133
#133
KoachKrab127 said:
The offensive team fumbles the football into the end zone and the football goes out of bounds. So what happens? The ball is rewarded to the other team at the 20 yard line. It's so stupid. Why should the defense be awarded possession without actually recovering the football?

If a team fumbles on the 30 yard line, and the ball rolls forward to the 32 yard line and then rolls out of bounds, the offense retains possession at the 30 yard line where the ball was fumbled. The defense has to recover the ball to earn possession on the field, so why does the end zone have to be different? If a player fumbles at the 1 yard line, and the ball rolls into the end zone and out of bounds, the offense should be given possession back for the next down where the ball was fumbled.

Yes, I was thinking about Pig vs. UGA in 2013, and Anderson vs. Bama in 2005.

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Agree. I feel your pain.
 
#134
#134
bigdaddy said:
Totally agree. There are several penalties that lead to automatic 1st down but only one penalty of loss of down. Just a bit unbalanced. But, I'll still watch it as it is.
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On a side note, "loss of down" isn't really even a "lost" down either. It's just that the offense doesn't get to replay the down in which the penalty happened.

It's kind of a misleading term.
 
#135
#135
Iam4utalways said:
The only change I would make, it would be a safety rather than a touchback. It would make it costly to just recover a fumble, some may try to pick it up and run, rather than take a safety.
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That just ends up rewarding the offense's fumble with a free/easy two points.
 
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#137
bamawriter said:
I have often thought that a penalty shouldn't result in a first down unless the yardage is enough for a first down (like how encroachment is enforced), with the exception of personal fouls.
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If I'm beat, a facemask or pass interference becomes a good play on 3rd and 25 without the automatic first down.
 
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#138
bamawriter said:
Kinda does. Sort of like how a holding call in the endzone results in a safety. The endzone is just different.
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There is a good reason why holding in the end zone becomes a safety. What kind of a penalty is holding on the 2 yard line. Lose one yard vs give up a sack and safety. If I'm beat, I tackle the guy and take the one yard penalty.
 
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37620VOL said:
If I'm beat, a facemask or pass interference becomes a good play on 3rd and 25 without the automatic first down.
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Did you stop reading before the last six words?

And PI ought to be a good play if you get beat on 3rd and 25. If the offense gets backed up 15 yards, a PI shouldn't completely bail them out.
 
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