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  • kimi
    [:D] Worked like a charm! [:D]
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  • Grasshopper
    excellent!!
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  • spasmcreek
    that was so stupid kool....once in a lifetime
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  • Wild Turkey
    Bet there's some teams doing the "Go until you hear the whistle" drills this week!

    [:D][:D]
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  • Don McManus
    Special Teams receivers are now on notice to be VERY demonstrative when signaling a fair catch.

    Give a half-assed signal, and you will be taken out.
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  • Mr. Perfect
    Leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Taking advantage of a rule that essentially keeps you from being killed? What an asswipe. Hope he gets completely creamed after calling for a fair catch.
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  • cbxjeff
    I think that Randy has a good point. Was the play legal - yes. Were the defensive players not being alert - yes. That said, I wonder how many receivers will be nailed because of not giving a clear enough fair catch signal - and that will be the argument given by the kicking team.
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  • Chief Shaway
    TCU on kick off return, had one guy laying flat in the end zone.
    Ohio State never saw the guy.
    They tried a lateral pass to the guy and he went for a TD.
    Unfortunately, the pass was forward and a penalty.
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  • gearheaddad
    quote:Originally posted by cbxjeff
    I think that Randy has a good point. Was the play legal - yes. Were the defensive players not being alert - yes. That said, I wonder how many receivers will be nailed because of not giving a clear enough fair catch signal - and that will be the argument given by the kicking team.

    I agree.
    It's like the un necessary roughness calls when a player is hit and driven out of bounds on the sidelines. If you pull up, the player tightropes for 5-10 more yards! Or the QB that is so elusive. He needs to be wrapped up and driven to the ground or he figures out a way to get rid of the ball to avoid the loss of yards with the sack.
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  • spasmcreek
    i never saw any fair catch wave ?????
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  • Mr. Perfect
    quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
    i never saw any fair catch wave ?????
    There wasn't one. He brought his hands above the helmet only to catch the ball and made no initial attempt to either evade or advance, so the opposing team erred on the side of caution.


    It was a jerk move, and the officials should have downed the ball right where he caught it.
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  • kimi
    What turns me off on football is the officiating.
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  • gearheaddad
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
    i never saw any fair catch wave ?????
    There wasn't one. He brought his hands above the helmet only to catch the ball and made no initial attempt to either evade or advance, so the opposing team erred on the side of caution.


    It was a jerk move, and the officials should have downed the ball right where he caught it.


    Although some returners are going to get hammered because of this play. It worked once for an underdog team.
    If the ref whistled it dead, it wouldn't have been within the rules.
    It was a one time trick play that worked.
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  • kannoneer
    Could be some punt runners absolutely creamed in the future because of this play. There will not be a repeat.
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  • fideau
    UNC's return man did that a few years ago. Cool move.
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