1 point Safety last night

[RandyGator]

Just for information here is the NCAA rule on this.

RULE 8, SECTION 5, ARTICLE 1. It is a safety when:

a. The ball becomes dead out of bounds behind a goal line, except from an

incomplete forward pass, or becomes dead in the possession of a player on,

above or behind his own goal line, or becomes dead by rule, and the defending

team is responsible for the ball being there (A.R. 6-3-1-IV; A.R. 7-2-4-I; A.R.

8-5-1-I-II, IV and VI-VIII; A.R. 8-7-2-II; and A.R. 9-4-1-VIII).

The provision that applies is that the defending team was responsible for the ball being downed in the end zone.

Edited January 4, 2013 by RandyGator

[Skingraft]

[GaUSFBull]

[Hem]

LOL @GAUSFBull

[slick1ru2]

I thought the rule goes back to, in college, the opposing team can only get the number of points available on the play to the team with possession, ie 1 point in this case.

[MaltLiquorBull]

I thought the rule goes back to, in college, the opposing team can only get the number of points available on the play to the team with possession, ie 1 point in this case.

Then one could argue that the number of points available was 2 -- as in they had a 2 point conversion available, but they chose to kick--they could have just as well have faked the PAT kick and gone for 2.

No?

[GaUSFBull]

I thought the rule goes back to, in college, the opposing team can only get the number of points available on the play to the team with possession, ie 1 point in this case.

Then one could argue that the number of points available was 2 -- as in they had a 2 point conversion available, but they chose to kick--they could have just as well have faked the PAT kick and gone for 2.

No?

Only 1 point was available for the PAT, since the ball was kicked, and then blocked.

[Bull Martin]

I thought the rule goes back to, in college, the opposing team can only get the number of points available on the play to the team with possession, ie 1 point in this case.

Then one could argue that the number of points available was 2 -- as in they had a 2 point conversion available, but they chose to kick--they could have just as well have faked the PAT kick and gone for 2.

No?

Only 1 point was available for the PAT, since the ball was kicked, and then blocked.

But had a Oregon player picked it up in the backfield and ran it in, it would have been 2 points.

[slick1ru2]

I thought the rule goes back to, in college, the opposing team can only get the number of points available on the play to the team with possession, ie 1 point in this case.

Then one could argue that the number of points available was 2 -- as in they had a 2 point conversion available, but they chose to kick--they could have just as well have faked the PAT kick and gone for 2.

No?

If they did a 2 point conversion, turned the ball over and they ran it back to the opposite end zone they only would get 2 points. In the NFL it would be 6. This is exactly what I thought of when they said they got 1 vs 2.

Edited January 4, 2013 by slick1ru2

[gobulls83]

I thought the rule goes back to, in college, the opposing team can only get the number of points available on the play to the team with possession, ie 1 point in this case.

Then one could argue that the number of points available was 2 -- as in they had a 2 point conversion available, but they chose to kick--they could have just as well have faked the PAT kick and gone for 2.

No?

If they did a 2 point conversion, turned the ball over and they ran it back to the opposite end zone they only would get 2 points. In the NFL it would be 6.

No, it wouldn't. In the NFL, any turnover on either an extra point or a two-point conversion is an immediate dead ball. Only the team that just scored a touchdown can score on the PAT in the NFL.