College Onside Kick Rule!!??!!

[TheOrangeBuddha]

This is a perfect example of the college football powers that be going way too far ...

By allowing the receiving team to call for a fair catch even if the ball has hit the ground once, the onside kick at the end of game situations (really all situations) is no longer a viable option to getting the ball back.

I suppose the only way to get an onside kick at this point is to line drive the kick off of a member of the receiving team as hard as possible and hope for a good bounce towards one of your guys. I do know one thing though: there is zero percent change that anyone will get an onside kick in an end of game situation (when receiving team expecting it) by dribbling the ball forward in a bunch formation.

Ugh.

 

[NineOneSeven]

I wish more kickers would try to drill the ball at the opposing team.

 

[jekelish]

Wait - you can fair catch an onside kick?! What the hell is the point of trying, then?

 

[sutomcat]

I wish more kickers would try to drill the ball at the opposing team.

I think the game of football would be a lot more entertaining if the entire receiving team was forced to line up ten yards from where the ball gets kicked from and the team kicking off had the option of trying to hit a player on the receiving team with the kick.

If the ball bounces off someone on the receiving team, it is a free ball (MMA style mayhem ensues).

If the receiving team catches the ball in the air, the defense must play 1 man down for the next series (dodgeball rule).

If the ball advances past the receiving team and past the 50 yard line, it goes to the receiving team at the 50.

Recruit some soccer players who can bend it like Beckham and knock people's helmets off.

It would be pretty entertaining.

 

[Millhouse]

This is a perfect example of the college football powers that be going way too far ...

By allowing the receiving team to call for a fair catch even if the ball has hit the ground once, the onside kick at the end of game situations (really all situations) is no longer a viable option to getting the ball back.

I suppose the only way to get an onside kick at this point is to line drive the kick off of a member of the receiving team as hard as possible and hope for a good bounce towards one of your guys. I do know one thing though: there is zero percent change that anyone will get an onside kick in an end of game situation (when receiving team expecting it) by dribbling the ball forward in a bunch formation.

Ugh.

get rid of kickoffs and get rid of field goal posts. only kicking is done by a punter and hopefully that gets cut in half by smarter coaches

 

[TexanMark]

I said the same thing in the chat...line drive it off a guy. On sides look like a 5-10% chance now vs about 30% with the new rule change.

 

[OrangeTown]

How about one of these times we actually have the lead in one of these end game situations, so we don't have to worry about not having this option? That's my vote.

 

[billorange44]

This is a perfect example of the college football powers that be going way too far ...

By allowing the receiving team to call for a fair catch even if the ball has hit the ground once, the onside kick at the end of game situations (really all situations) is no longer a viable option to getting the ball back.

I suppose the only way to get an onside kick at this point is to line drive the kick off of a member of the receiving team as hard as possible and hope for a good bounce towards one of your guys. I do know one thing though: there is zero percent change that anyone will get an onside kick in an end of game situation (when receiving team expecting it) by dribbling the ball forward in a bunch formation.

Ugh.

You mean the ball isn't a free ball on kickoffs anymore? How stupid is that! leave it to the NCAA.

 

[dollarbill44]

I was thinking line drive at the time. There really is no other way unless you're kicking to USF (see end of Rutgers game this season) where you just drop it in at the 20 and everyone stands around and watches the kicking team land on it. You can't try the little dribbler up the middle because they will do what Minny did, run forward of the 45 and dive on it. The kicking team can't touch it 1st in that scenario.

 

[Moontan]

The most promising kicks I've seen the year are those that are chipped over the the front line in a somewhat open space. Some of the people back there are lineman only there to block and have an aversion to grabbing the ball.

Of course those kicks were not in onside kick situations.

I started a thread about these rules changes a week, or so, before the first game. It'll take a while, but at some point someone will identify the new preferred way of attempting onside kicks.

 

[Crusty]

Maybe the team kicking off should have weapons.