No. Once it hits the ground after the kicker kicks it, you cannot

Apr 17, 2024
8:40:15am

ChiCityCoug All-American

fair catch. What happened in that video is the kicker kicked it up into the air like a chip shot which meant the player could.

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If the receiving team signals a fair catch it nullifies the kicking team's recovery of an onside kick?

2FarGone No One of Consequence

Apr 17, 8:36am

It works until it touches the ground-when it pops up like that you can faircatch

Talker

Apr 17, 8:38am

No. Once it hits the ground after the kicker kicks it, you cannot

ChiCityCoug

Apr 17, 8:40am

No he didn't

RGGeemer

Apr 17, 8:40am

Yes he did. Look at the 24 second mark. He didn’t squib the ball. He put it

ChiCityCoug

Apr 17, 8:42am

Looks like it bounced first to me. Hard to tell.

RGGeemer

Apr 17, 8:46am

That's what I said. Probably wasn't clear. We were saying the same thing.

Talker

Apr 17, 8:41am

Got it, I read it a couple times and saw it both ways lol.

ChiCityCoug

Apr 17, 8:42am

Listen to what the announcer says about the rule now allowing for a fair catch

Tricky

Apr 17, 8:53am

Here's some discussion about it

Tricky

Apr 17, 8:54am

Looks like the kicker did a pooch kick which can be signaled for a fair

ChiCityCoug

Apr 17, 8:38am

I think that ball bounced.

dYrtbYkerYder

Apr 17, 8:42am

Look at 24 second mark in video. It didn’t bounce. Kicked chipped it up.

ChiCityCoug

Apr 17, 8:43am

That's what I looked at. I still think it bounced.

dYrtbYkerYder

Apr 17, 8:46am

I think it bounced too. Hard to tell exactly.

RGGeemer

Apr 17, 8:46am

Looks like he kicked the bottom of the ball, but the ball moves like it bounced.

dYrtbYkerYder

Apr 17, 8:50am

Well at least we can agree on the rule. If it bounced it’s live, if not it is

ChiCityCoug

Apr 17, 8:51am

I believe that's right. Because it's no longer a 'catch' once it's bounced.

RGGeemer

Apr 17, 9:13am

I STAND CORRECTED. The announcer is right, you and I are wrong.

RGGeemer

Apr 17, 9:19am

Wow interesting. So the argument of whether it bounced or not is actually

ChiCityCoug

Apr 17, 9:33am

According to the announcer, a recent rule change allows for a fair catch even

Tricky

Apr 17, 8:52am

Hmm I was not aware of that. I’ll have to check it out. To me the ball looked

ChiCityCoug

Apr 17, 8:58am

Wow- that was heads up by that player

SouthernBlueBlood

Apr 17, 8:39am

A walk-on BYU player did the same against SDSU in 2006. Andrew Stacey.

HandwovenBox

Apr 17, 11:16am

that's why onside kicks are kicked into the ground

Belboz

Apr 17, 8:42am

That was on OkSt for not knowing the rules, or perhaps hoping that TT wouldn't

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