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Kickoffs, touchbacks moved up up 5 yards
- Thread starter dio
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Agreed. This is moronic.
Don't like the 25 yard line for touchbacks. If the NCAA wants to limit the danger of kickoffs pushing where a team kicks off up 5 yards and keeping it at the 20 is fine.
I do suspect a lot of teams will kneel it more often, but I could also see teams that kickoff to be more likely to pooch it.
I do suspect a lot of teams will kneel it more often, but I could also see teams that kickoff to be more likely to pooch it.
Won't this encourage more kick off returns? Moving the touch back out to the 25 decreases the kicking team's desire to kick through the endzone, and moving the line up to the 35 makes it easier to kick moon balls that land somewhere within the five yard line (easier to kick the ball there inside the field of play, and easier for the kick coverage to get to the ball carrier).
They've incentivized the kicking team to want the other team to have to return the ball.
They've incentivized the kicking team to want the other team to have to return the ball.
No, only free kicks are affected by the rule change.
yes, the high pop up kick off will lead to even more spectacular hits on guys who aren't expecting the ball on the 15 yard line!
This will have an impact on the game. The premium won't be on kickers who can boom the ball out of the end zone anymore. It will be on guys who can drop the ball consistently on the 5 yard line with a high trajectory. I'm really not sure how this makes the players any safer, though.
buffs04
Well-Known Member
I really think it is a mistake to try to draw a priori conclusions about how the 25-yard-touchback change will affect the number of returns. While it certainly does incentivize teams to try to not kick touchbacks, it may also virtually eliminate returns originating in the endzone. Apparently, the NCAA believes the net effect will be to reduce the number of returns. In fact, because they are changing two rules simultaneously, it will be essentially impossible to tell whether 25 yard touchbacks increase or decrease returns.
With the amount of sustained injuries that have happened on KOs over the past few years it wouldn't surprise me if they eventually eliminated it. It'll start with HS, but will trickle up to the NFL. As a fan I love KOs and the excitement about them, but I also realize people are getting seriously injured and something may need to be done.
L Buff
Commissar of the Albuffs Collective Left
Uhh guys ... as I read the rule change the 25 yard touchback is effective ONLY ON FREE KICKS ... i.e., after a SAFETY ... not on regular kickoffs.
BehindEnemyLines
beware the habu
And since a free kick (after a safety) is conducted from the team's 20 yard line, how many touchbacks are really gonna happen?
On a side note, moving the kickoff up 5 yards and limiting the kicking team to a 5 yard (vice 10) running start, might make for some interesting plays.
OUBuff
American
We should be well positioned :smile2:
