2006-11-10 02:02:55 · 4 answers · asked by jrkinsman_2000 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
the ball has to go in a forward motion.....
if you happen to place your hands where the ball was spiked before the ball reached any part of the ground, you would have an interception
in 1991, steve walsh thought he spiked the ball. it was ruled a lateral and a 49er picked it up and ran for a touchdown
the saints lost that game
on a kickoff, the ball is live after it reaches ten yards by the kicking team, providing no one has gone offside on the kickoff
it's still a live ball for the kicking team even if it bounces back to where the kickoff line was, as demonstrated in a game involving the eagles
on an onside kick the ball just has to reach a point of ten yards for the kicking team to recover
2006-11-10 02:13:39 · answer #1 · answered by strangebizarreman 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because an incomplete pass stops the game clock, a team’s quarterback will sometimes “spike” the ball (throw it directly at the ground) in order to stop the clock without using a time out. This is most commonly done when a team is trying to score points late in the second or fourth quarter and/or when the team has run out of time-outs.
2006-11-10 10:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by wsamson_7121 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ball is going in forward motion and it is part of the play...kind of like an incomplete pass.....
2006-11-10 12:08:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have wondered about that one myself. Another one that bothers me is the onside kick.
2006-11-10 10:08:04 · answer #4 · answered by SCHSFAN 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋