Here's the situation:
5 seconds to go in the game, my team is up 7 points. We have the ball at the opponent's 30 yard-line. It's 4th and 8. We play NCAA rules. What do I do?
Here are some points:
- I don't want to take a knee. The other teams QB ripped my defense apart all afternoon with his passes. I don't want to risk a Hail Mary.
- What actually did happen is that we ran up the gut and told our fullback to hang on to the ball and stay up for 5 seconds. It worked, and we won.
- Here's some other ideas I had:
a) QB takes the ball and runs back with all speed and falls down after 5 seconds. No player is going to run 70 yards in less than 5 seconds. I've actually seen this happen.
b) Weirder: QB takes the ball and passes backwards 40 yards to a player. Even if he drops, he will pick up the loose ball before anyone can get there. From there, he can waste the 5 seconds easier than a QB who might fall before 5 seconds or might be caught from behind.
Any other ideas?
2006-12-11 18:49:57 · 9 answers · asked by hilmic 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Some replies:
- I don't want to take a knee because the other teams might throw a loooong pass.
- We asked the referee, and he would, after the safety, make us do a safety punt even after time expires. After the game we (ref & us) agreed that there should be no safety punt after time.
- We don't kick field goals (we = my team). Somehow we never practiced it.
2006-12-11 19:02:43 · update #1
Taking a knee would stop the clock as a change of possesion would give them the ball if it was 4th and 8 which is why you dont take a knee. Their are a couple other options to do one would be pouch punt as the clock starts running when the punter touches the ball but that might give them time for another play. the way i would go as a first down would be tough to get would be spread the formation as in a shotgun 5 recievers or what not and have the qb run about 10 yards back get out of the tackle box and throw a long pass out of bounds that would probably be the safest play or even put a running back in the back field in case of a botched snap. if the qb were to pass back you risk the qb being hit from behind and possibly fumbling which is not what you want to happen. A sweep would be another way as which it is easy to take up time and run a quarter prevent if they have time on the clock still bu that opens up a hail mary type pass for the offence. Its a tough call and no right call in the situation what you guys did seemed to work however so i would consider that a right enough call hope this helped good luck in the future.
2006-12-11 19:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by jonzer25 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Get into shotgun formation. Hike the ball and punt the ball with your QB. Their defense will be thrown way off. That should drain enough time because
The other team has to pick up the ball and run or get out of bounds.
If the ball stays in bounds and the defense freezes, your team can take up more time by not touching the ball right away.
2006-12-11 19:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by Pzee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quarterback could have just run the length of the field and out his own endzone. It's a safety, but 5 seconds will certainly have elapsed after running 80 yards and your team would win by 5 instead of 7.
Also, a good high punt out of the end zone could easily take five seconds from snap till touchback.
2006-12-11 18:57:26 · answer #3 · answered by HemlockBrock 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go for the delay of game, get set back a few yards, etc., or...
Opponent's 30? Why not kick another field goal? That would be a chip-shot for any competent kicker... Or maybe I'm not understanding the scenario fully...
2006-12-11 18:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by perfectlybaked 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
new NCAA rules are on a change of possesion the clock continues to run even on a punt or on a kneel............theres no way a team can get to the line of scrimmage and get off a play.
2006-12-11 19:44:45 · answer #5 · answered by buddy_z34 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
send the ball to your punter have him run towards the sideline and as time expires kick the ball out of bounds.
2006-12-11 21:04:04 · answer #6 · answered by bigpoppa_2x@verizon.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definitely don't advise option B. The others could work, but why are you against taking a knee?
2006-12-11 18:56:28 · answer #7 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only 8 seconds left. They do allow field goals in the NCAA football right? You're up by 7, duh.... a field goal makes it 10, which is up by 2 scores. Are you the coach of the Stanford Cardinals?
2006-12-11 19:47:26 · answer #8 · answered by md.gladiator 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Haha. The Swiss and French made me laugh. Thank you for saying that Angelo. I hate Brazil and most of their glory hunter fans all over the globe.
2016-03-29 04:10:27 · answer #9 · answered by Keyo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋