Assisting the Runner Flag

[bigorangepoppa]

Apparently you can’t pull a runner forward you can only push behind the runner. Olineman was in front of him pulling him forward.

Correct.

 

[HooahVol]

This was a weird call live. Everyone around me had never heard of this before and then they just replayed the down, no loss of yards.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

We got called for this on 4th and 4 in the first quarter. We threw the long touchdown right after so it didnt matter, but is that a new rule? Can anyone weigh on why they called it? I was at the game and it was hard to see.

Remember when Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart's teammates at USCw pushed one of them (I don't remember which) across the goal line in like, 2004 or 2005? That was illegal. And I think it was called as a penalty.

But the following year or two, the NCAA changed the rule so that a player could be pushed. But not pulled. They clearly separated the two. One no longer a penalty, the other still was.

Been that way ever since.

Go Vols!

 

[dobre_shunka]

This was a weird call live. Everyone around me had never heard of this before and then they just replayed the down, no loss of yards.

No, they actually respotted the ball at the original line of scrimmage and then moved it back 2 yards which is what makes no sense. And it is not a spot foul.

 

[WillisWG]

No, they actually respotted the ball at the original line of scrimmage and then moved it back 2 yards which is what makes no sense. And it is not a spot foul.

should have been spotted at 36

4-3

MIS31

(12:16) Shotgun Iamaleava,Nico rush middle for 2 yards gain (2) to the MSST29 (Smith,Isaac; McClendon,Kai) PENALTY TENN Helping the Runner (Heard,Lance) 5 yards from MSST29 to MSST34. [12:04]

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