Someone please explain
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That’s a fantastic question….. maybe that’s something he can usually do to get more hang time….. maybe? Seems like something you’d do against Akron or Wofford though.
I believe he was trying to do a directional type kick where it goes to a specific spot on the field. The goal would be to cover it quickly and hold them inside the 20 yard line as opposed to an automatic spot at the 25 yard line.
We had just put points on the board, the game was in hand - ish - so we got "cute" - they got the ball at the 40 or some nonsense and promptly scored a TD.
IT. WAS. DUMB.
It seems that Beamer just can't help himself. Enough of the cute plays.
I think that was the plan. Hindsight should help pointnout that sometimes we're better off just running a normal play.
Isn't there a rule where you can drop kick for 2 points if it goes through the uprights? If so why don't teams use it?
I think it's a lost art. I mean, you've really got to go back at least to the 1940s (I think) to find the drop-kick as a common approach. We used to mess with it on the sandlots when I was a boy but straight-on kicking was the thing in the 1950s and most of the 1960s.
and that stupid swinging gate thing on extra points.
i know i know it worked vs lsu. we did that in high school...never gained anything from it
From a regular play from scrimmage, a drop kick going through the goal posts is a field goal - the same functionally as a place kick.
And for a PAT, it's one point, whether place kick or drop kick.
Weren't the ends of the football more rounded back then (a little closer to a rugby ball)?
The ball is somewhat more spherical in modern times, to accommodate increased passing.
I assumed maybe he had some success in practice with it and/or was in the coaches ear to let him try it out.
Wait, MORE spherical? I thought it was rounder, or more spherical before?
Wouldn't stretching the ball out to be more elongated help passing?
Granted, I am not an aerodynamic expert.
I meant to refer to something that is basically round at its center, but is oblong with pointed ends. The ball was rounder in the old days, but became thinner in the middle and more pointed at the ends with the proliferation of the forward pass. Sorry for the misunderstanding.