Fuzzy Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 This is the one that went against Antonio Bell, right? Quote Link to comment
TheKiD Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Rule 9, Section 3, Article 4 e. When a legal forward pass crosses the neutral zone during a forward-pass play and a contact foul that is not pass interference is committed beyond the neutral zone, the enforcement spot is the previous spot. This includes Rule 9-3-4-c (A.R. 7-3-9-I and A.R. 9-3-4-I and II). PENALTY—10 or 15 yards from the previous spot, plus first down if the foul occurred against an eligible receiver before the pass was touched [s38, S42, S43 or S45]. It would seem to me that the penalty was indeed a personal foul and the ref misstated the penalty, or the enforcement was wrong and the refs will be hearing from either the B10 and/or NCAA about it. That isn't the correct rule citation. The one you cited only has to do on passing plays which is where you most often see defensive holding. This was called on a running play. From Rule 9:ARTICLE 4. a. Defensive players may use hands and arms to push, pull, ward off or lift offensive players when attempting to reach the runner. b. Defensive players may not use hands and arms to tackle, hold or otherwise illegally obstruct an opponent other than a runner. PENALTY—10 yards [s42]. So the 10 yards was correct. 5 yards and an automatic first down is the NFL rule. As far as the enforcement, I also thought that seemed odd but it appears to be correct: From Rule 10Determining the Enforcement Spot ARTICLE 2. <snip> c. The Three-and-One Principle (Rule 2-33) is as follows: 1. When the team in possession commits a foul behind the basic spot, the penalty is enforced at the spot of the foul. 2. When the team in possession commits a foul beyond the basic spot, the penalty is enforced at the basic spot. 3. When the team not in possession commits a foul either behind or beyond the basic spot, the penalty is enforced at the basic spot. d. The following are basic spots for the various categories of plays: 1. Running plays. (a) Previous spot, when the related run ends behind the neutral zone. (b) End of the related run, when the related run ends beyond the neutral zone. © End of the related run, on running plays that have no neutral zone. So, as crazy as that seemed, it appears it was enforced correctly. Whoops, my bad.. I thought it did occur during a passing play. I stand corrected! Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 This is the one that went against Antonio Bell, right? I believe so. Quote Link to comment
whereitallbegan Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I was hammered at the game, and I'm sure it's been said already, but why was there a personal foul called? Quote Link to comment
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