2015 College Football Season

[New Mexican Disaster]

Everybody who does this for a living agrees with me that the Pac 12 was the toughest conference top to bottom and that the ACC is the weakest of the P5 conferences. This is not a controversial issue.

Ok, I am sorry we won with having played such a weak schedule.

[old_gregg]

congrats on this improbable victory, nmd. what a cinderella story this has been.

[hostile]

Right. I swear the college rule used to be the same as the high school one though. Maybe Clemson thought so, too!

Couldn't someone on Clemson call for a fair catch? Alabama wouldn't be able to touch the ball until after it had hit the ground, right.

[Omaha 680]

Couldn't someone on Clemson call for a fair catch? Alabama wouldn't be able to touch the ball until after it had hit the ground, right.

Yes. There is an exception to the rule in college that if there is an R player in the area with an opportunity to catch the ball (on the fly), the K team has to give him an opportunity to do so, even if no fair catch is called. This is why teams typically bounce the onside kick into the ground because that protection goes away when the ball hits the ground.

Alabama saw a huge open space and executed it perfectly.

[cougjunkie]

Everybody who does this for a living agrees with me that the Pac 12 was the toughest conference top to bottom and that the ACC is the weakest of the P5 conferences. This is not a controversial issue.

Your computer friends and everyone who does this for a living, all disagree.

[New Mexican Disaster]

congrats on this improbable victory, nmd. what a cinderella story this has been.

Thank you. I did not think that this team would be able to accomplish this. I get your sarcasm.

[wuapinmon]

One thing's for certain in South Carolina tonight.....half the state would've been elated, no matter the outcome.

[Lost Student]

Couldn't someone on Clemson call for a fair catch? Alabama wouldn't be able to touch the ball until after it had hit the ground, right.

A BYU player did this several years ago (6-8 years maybe?). The announcers thought it was a heads-up play. Don't remember who it was.

edit: Andrew Stacey in 2006

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/6...am.html?pg=all

[smokymountainrain]

Couldn't someone on Clemson call for a fair catch? Alabama wouldn't be able to touch the ball until after it had hit the ground, right.

Yes, if they were in position to do so. The kicking team has to give the receiving team the opportunity to catch it if they are in the vicinity. Clemson wasn't there, so it was perfectly legal.

[MartyFunkhouser]

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[SCcoug]

Yes, along with every other championship game preview.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Morgan Scalley was a prophet.

https://twitter.com/SafetyPride/stat...13524190638080

I like Scalley being a team player and standing with Krysko, user name is SafetyPride.

[Commando]

I like Scalley being a team player and standing with Krysko, user name is SafetyPride.

[MartyFunkhouser]

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[hostile]

Yes, if they were in position to do so. The kicking team has to give the receiving team the opportunity to catch it if they are in the vicinity. Clemson wasn't there, so it was perfectly legal.

I'm not saying it wasn't legal. I think it was a great play call and execution. I'm not sure how the rules define "in the vicinity." It would have been interesting if the nearest Clemson player had called for a fair catch and then Alabama caught the ball. Would the refs called a penalty?