Time for football? Article about linemen downfield rule proposed change

[vacock#]

From the article:

The NCAA rules committee has proposed changing the illegal man downfield
penalty - Rule 7, Article 10 in the NCAA book - shortening the distance
linemen can move downfield before the ball is thrown to 1 yard, which
matches the NFL rule.


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/change-illegal-man-downfield-rule-could-boost-defenses-010948370--ncaaf.html

 

[Rod Dangerfield]

I like it.

 

[Section4Gamecock]

I don't like it. This rule would remove from our playbook the tailback middle screen (that looks like a slany pattern)where the center blocks the middle linebacker.

Marcus lattimore scored in the red zone on this play against #1 Bama in 2010. There is probably video of the CBS announcers diagramming it on replay.

As I recall, we tried to run this play at least two times in 2014, both unsuccessfully. Regardless, it is a great play when executed properly.