🏈 Has It ever been acceptable to reach across the line of scrimmage and touch an opponent before the snap?!

[tide92]

What is wrong with Jobe?! That was so stupid !

 

[rick4bama]

His foot was pass the line.

 

[252BAMA]

Should have been a dead ball penalty. Dead as soon as he touched him.

 

[tide92]

Should have been a dead ball penalty. Dead as soon as he touched him.

That’s true. I hadn’t even thought about that.

 

[OldPlayer]

Should have been a dead ball penalty. Dead as soon as he touched him.

Outcome is the same

 

[tide92]

Outcome is the same

True, but I believe the stress resulting from the closeness of the game, which that play greatly contributed to, shaved a couple of years off of my life expectancy.

 

[mando]

Was a mental glitch on 28's part. He was trying to communicate and just forget where he was and what he was doing. Line up off side is one thing but to reach out and touch the offensive player before the snap is a mental hiccup. Crazy...

 

[252BAMA]

Outcome is the same

Yes, but we would not be lamenting missing out on a fumble recovery. There would have been no play.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Was a mental glitch on 28's part. He was trying to communicate and just forget where he was and what he was doing. Line up off side is one thing but to reach out and touch the offensive player before the snap is a mental hiccup. Crazy...

not a"mental glitch”
it pure stupidity...like throwing a players shoe...stupid stupid

 

[mando]

not a"mental glitch”
it pure stupidity...like throwing a players shoe...stupid stupid

I say "mental glitch" because this kid has been sound with his time at Bama and has never shown evidence of stupid plays.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I say "mental glitch" because this kid has been sound with his time at Bama and has never shown evidence of stupid plays.

But ...was it stupid....

 

[BamaFan334]

It wasn't smart, but take a look back at the ball, the Florida center moved the ball where it was over the line. They had scored before the snap if you look at the ball.

 

[mando]

But ...was it stupid....

It was certainly costly and a big time mistake. Call what you want...