🏈 The Kickoff At the Opponents' 15

[bama alum]

This happened tonight during the Thompson three-peat. I have never seen this...ever. I bet you haven't either.

Forty-five yards of unsportsmanlike penalties were all added to the kickoff. Central Phenix learned from Patrick Nix pretty well. In the second half, his team was driving, and then he couldn't keep his mouth shut, which earned him a fifteen yard penalty.

Later in the game, the original instigator committed a second waaaaaaaaaaaay late hit and was finally tossed out of the game.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Very on brand for the Nix family.

 

[bama alum]

Very on brand for the Nix family.

Central Phenix racked up 90 yards in unsportsmanlike penalty yards. Six of those suckers... Great reflection on the coach.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Central Phenix racked up 90 yards in unsportsmanlike penalty yards. Six of those suckers... Great reflection on the coach.

"It's no secret that the AHSAA officials favor Thompson, always have..."

-Patrick Nix (probably)

 

[rick4bama]

He may still having and overlap of last Saturday!! Apple don't fall far from the cow pasture!

 

[BamaFan334]

I was hoping they ran the onside kick there, but I was also hoping he would just blast a line drive right at one of their players.

 

[PurlJam]

Centrals QB is Caleb Nix.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

That is actually a fantastic kick from that range. I doubt anybody ever practices a kick off that absolutely can't go past about 15 yards without costing you yardage. Central may have been better off trying to avoid it, block the kicking team from getting past them, and let it go into the end zone to be covered.

 

[bama alum]

That is actually a fantastic kick from that range. I doubt anybody ever practices a kick off that absolutely can't go past about 15 yards without costing you yardage. Central may have been better off trying to avoid it, block the kicking team from getting past them, and let it go into the end zone to be covered.

Or in this case Patrick Nix's coaching

 

[OldPlayer]

That is actually a fantastic kick from that range. I doubt anybody ever practices a kick off that absolutely can't go past about 15 yards without costing you yardage. Central may have been better off trying to avoid it, block the kicking team from getting past them, and let it go into the end zone to be covered.

The kick didn’t go 10 yards. Even if they recovered it, they would be penalized and the ball turned over.

 

[alabama mike]

Wow! That is a horrible reflection on the team, coach and school. You just cant fix stupid.

 

[TerryP]

The kick didn’t go 10 yards. Even if they recovered it, they would be penalized and the ball turned over.

I don't believe that's what he's saying. They were on the 15 so the kick couldn't go past 15 yards (touch back.) It's a good kick meaning it only went seven or eight yards and then it was down. 1st and 10, from their own 7.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I don't believe that's what he's saying. They were on the 15 so the kick couldn't go past 15 yards (touch back.) It's a good kick meaning it only went seven or eight yards and then it was down. 1st and 10, from their own 7.

Exactly. The perfect kick would have been hard as hell right at a receiving team member that bounces right back to you. But that has a chance of missing and going straight out of the endzone where they get it at the 25 (10 yards past where you originally kicked it from) or worse it goes out of bounds at the 1/2 yard line without touching anyone. This was the safe choice but had to be executed perfectly. It also did have the possibility that the guy would not field it clean and you can recover. Worst case is probably first and ten at the 10. Best case is you recover the muff.