🏈 This. Is. Football.

 

[im4uainva]

Ow.

 

[rick4bama]

SEC Officials in one game would be roughing the punter, in another one no flag!

 

[BamaFan334]

That was targeting in Austin this past weekend.

 

[Bama Guy]

If you play it back in slow motion, it's roughing the kicker, targeting, holding and a face mask.

 

[64Tide]

Betting he doesn’t pick ball up and try to punt again…ever

 

[Krimson]

Good morning

 

[TerryP]

If you play it back in slow motion, it's roughing the kicker, targeting, holding and a face mask.

Nah. If anything, a false start on the punter. He tried.

 

[Crtuneman]

This is what it looks like when the little brother insists he can play tackle football with the older boys and then gets hit for the first time. LOL

 

[PurlJam]

SEC Officials in one game would be roughing the punter, in another one no flag!

That depends. If it was our guy hitting the punter, it's roughing, targeting, holding, pass interference, illegal substitution, false start and delay of game. If it's our guy punting the ball, it's Illegal touching, Ineligible receiver, Illegal forward pass, 2 players with the same number, and intentional grounding.

 

[alabama mike]

From the moment he picks the ball up off the ground, doesn’t he become a runner?

 

[Justneedme81]

That's crazy!

 

[PurlJam]

From the moment he picks the ball up off the ground, doesn’t he become a runner?

He does. Fair game.

 

[TerryP]

From the moment he picks the ball up off the ground, doesn’t he become a runner?

He does. Fair game.

Mike, by "rule," he is no longer in an indefensible position. The loss of possession changes everything; much like Aaron Murray getting his helmet rearranged after the INT.

 

[alabama mike]

He does. Fair game.

Mike, by "rule," he is no longer in an indefensible position. The loss of possession changes everything; much like Aaron Murray getting his helmet rearranged after the INT.

That’s exactly what I thought. We always practiced hammering the punter mishandled the snap when I coached. I thought there may have been another rule change for safety. Yes, pure sarcasm.

 

[footballer]

I've always believed that the punter is fair game. Whether you tackle or hit him before he kicks the ball or if he does get his foot on the ball, then you have to touch or block the punt. As yall have stated already, if he fumbles the snap or it's a bad snap over his head for instance, he is fair game either way.

 

[Secondand26]

From the moment he picks the ball up off the ground, doesn’t he become a runner?

That's what I was thinking. The rule may have changed, but back in the day, if a snap hit the ground, the punter was fair game.