[Husker] Writer bemoans loss of Fumblerooski

[Dick Karre]

Bob Clouston (rclousto) wrote:
> Does anyone know exactly how they've banned it?  I mean, there is no
> "Rule 12.4(7b), The offense cannot run the Fumblerooski", right?   How
> did they word it?  No lineman can advance a fumbled snap?  Are they
> enforcing it as an intentional fumble?  I've always wondered.

I thought the rules now prohibit deliberately giving the ball to an 
interior lineman, which is what the Fumblerooski does. That's why I 
thought Michigan should have been flagged on that (almost disastrous) 
final play: one of the last laterals was directed to, and first touched 
by, an OL. But it could be something I imagined, given that the crack 
officiating crew didn't call a penalty. Oh, yeah, they'd already left 
the field.
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Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net