[Husker] Football Rule changes for 2012

[Mike Jaixen]

If the helmet comes off due to a penalty, then the player can stay in the game.  However, once the helmet comes off, he is supposed to stop competing for safety reasons.  That could actually create an incentive to grab the face mask, though.

 
Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
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 From: Tommy Thompson <huskertt at charter.net>
To: husker at tssi.com; Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> 
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Football Rule changes for 2012
 
Outstanding news on the helmets.  I've wondered for a couple of years why this continues to happen.

Tommy Thompson (Pa)
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at tssi.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:56 PM
Subject: [Husker] Football Rule changes for 2012


> The NCAA will join the NFL in in 2012 in moving kickoffs from the 30 to
> the 35 yard line.
> 
> However, the NCAA will also move touchbacks to the 25 instead of the 20.
> ESPN says is suppposed to  encourage more touchbacks.  That may be true for
> the receiving team, but if that affects field goals as well as kickoffs,
> it isn't clear how that will affect kicking team decision making.
> 
> A rule I have favored for a while has also been passed.  A player whose
> helmet comes off during a play must leave the game for one play.
> 
> I wonder if that will apply to plays where the helmet is ripped off
> by a defender?
> 
> There are also new rules on blocking below the waist and on punt
> returns.  Also, players cannot leap over blockers when trying
> to block punts.
> 
> Spring and fall drills will have to deal with these rule changes a
> lot, I suspect.  (For officials, too.)
> 
> See http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7611324/ncaa-moves-kickoffs-30-yard-line-35
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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