[NU Sports] Game winning field goal

[Jim Leonard]

I don't know the exact answer, but I have never seen it decline. I'm thinking 
that since it's a penalty that occurs before the ball is live that the other 
team cannot decline. 

Go Cats!
Jim




----- Original Message ----
From: Cyril S. Ku <cyril at alumni.northwestern.edu>
To: Northwestern Wildcats <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Sat, October 2, 2010 9:05:13 PM
Subject: [NU Sports] Game winning field goal

Can someone have better football knowledge than me answer the following 
question:

NU took a 5-yard penalty (delay of game) on the last field goal. The ESPN 
commentator said something to the effect that a 27-yard field goal would have a 
better angle for the kicker than a field goal less than 25 yards. If that's the 
case, why Minnesota did not decline the penalty? Why they accepted the penalty 
and let Demos have a better angle to kick the field goal?

Cyril Ku


      

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