[NU Sports] Game winning field goal

[Roy S. Lamberton]

Delay of game is a dead ball foul, something that cannot be declined. (If I remember by
rules)

The play is whistled dead before it starts (like a false start) so it is forever.

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Cyril
S. Ku
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 10:05 PM
To: Northwestern Wildcats
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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