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The Pickett fake slide TD controversy

With all the bs pussified QB problem protections he should definitely be ruled down the moment he begins the act of a slide (faking included)...hell I’d go as far to say if you wanna allow faking by protected players that’s great...just remove the stupid protections

It’s a. Lose Lose situation for defenders that have to deal with all these ludicrous rules and protections
 
I don't even understand why the slide is a college rule. To my knowledge it exists in the pros because teams cannot afford to lose 20 million dollar QBs. Not sure why it applies to college.
 
It was a brilliant move by Pickett when he saw the defender basically stop playing. You rarely see this happen because defenders usually don't defend the play that poorly.

thesteelcity said:
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next time a QB gets hit "looking like he may slide", they can thank Kenny Pickett. When I watched it in real time, I was impressed with his speed, but looked at it again and the defense let up, that's the difference. There's a still-shot I saw that his knee was about 6" from the grass. Refs should have blew the whistle. Idon't know if there needs to be a rule, but it's an either/or situation. Slide so you don't get hit to protect the QBs like we've always hear or run and get hit. Can't bend the rule because a QB will get knocked out trying to slide if the D is unsure.
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Yeah, I just don't think this is going to happen because if you properly defend the play, the quarterback WILL slide. Wake didn't and Narduzzi tweeted out this gem showing how it's done. Other than some occasional knucklehead who just plays dumb, the whole defenders are now gonna kill the QB is way overblown. They'll play it properly.

 
Thoughts on Pitt foosball:
Mark Whipple, you can't wait a couple weeks to coach your guys in a bowl game? You're a ********.
Coach Dooz, see if you can find a booster to front a $5 million insurance policy on Kenny Pickett for a few hours so he's not worried about playing.
Kenny PIckett, you do you, I'm okay either way.
 
Defenses will have a way of keeping the QB honest. Personal foul 15 yards may be worth it.



Salute the nation
 
Drink IRON City said:
Defenses will have a way of keeping the QB honest. Personal foul 15 yards may be worth it.
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Paul Zeis was saying tonight just make a fake slide a 15 yard penalty on the QB and it'll stop right away.
 
Ron Burgundy said:
Paul Zeis was saying tonight just make a fake slide a 15 yard penalty on the QB and it'll stop right away.
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That's a great idea but I like the defensive side of things................................ nasty as I am.


Payton Manning did it once against us and our "D" fell for it. I never saw Manning try that ever again because he knows what would have happened as in him getting broken in two.






Salute the nation
 
Ron Burgundy said:
Thoughts on Pitt foosball:
Mark Whipple, you can't wait a couple weeks to coach your guys in a bowl game? You're a ********.
Coach Dooz, see if you can find a booster to front a $5 million insurance policy on Kenny Pickett for a few hours so he's not worried about playing.
Kenny PIckett, you do you, I'm okay either way.
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I am cutting whipple some slack… he wanted to leave for family reasons and almost resigned last season without a job lined up… plus i am under the impression that working for Narduzzi is not exactly fun… its a shame the ncaa doesn’t limit guys switching jobs before the bowl games but thats the expectation of the industry… it doesn’t sound as if he burned bridges here… he is a really good coach
 
This is what happens with more rules being made - they need more rules to keep the "fair". It's the Tom Brady Effect.

Does anyone even know what a "catch" is in football anymore? Case and point.

How about backing way the heck off of all these rules, and just play football?
 
Just eliminate the slide rule. He faked out the defense, but so does a pump fake, faking running out of bounds, and a fake spike. Do these require yet more subjective rule interpretations?
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Just eliminate the slide rule. He faked out the defense, but so does a pump fake, faking running out of bounds, and a fake spike. Do these require yet more subjective rule interpretations?
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That is the issue. More rules need more rules to interpret the original more rules. It's killing the game.
 
There are no additional rules needed, the zebras need to learn to enforce the rules already in place. The current rule states that a QB is down at the point he initiates the slide. Does not mean where your *** touches down at or where your knee touches down at, but where you initiate the sliding motion. The play should have been blown dead when he initiated the slide and the ball spotted at that location. Once again, ****** officiating will lead to more "rules" when the 80 year old men they have on the field can't even figure out how to keep up with the game and call the existing rules.
 
Steeler Pride said:
There are no additional rules needed, the zebras need to learn to enforce the rules already in place. The current rule states that a QB is down at the point he initiates the slide. Does not mean where your *** touches down at or where your knee touches down at, but where you initiate the sliding motion. The play should have been blown dead when he initiated the slide and the ball spotted at that location. Once again, ****** officiating will lead to more "rules" when the 80 year old men they have on the field can't even figure out how to keep up with the game and call the existing rules.
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That's a hell of a judgement call, though. Quarterback cuts and his feet slip forward a little. Was he initiating a slide, or did his feet just slip?
 
FatsHolmes said:
That's a hell of a judgement call, though. Quarterback cuts and his feet slip forward a little. Was he initiating a slide, or did his feet just slip?
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If you can't tell the difference, you have no business being on an NCAA of NFL field.
 
FatsHolmes said:
You could say the same thing about complete passes and holding. Somehow they make a fiasco of both of them as well.
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No, the NFL has made a travesty out of both of them by adding rules, verbiage...etc because the incompetent zebras they have on the field could not call anything consistently. We don't need more rules, clarifications, or interpretations...just competent officials.
 
Ron Burgundy said:
Paul Zeis was saying tonight just make a fake slide a 15 yard penalty on the QB and it'll stop right away.
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Yeah, that goes along perfectly with penalizing all of the other potentially entertaining plays they've already removed from football.
 
Steeler Pride said:
No, the NFL has made a travesty out of both of them by adding rules, verbiage...etc because the incompetent zebras they have on the field could not call anything consistently. We don't need more rules, clarifications, or interpretations...just competent officials.
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And you don't think the same thing would happen to the slide rule?
 
I mean you have kickers that fall down every time a rusher gets close, defensive players that fake injuries when thry get winded, and a slew of other gamesmanship things that go on… you can’t legislate them all out… defend the run right and it isn’t an issue
 
topseed said:
Yeah, that goes along perfectly with penalizing all of the other potentially entertaining plays they've already removed from football.
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I'm tired of watching the refs make the games about the rules and not about great plays. Between ticky tack calls and too many unnecessary reviews, so much of the joy and excitement is taken out of the game. Officials need less airtime, not more.
 
Great run but definitely a blurred line. The defensive players need to make sure he actually slides. Refs definitely could've blown this dead since he appeared to give himself up
 
I get all the locals in here who think it was some amazing play. It wasn't. The rules are set up to overprotect QB's already. Had the defender took his damn head off like he should have everyone would be crying about that. The rule should have always been, as soon as the QB slows down and starts his slide look, the play is over. They benefitted from it, but it was bullshit.
 
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