Can't read? Can't write? Kent State...

• sjmvsfscs08

  http://deadspin.com/5939452/stupidest-football-play-in-history-occurs-as-player-returns-fumble-58-yards-in-wrong-direction-only-to-have-opponents-tackle-him
  
• bigkahuna

  sjmvsfscs08;1258308 wrote:http://deadspin.com/5939452/stupidest-football-play-in-history-occurs-as-player-returns-fumble-58-yards-in-wrong-direction-only-to-have-opponents-tackle-him
  

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• Sonofanump

  Kent State ball at the 8 yard line.
• Sonofanump

  Also, if this was a fumble and not a muff, who is stupider, the guy for running the wrong way, or the guy tackling the guy running the wrong way?
• Pick6

  

  only at kent state.
• vball10set

  *more stupid
• Sonofanump

  Stupider applies here.
• vball10set

  Sonofanump;1258619 wrote:Stupider applies here.

  lol :thumbup:
• sleeper

  

  Can't win? Can't play? Notre Dame.
• vball10set

  ^^^ouch
• Laley23

  

  Loved it. About 5 things wrong. First a muffed punt. Then returned the wrong way. Then guys blocking for him. Then guys tackling him. Then the whole play was dead when he picked it up lol.
• vball10set

  Laley23;1258790 wrote:Loved it. About 5 things wrong. First a muffed punt. Then returned the wrong way. Then guys blocking for him. Then guys tackling him. Then the whole play was dead when he picked it up lol.

  Get used to this on Sundays until they get the ref issues resolved
• thePITman

  

  The refs got it right, though. After the play finished, they spotted the ball at the 6 or 7 yard line.
• Pick6

  

  I dont understand why the play was dead once he picked it up. That a new rule or something? Somebody please explain.
• mhs95_06

  Pick6;1258892 wrote:I dont understand why the play was dead once he picked it up. That a new rule or something? Somebody please explain.

  It is not a new rule. When a punt is muffed(not a fumble), it dead as soon as the punting team gains possession, with no advancement possible(even if it is negative advancement). It would only be a fumble if the punt receiver catches it and holds on long enough to establish possession.
• Sonofanump

  mhs95_06;1258921 wrote:It is not a new rule. When a punt is muffed(not a fumble), it dead as soon as the punting team gains possession, with no advancement possible(even if it is negative advancement). It would only be a fumble if the punt receiver catches it and holds on long enough to establish possession.

  Good explaination. Reps.
• Sonofanump

  Pick6;1258892 wrote:I dont understand why the play was dead once he picked it up. That a new rule or something? Somebody please explain.

  No, it has been rule as long as I have been alive.
• Pick6

  

  Thanks. Never realized that was a rule I guess. But then again you don't see muffed punts advanced normally.
• superman

  Sonofanump;1258925 wrote:No, it has been rule as long as I have been alive.

  Why does the rule exist?
• Laley23

  

  superman;1259299 wrote:Why does the rule exist?

  Because how can you have a turnover if the other team never possess the ball?
• superman

  Laley23;1259472 wrote:Because how can you have a turnover if the other team never possess the ball?

  But it was a turnover, Kent got the ball.
• Sonofanump

  superman;1259494 wrote:But it was a turnover, Kent got the ball.

  No. Towsen never had possession of the ball, therefore it was not a turnover because the kick never ended.
• ksig489

  I was expecting to see a Shane Falco like tackle by one of his own teammates.
• Gardens35

  Kent's '72 MAC Champs honored here.....http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/sep/03/kent-state-reunion-honors-ssrq-team/?newswatch
• ts1227

  

  This play is kicking Barry Zito's 30 foot eephus pitch's ass in the "Worst of the Worst "voting for the Sportscenter not top ten.
  
  http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/polls?pCat=114&sCat=13