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Michigan State 23, Illinois 15 Postgame
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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1811614" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>I believe the call was that he had signaled for a fair catch and let it bounce, therefore when he caught the bounce it was Illinois ball at the spot he caught it rather than the 25 where you'd get it fair catching the ball on the fly.</p><p></p><p>To be honest, I have no idea what the rule is there. Obviously a bouncing ball on a kickoff is live and thus very different than a punt and I'd never considered the way the new kickoff fair catch rule interacted with that. Maybe the rule is that the fair catch signal turns the live kickoff into a non-live punt-type ball. That would make the call make sense.</p><p></p><p>It was crystal clear we'd instructed our returners not to attempt to catch the ball out of the air unless they were 10,000% sure. Probably a wise instruction on punts, but on kickoffs that led to a number of plays near the sideline where guys were making decisions they weren't used to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1811614, member: 746137"] I believe the call was that he had signaled for a fair catch and let it bounce, therefore when he caught the bounce it was Illinois ball at the spot he caught it rather than the 25 where you'd get it fair catching the ball on the fly. To be honest, I have no idea what the rule is there. Obviously a bouncing ball on a kickoff is live and thus very different than a punt and I'd never considered the way the new kickoff fair catch rule interacted with that. Maybe the rule is that the fair catch signal turns the live kickoff into a non-live punt-type ball. That would make the call make sense. It was crystal clear we'd instructed our returners not to attempt to catch the ball out of the air unless they were 10,000% sure. Probably a wise instruction on punts, but on kickoffs that led to a number of plays near the sideline where guys were making decisions they weren't used to. [/QUOTE]
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