Kent State Punts, Gets Fumble, Returns it 50 Yds in Wrong Direction
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August 30th, 2012 at 10:54 PM ^
True. We should have realized this rule. It's like the muffed punt we recovered to beat Wisconsin in 2001 where it couldn't be advanced so Hayden Epstein just kicked the field goal to win it.
August 30th, 2012 at 10:58 PM ^
And it's also the reason we beat Notre Dame 35-31 and not 41-31 in the UTL game last year (remember the T. Robinson recovery of the final kickoff of the game that he advanced to the endzone but was ruled a muff and not a fumble).
August 31st, 2012 at 12:05 AM ^
I was under the impression that there is no such thing as muffing a kickoff. Aren't kickoffs live unless someone calls a fair catch or the ball touches the end zone? I thought they ruled him down before he fumbled through the endzone. And since it could not have affected the outcome of the game no one bothered to review it.
August 31st, 2012 at 12:54 AM ^
The ball is live on a kickoff, but the kicking team cannot advance it - unless the receiving team has possession and fumbles first. The ND returner touched the ball but did not possess it, so the play was dead once we picked it up.
August 31st, 2012 at 1:00 AM ^
You're right but wrong. They are live after ten yard but they cannot be advanced by the kicking team.
August 31st, 2012 at 8:40 AM ^
As stated by others, the ball is live, but muffed kickoffs can not be advanced by the kicking team.
If you were at the game, and happened to be looking the right direction, you would have seen the referee blowing the ball dead as soon as Michigan established possession, marking it at the 14 yard line. The official play-by-play confirms this as well--Michigan recovery at the Notre Dame 14, no advancement.
August 30th, 2012 at 11:53 PM ^
embarrasing, regardless.
August 30th, 2012 at 11:04 PM ^
Doesn't matter whether he got tackled or not... you cannot advance a muff. The ball should be blown dead at the spot of recovery. Speaking of muffs:
August 31st, 2012 at 12:08 AM ^
Here in Northeast Ohio, we say you can go to college or you can go to Kent!
College player picked up the ball and ran the wrong way. Did not hurt his team and now he has a great highlight to show his kids. Laugh and the world laughs with you! Think of it sort of like the Stanford Cal band kickoff return play and enjoy it.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 31st, 2012 at 12:23 AM ^
August 31st, 2012 at 12:26 AM ^
Kent read, Kent write, Kent State.
August 31st, 2012 at 7:43 AM ^
August 31st, 2012 at 12:10 AM ^
It would have been so much better if nobody chased him and he celebrated like a mad man when he got a safety.
August 31st, 2012 at 12:43 AM ^
August 31st, 2012 at 1:15 AM ^
not cool man
August 31st, 2012 at 12:58 AM ^
thats funny... i have always made up such plays in my mind and laughed at the stupidity of the whole situation....they should have shown the coach's reactions too....
August 31st, 2012 at 8:42 AM ^
In Ohio...
August 31st, 2012 at 8:58 AM ^
I laughed initially but I feel bad for this guy.