Craziest Field Goal Ever?
@espn Have you ever seen this? Texas Lutheran's Tyler Hopkins has FG blocked only to kick again off bounce for 18-yard FG! #sctop10 #D3fb pic.twitter.com/VYVT264j5a
— TLU Bulldogs (@tluathletics) September 17, 2017
September 16th, 2017 at 10:52 PM ^
@espn Have you ever seen this? Texas Lutheran's Tyler Hopkins has FG blocked only to kick again off bounce for 18-yard FG! #sctop10 #D3fb pic.twitter.com/VYVT264j5a
— TLU Bulldogs (@tluathletics) September 17, 2017
September 16th, 2017 at 11:52 PM ^
get any credit for it.
September 17th, 2017 at 11:01 AM ^
September 16th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^
So uhhh does that count?
September 16th, 2017 at 10:58 PM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
September 16th, 2017 at 10:57 PM ^
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September 16th, 2017 at 10:57 PM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 12:15 AM ^
My favorite kick though for one that I was actually there for was the 2012 MSU game at home.
September 17th, 2017 at 7:24 AM ^
September 16th, 2017 at 10:59 PM ^
September 16th, 2017 at 11:07 PM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 8:13 AM ^
Yeah, the weather was horrible for that game. But UM fans are awesome because we still put ~106,000 people in the stands!!
(Do I need the /s? I feel like I don't need it...)
September 16th, 2017 at 11:00 PM ^
You can still dropkick (hit the ground and then kick it through) for the same about of points. 3 on a FG or 1 on XP.
That's the best thing I've seen all day.
Dollars to donuts, that kicker played a bunch of soccer.
September 16th, 2017 at 11:47 PM ^
in the pros... I thought the defense cant rush, nor try to block a drop-kick
September 17th, 2017 at 6:17 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 6:34 AM ^
* nfm
September 16th, 2017 at 11:03 PM ^
stats the kicker is listed as 1 for 1, so it counted.
September 16th, 2017 at 11:05 PM ^
I bet there was a consultation over this one.
September 16th, 2017 at 11:05 PM ^
Kicker: Pffttttt. I don't need a holder.
September 16th, 2017 at 11:14 PM ^
and there wasn't a forward pass so it's technically like a fumble. It can be kicked again and it counts
September 17th, 2017 at 12:23 PM ^
Does the defensive player get credit for the first block or does him sinking the second attempt nullify the block altogether?
September 16th, 2017 at 11:34 PM ^
September 16th, 2017 at 11:38 PM ^
A double forward kick to me...
September 16th, 2017 at 11:59 PM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 12:00 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 12:12 AM ^
That crowd noise is deafening.
September 17th, 2017 at 12:28 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 12:52 AM ^
It's definitely illegal. You can't kick a loose ball. But whatever, it's awesome and therefore it should count and I guess the refs agree with me.
September 17th, 2017 at 12:56 AM ^
Copy and past'd
According to the NCAA rule book, “any free kick or scrimmage kick continues to be a kick until it is caught
or recovered by a player or becomes dead.” The kick was never recovered by anyone.
Also according to the rule book, “it is a legal kick if it is made by Team A — in or behind the neutral zone during a scrimmage down before team possession changes.” Possession never changed and the kick was made behind the neutral zone.
September 17th, 2017 at 1:21 PM ^
It's funny how people can be so sure of themself and make a statement like "it's definitely illegal" and be flat out wrong.
September 18th, 2017 at 11:20 AM ^
But kicking a loose ball is illegal, so I'd say it shouldn't count.
September 17th, 2017 at 12:59 AM ^
Amounts to a drop kick without the use of the hands, a play that's been in existence longer than the forward pass.
September 17th, 2017 at 7:05 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^
It's certainly a weird kick and I've never seen anything like it. I'm wondering the circumstances, though, that led them to kick a field goal when they were on the one or two yard line... Kirk Ferentz coaches them too?
September 17th, 2017 at 10:11 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 2:12 PM ^
the coaches may need to make sure Nordin knows this play.
September 17th, 2017 at 2:37 PM ^
It is true that it remains a kick until it is possessed by a player. This is one case of it being a loose ball. (Other cases are punts, fumbles, etc.) In all circumstances, it is illegal to kick a loose ball. In NCAA rules, this is a 15 yard penalty and loss of down. (In high school or the NFL, it's not a loss of down.) Since the offense gave the impetus for the ball to enter the end zone, if the defense declines the penalty, the result would be a touchback, first and ten at the 20 for the defense. Also, if the kicker had actually possessed the ball, he could have attempted a drop kick still legally, as the ball had never crossed the line of scrimmage. But he would have actually had to establish possession first.