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Post by upandcomer on Oct 12, 2008 19:12:56 GMT -6
For those that did not watch the Texans game today, they go up by 1 point after a touchdown with 3 seconds left. They went for 2 and the play was stuffed. So...the question is:
You score a touchdown and go up by 1 with a few seconds left. What do you do? Go for two?
I've always been a fan of taking a knee and ensuring that you do not turn the ball over and have it taken back for 2 and losing.
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Post by coachd5085 on Oct 12, 2008 19:16:47 GMT -6
Depends on the rules. I believe ( and "confirmed" through a quick internet search of the rules..but who knows if the info is correct) that in both the Federation, and the NFL, the defense can not score on a two point conversion. The play is simply whistled dead if the Defense gains possession of the ball.
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Post by 19delta on Oct 13, 2008 8:11:11 GMT -6
Always thought this was a strange rule.
Why don't Fed rules allow for the defense to run back a PAT turnover for a score? It would seem only fair that if the offense is given a chance to score, the defense should have that same opportunity. The way the rule is now, it's basically a free play for the offense.
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Post by coachd5085 on Oct 13, 2008 19:38:24 GMT -6
delta--my take...is the opposite. Not sure why the NCAA allows the defense an opportunity to score.
It is an "extra" point..a reward for scoring a touchdown. Think of the logic behind the scoring. If you KICK it..you get 3 points. If you penetrate the goalline, you get DOUBLE that (6 ) PLUS the chance for an extra point or two. why should the defense be afforded an opportunity to score during the offenses REWARD.
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Post by eickst on Oct 13, 2008 19:55:37 GMT -6
The defense CAN score on a PAT.
It has never happened however.
The defense would have to recover a fumble or make a pick, then run the ball back and fumble it down around the offense's 1 or 2 yard line, the offense would have to pick it up out of the endzone, run back into the endzone to avoid a tackle and be tackled in the endzone for a safety. It's 1 point for the defense at that point.
That's college only though, sorry
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Post by spreadattack on Oct 13, 2008 20:31:50 GMT -6
The defense CAN score on a PAT. It has never happened however. The defense would have to recover a fumble or make a pick, then run the ball back and fumble it down around the offense's 1 or 2 yard line, the offense would have to pick it up out of the endzone, run back into the endzone to avoid a tackle and be tackled in the endzone for a safety. It's 1 point for the defense at that point. That's college only though, sorry That would be pretty amazing. Some kind of Don Beebe Leon Lett catastrophe, but even worse. |
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Post by mitch on Oct 14, 2008 9:23:06 GMT -6
There was a one-point safety a couple of years ago in a Texas A&M game, but I can't remember how it happened. It may have been as described above, but I remember being totally confused.
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Post by rathernot on Oct 14, 2008 12:29:08 GMT -6
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