Rule Changes to NCAA Football

[UNTLifer]

There are a couple of changes I would love to see in regards to the rules of collegiate football.

1. If a runner goes down on their own and is not touched by a defender, then they can get up and proceed with the play.

2.   Yards lost to sacks not be deducted from a QB's rushing total.

[meaniegreenie]

27 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

There are a couple of changes I would love to see in regards to the rules of collegiate football.

1. If a runner goes down on their own and is not touched by a defender, then they can get up and proceed with the play.

2.   Yards lost to sacks not be deducted from a QB's rushing total.

Not sure how many times #1 occurs during a game/season, so don't know how much impact it would have.
It is an odd that the rule exists as it is.  I guess there's still the exception of intentionally "downing a knee" which allows a player to end the play.

But now, we'll start getting reviews of:
 - did the player first go down to a knee before getting hit?
 - did the player get touched while he was on the ground?

Since your change is the way it is in the NFL, I guess we could look to that to see how often it occurs and how often it needs to get reviewed.

[El Paso Eagle]

Hate thinking that we need more rules but something they have to address is the players that are faking injuries bro slow down the momentum of another team and the ones that are just straight out flopping onto the ground to try and get a penalty thrown against the other team. 

[Graddean]

If I am not mistaken, the NFL deducts sack yardage from passing stats.  It may give a more accurate picture of rushing and passing offense.  It doesn’t change total offense.

[GMG_Dallas]

2 hours ago, meaniegreenie said:

Not sure how many times #1 occurs during a game/season, so don't know how much impact it would have.
It is an odd that the rule exists as it is.  I guess there's still the exception of intentionally "downing a knee" which allows a player to end the play.

But now, we'll start getting reviews of:
 - did the player first go down to a knee before getting hit?
 - did the player get touched while he was on the ground?

Since your change is the way it is in the NFL, I guess we could look to that to see how often it occurs and how often it needs to get reviewed.

I watch more NFL than is healthy and it's really not a common review. In today's college game, you're still reviewing if a player was down. The situation where a player went down without giving himself up and wasn't touched are pretty slim. The question is usually just was the player touched and/or was the player actually down (already happens in college). In the NFL, a player doesn't have to be touched *while* on the ground if the contact resulted in the player going down so that's rarely a question. The most common reviews relating to that is when a player is rolled over another player's body and then keeps running without going down which is already reviewed in college or when a player recovers a turnover, goes down in the process, but it's questionable if he was touched which is rare.

I'd welcome the change. It would help the defense really turn the tide with a big play. 

[DentonLurker]

Targeting has to change. There’s too much nuance to it. Helmet to helmet gets a 15 yard penalty. Period. No conditions. If the replay official deems it intentional, they can eject or suspend a player.

[Hunter Green]

16 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

There are a couple of changes I would love to see in regards to the rules of collegiate football.

1. If a runner goes down on their own and is not touched by a defender, then they can get up and proceed with the play.

2.   Yards lost to sacks not be deducted from a QB's rushing total.

What I'd really like to see is changes to NIL and the portal!

[cousin oliver]

14 hours ago, Graddean said:

If I am not mistaken, the NFL deducts sack yardage from passing stats.  It may give a more accurate picture of rushing and passing offense.  It doesn’t change total offense.

Yes they do and it works for me.

[Green Otaku]

15 hours ago, DentonLurker said:

Targeting has to change. There’s too much nuance to it. Helmet to helmet gets a 15 yard penalty. Period. No conditions. If the replay official deems it intentional, they can eject or suspend a player.

You wouldn't be able to have a play without a penalty with a rule like that.