blueinbama 259 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) May not turn out to be a big deal, but interesting. AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- Here's a fun note for you from Doug Rhoads, the ACC's coordinator of officials. Teams no longer have to wear their white uniforms in games, as long as both teams agree to it, in writing, before the game. So if Maryland wants to wear red uniforms at North Carolina, and the Tar Heels want to wear navy blue, it's OK, as long as they both agree to it. This took off after both Southern Cal and UCLA decided to wear their colored jerseys against each other. The whole reason teams had to wear white and colored uniforms was because of the old black and white TVs. Another rule change for 2009 will be the definition of the tackle box. It's now 5 yards from the center of the offensive line formation. This will help both the referee and the quarterback determine whether it's OK for the quarterback to throw the ball away or if it's intentional grounding. They've also added that it's a 15-yard penalty if a player is tackled by his chinstrap. (I've seen the facemask tackle, but never the chinstrap. Neither has Rhoads.) Basically, defenders can't tackle opponents by grabbing the inside of their helmet opening. One other tweak to the rules is that it's not an illegal formation to have less than seven players on the line. The thinking is, why penalize a team for being at a disadvantage? As long as there are five players with jersey numbers 50-70 (you know, the offensive linemen), it's acceptable. They'd like to see seven on the line of scrimmage and four in the backfield. http://myespn.go.com/blogs/acc/0-6-53/Update-on-ACC-rules-changes--Home-and-home-jerseys-.html Edited May 13, 2009 by blueinbama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Great, now it's going to look like a JV game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 What I want to know is HOW can the ACC change a rule from the NCAA's rule...7 players on the line of scrimmage. That is a FUNDAMENTAL rule at all levels of football and could very possibly come back to bite an ACC team in the arse in a non-conference game... Don't know if its going to look like a JV game...beginning to sound more like an arena league game...now if they'd just allow forward motion behind the line of scrimmage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmtaz18 10 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 May not turn out to be a big deal, but interesting. AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- Here's a fun note for you from Doug Rhoads, the ACC's coordinator of officials. Teams no longer have to wear their white uniforms in games, as long as both teams agree to it, in writing, before the game. So if Maryland wants to wear red uniforms at North Carolina, and the Tar Heels want to wear navy blue, it's OK, as long as they both agree to it. This took off after both Southern Cal and UCLA decided to wear their colored jerseys against each other. The whole reason teams had to wear white and colored uniforms was because of the old black and white TVs. Another rule change for 2009 will be the definition of the tackle box. It's now 5 yards from the center of the offensive line formation. This will help both the referee and the quarterback determine whether it's OK for the quarterback to throw the ball away or if it's intentional grounding. They've also added that it's a 15-yard penalty if a player is tackled by his chinstrap. (I've seen the facemask tackle, but never the chinstrap. Neither has Rhoads.) Basically, defenders can't tackle opponents by grabbing the inside of their helmet opening. One other tweak to the rules is that it's not an illegal formation to have less than seven players on the line. The thinking is, why penalize a team for being at a disadvantage? As long as there are five players with jersey numbers 50-70 (you know, the offensive linemen), it's acceptable. They'd like to see seven on the line of scrimmage and four in the backfield. http://myespn.go.com/blogs/acc/0-6-53/Update-on-ACC-rules-changes--Home-and-home-jerseys-.html the very last rule is one of the reasons tazewell lost the region game against richlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker 82 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Let's also make the field bigger, say 110 yds. long and a bit wider, go to 3 downs, add a 12th main and call it Canadian football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs86 10 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) What I want to know is HOW can the ACC change a rule from the NCAA's rule...7 players on the line of scrimmage. That is a FUNDAMENTAL rule at all levels of football and could very possibly come back to bite an ACC team in the arse in a non-conference game... Don't know if its going to look like a JV game...beginning to sound more like an arena league game...now if they'd just allow forward motion behind the line of scrimmage... It is an NCAA Rule.. Edited May 13, 2009 by dawgs86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 It is an NCAA Rule.. What is??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs86 10 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 What is??? All of those rules are NCAA changes.. i thought someone said it was just a ACC for formations.. its not just ACC, they talked about all of those at a rules clinic I went to.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 All of those rules are NCAA changes.. i thought someone said it was just a ACC for formations.. its not just ACC, they talked about all of those at a rules clinic I went to.. Gotcha! Although every article I've seen on this has called it "ACC rules changes"...that's why I was confused. That, and the fact I had not seen any changes to the NCAA rules anywhere else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs86 10 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Gotcha! Although every article I've seen on this has called it "ACC rules changes"...that's why I was confused. That, and the fact I had not seen any changes to the NCAA rules anywhere else... They havent officially came out yet.. Probably be out in June or so.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Orange 1 10 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 I think the SEC adopted the uniform deal for this year also, as long as both teams are in agreement and dont wear "like" colors. Pete Carroll did it last year with USC and he was only penalized by having a time-out taken away. College football is great, I hope they dont start messing with it and turn it into the NFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueinbama 259 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Should a team be penalized for having only 10 men on the field? That's where the 6 men on the LOS argument comes into play. Should it be the same penalty as having 12 men on the field? If your team has only 10 men on the field, and one of the linemen is missing and all the other players are in place, should that be a penalty? I see the reasoning behind this, I'm just not sure how I feel about it. After all, if you have 10 men instead of 11 on the field, you're at a disadvantage already, so why should you be penalized for it? It does constitute an illegal formation with only 6 men on the line of scrimmage, but it doesn't give you an advantage over the other team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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