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<blockquote data-quote="orientalnc" data-source="post: 80987" data-attributes="member: 1199"><p>The announcers on TV said the down-field block below the waist cannot be from the back or side. It has to be from the front. I hated what happened, but that was a good call. And, a dangerous block.</p><p></p><p>From the College Football Foundation website:</p><p>Here is the new rule. Imagine a zone that extends seven yards from the snapper toward each sideline, goes five yards into the defensive secondary and in the other direction goes all the way back to the offensive team’s end line. Before a change of possession a back who is stationary inside the tackle box and a lineman inside the seven-yard zone may legally block below the waist inside this zone until the ball has left it. Everyone else on the offensive team may legally block below the waist <em>only</em> if the block is clearly to the front of the opponent. This only-from-the-front rule also holds true for everyone on the offensive team once the ball has left the zone. In addition no one on the offense is allowed to block below the waist if the block is directed toward his own end line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orientalnc, post: 80987, member: 1199"] The announcers on TV said the down-field block below the waist cannot be from the back or side. It has to be from the front. I hated what happened, but that was a good call. And, a dangerous block. From the College Football Foundation website: Here is the new rule. Imagine a zone that extends seven yards from the snapper toward each sideline, goes five yards into the defensive secondary and in the other direction goes all the way back to the offensive team’s end line. Before a change of possession a back who is stationary inside the tackle box and a lineman inside the seven-yard zone may legally block below the waist inside this zone until the ball has left it. Everyone else on the offensive team may legally block below the waist [I]only[/I] if the block is clearly to the front of the opponent. This only-from-the-front rule also holds true for everyone on the offensive team once the ball has left the zone. In addition no one on the offense is allowed to block below the waist if the block is directed toward his own end line. [/QUOTE]
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