gr82b4au 5,217 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Re-watching the Alabama game and with two minutes left in the first quarter the defensive lineman #33 claps his hands to try and get us to snap the ball. Is that legal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selias 2,395 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Did you record it or is CBS rebroadcasting it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug3020 842 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Saw that during the game and no, it’s not legal if he’s simulating the snap. However, that’s difficult to prove. Lot of difference b/w clapping and yelling out the cadence. The latter will get flagged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,217 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 11 minutes ago, selias said: Did you record it or is CBS rebroadcasting it? Recorded it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,217 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, doug3020 said: Saw that during the game and no, it’s not legal if he’s simulating the snap. However, that’s difficult to prove. Lot of difference b/w clapping and yelling out the cadence. The latter will get flagged. It is intentional. I will try to find it on YouTube. Never seen anyone do that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corchjay 5,311 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Yes they did that a few times in the game. It’s illegal to try to induce the snap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jAUSon 2,710 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Maybe Gary Danielson send the tapes to the league office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 1,574 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 5 hours ago, corchjay said: Yes they did that a few times in the game. It’s illegal to try to induce the snap Correction. It’s not illegal if your own teammate claps his hands behind the center and induces him to snap the ball before the QB is ready ... just thought that distinction neede to be made(!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTiger 3,639 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It is Illegal. It's a delay of game penalty if flagged b. Illegal delay also includes: 1. Deliberately advancing the ball after it is dead. 2. When a team has expended its three timeouts and commits a Rule 9-2-2-e infraction. 3. When a team is not ready to play after an intermission between periods (other than the half), after a score, after a radio/television/ team timeout or anytime the referee orders the ball put in play (A.R. 3-4-2-I).4. Defensive verbal tactics that disconcert offensive signals (Rule 7-1- 5-a-5). 5. Defensive actions designed to cause a false start (Rule 7-1-5-a-4). 6. Putting the ball in play before it is ready for play (Rule 4-1-4). 7. Sideline interference (Rule 9-2-5). 8. Action clearly designed to delay the officials from making the ball ready for play (A.R. 3-4-2-II).PENALTY—Dead-ball foul. Five yards from the succeeding spot [S7 and S21]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug3020 842 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 10 hours ago, gr82b4au said: It is intentional. I will try to find it on YouTube. Never seen anyone do that before. I agree. Just difficult to prove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ber798297 241 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 If you watch all of Saban’s presser after the game, he insinuates that we were doing the same thing and that caused one of their bad snaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 10,148 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Far be it from me to stick up for Saban, but he wasn't wrong. Here's Anfernee Jennings trying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,217 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Big Ben can you post the ones Alabama were doing as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 10,148 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 1 hour ago, gr82b4au said: Big Ben can you post the ones that Uat was doing as well? The one on the bottom is Anfernee Jennings, Bama #33 mentioned in the OP. It should play from that point automatically, but if not go to 35:40 and watch the DE at the bottom of the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It really all depends... are we considering the NCAA rule book or the version with the addendum for things that only bama is allowed to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Tiger 131 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Bigbens42 said: Far be it from me to stick up for Saban, but he wasn't wrong. Here's Anfernee Jennings trying it. I can't see anything in that first video. In that second video, Tray Matthews is the only one I see clapping and he appears to be trying to get the attention of one of his teammates across the field and isn't even looking at the offense. (I'm glad they goofed here as the receiver likely would've blown by him on this one had the QB been ready for the early snap as he was flat footed and looking across the field trying to communicate something.) Bottom line, perhaps offenses should just use hand signals as it's kinda difficult for a defense to mimic a cadence with hand signals. "But ref, the DB was making our hand signals in an attempt to induce a snap and that's why we snapped the ball!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 10,148 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 35 minutes ago, Woodstock Tiger said: I can't see anything in that first video. In that second video, Tray Matthews is the only one I see clapping and he appears to be trying to get the attention of one of his teammates across the field and isn't even looking at the offense. (I'm glad they goofed here as the receiver likely would've blown by him on this one had the QB been ready for the early snap as he was flat footed and looking across the field trying to communicate something.) Bottom line, perhaps offenses should just use hand signals as it's kinda difficult for a defense to mimic a cadence with hand signals. "But ref, the DB was making our hand signals in an attempt to induce a snap and that's why we snapped the ball!!!" Watch Tray here at 1:37:40. Yeah, he was clearly trying to induce a penalty or early snap in the first video. Both defenses were guilty of this. Games like this are why your team needs to know how to operate off of a silent count. Is it a lost art these days or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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