Hold My Gatorade and Watch This
Under NCAA Rule 9-1-3, this foul occurs when a player makes forcible contact against an opponent with the crown of their helmet. It carries a 15-yard penalty and automatic disqualification, and replay review is used to confirm the foul.
What is targeting? (V: Play 3)
In this special teams play, under Rule 6-3-11, when a scrimmage kick becomes loose behind the receiving team’s goal line and a kicking-team player touches or bats the ball back into the field of play, fouls by team A are enforced from this spot?
What is the previous spot or the succeeding dead ball spot? (V: Play 6/7)
”Glad to be here” is how this crew mate would usually greet everyone while in pregame.
Who is Earl?
This school was the only charter C-USA football member to remain in the conference continuously from 1996 until reclassification in the 2020’s.
What is UTEP?
The most common strength in the crew.
What is achiever?
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Who is Johnny?
Under NCAA Rule 9, this 15-yard foul is enforced for actions such as taunting, baiting, cursing an opponent, or any behavior deemed to violate the sport’s standards of conduct—even when the ball is dead.
What is unsportsmanlike conduct? (V: Play 1)
During a punt play the punted ball is rolling on the ground. A team A players blocks a team B player into the ball and A recovers and is awarded possession. Under NCAA replay rules, this play is:
What is non-reviewable?
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary” is advise this crew mate would often give.
Who is Chris?
This future NFL Hall of Famer player in C-USA during its early football years at Southern Miss.
What is Brett Favre?
Communication, connectedness, consistency, adaptability, responsibility.
What is DJ?
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Who is Stephen?
Under NCAA Rule 9-2, this type of foul is called when a player or coach uses deceptive or unsportsmanlike methods—including two players who play the same position wearing the same jersey number, using foreign objects, or any tactic intended to circumvent the rules—to gain an advantage, this foul is called, and it results in a 15-yard penalty from the previous spot.
What is an unfair tactics foul? (V: Play 2)
Under NCAA Rule 3-3-2, on a free kick that enters Team B’s end zone, the game clock remains stopped even if the kick is first legally touched by Team B in the end zone. The clock only starts at this moment:
What is when the ball crosses the goal line. (V: Play 4)
Known for his straightforward, no-nonsense approach to officiating, this crew mate often reminds us that “It is what it is” and to “Control what you can control.”
Who is Stephen?
In 2016, this team’s defense recorded five pick-sixes, a single-season C-USA record.
What is Middle Tennessee?
Arranger, included, restorative, significance, ideation.
What is Bob?
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Who is Reed?
During a play from scrimmage the quarterback throws a pass from the A5 towards a teammate that is on the A3. The line judge signals incomplete pass as the ball is bouncing on the ground at the A2, it takes a backwards bounce and rolls into the end zone and out of bounds. Under NCAA replay rules, this play is:
What is reviewable?
A punter runs beyond the line of scrimmage seeing multiple defenders he retreats back behind the line of scrimmage and kicks the ball. There are no flags on the play. Under NCAA replay rules, this play is:
What is reviewable?
This crew mate, know for taking risk and achieving great things, seemed to live by the motto: “Oh yeah? Watch this!”
Who is Reed?
When C-USA launched football in 1996, this team was its inaugural preseason favorite?
What is Houston?
Competition, command, arranger, individualization, input.
What is Johnny?
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Who is Ryan?
During a play from scrimmage the quarterback throws a backwards pass from the A-7 to the A-3. His teammate is at the A-5 and has to run backwards to the A-3 to receive the ball. His momentum carriers him into his end zone where he is unable to get out and is tackled. The result of this play is:
What is a safety?
During this field goal attempt the kicker hits a low line drive which ricochets off an offensive lineman’s helmet and the ball continues through the upright. The result of the play is:
What is an unsuccessful field goal?
“How you do anything is how you do everything” is a guiding principle often quoted from this motivational crew mate.
Who is Ryan?
This school was the only Division I program to leave C-USA twice—first in 2005 and again in 2013?
What is Cincinnati?
Futuristic, relator, context, deliberative, strategic.
What is Earl?
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Who is Replay?