Thread: Spike

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The QB spikes the ball to stop the clock.
Isn't that intentional grounding ?
The QB is not out of the tackle box.

No one ever jumps on the ball when it is spiked.
Isn't that a fumble ?






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Originally Posted by Az Snake

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The QB spikes the ball to stop the clock.
Isn't that intentional grounding ?
The QB is not out of the tackle box.

No one ever jumps on the ball when it is spiked.
Isn't that a fumble ?






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I had always wondered that. Someone else brought that up a few weeks ago. I think it was added to the rule book as an exception to intentional grounding, just as a way to stop. I'm sure before they could just step back and have a receiving step past the line of scrimmage and the QB zing it over his head out of bounds.

No fumble because of the throwing motion forward.

Its a special provision in the rules that takes effect in the last 2 minutes of a half in order to improve the offenses chance of driving the field.

Hey AZ, remember back in the day the QB would sail one out of bounds over the WR's head when he wanted to stop the clock?

Just another rule made for the offense.

Originally Posted by chazoe60

Hey AZ, remember back in the day the QB would sail one out of bounds over the WR's head when he wanted to stop the clock?

Varsity Blues

Originally Posted by dbfan2007

Varsity Blues

IDK. But I remember it in real life. Sometimes the WR would even jump to make it look good.

Originally Posted by chazoe60

Hey AZ, remember back in the day the QB would sail one out of bounds over the WR's head when he wanted to stop the clock?

That, or the QB/WR would have to run sideline patterns when the D knew were coming. Lead to some intense one-on-one battles between WRs who would fight to get out of bounds & DB who would fight to get them down in bounds.

Originally Posted by chazoe60

IDK. But I remember it in real life. Sometimes the WR would even jump to make it look good.

Varsity Blues is real life. Don't you know anything about High School football in Texas?

Spike

In gridiron football, a spike of the ball is a play in which the quarterback intentionally throws the ball at the ground immediately after the snap. A spike is technically an incomplete pass, and therefore, it has the affect of stopping the clock and exhausting a down.

A spike is not considered intentional grounding if it is done with the quarterback under center and immediately after the snap. No penalty is assessed. The only loss is that one down is sacrificed.

Running a spike play presumes there will be at least one play by the same team immediately afterward, so it would not be done on 4th down or when it would run the clock out (the clock is probably running when the teams are lining up for the play). If either of those situations occurs, a quarterback whose first choice is to spike the ball would have to run a regular play instead. There is at least one case of a quarterback in the NFL doing just that, although that quarterback's regular play failed.
In the January 1998 Rose Bowl, Ryan Leaf spiked the ball and inadvertently ran the clock out on that play. Fourteen years later in the 2012 Rose Bowl, Russell Wilson also ran the clock out on a spike ball play.
[edit]Spiking after scoring

After scoring a touchdown, players often celebrate by spiking the football, though this action is not legal in NCAA football, as the scoring player is immediately obligated to either leave the ball or return the ball to an official. Spiking the ball remains legal in the NFL, where it is not interpreted as excessive celebration unless the ball is spiked towards another player on the opposing team. The maneuver is attributed to Homer Jones of the New York Giants in 1965.
Such action is not considered a "spike play." It has no official status.

^ 2008 NCAA FOOTBALL RULES AND INTERPRETATIONS, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Page 112, Accessed August 4, 2008.

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Anyone remember this "spike" by Dan Marino ?




The O-Line sold it.


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