Should have been in a safe punt situation there. Just keep the defense on the field and have returner plan on just calling a fair catch.
I'm not too sure about the rule but the fake actually looked illegal to me. It looked like the center, #58, was an ineligible receiver downfield. Can anybody correct me on that? Was this considered a screen pass?
That's what we thought at the game too, they had multiple "linemen" well down field before the pass.
As far as the fake goes, maybe we got it out of our system and now we will defend any attempts the rest of the season. Gotta think with our defensive minded coach that fake rubbed him the wrong way.
I'm not too sure about the rule but the fake actually looked illegal to me. It looked like the center, #58, was an ineligible receiver downfield. Can anybody correct me on that? Was this considered a screen pass?
Maybe this is selective memory, but I was asking my wife yesterday if she could remember the last time we successfully defended a fake field goal or punt. It seems like we always get beat by those.
Watching it again, it looks illegal to me too.
"I SAID FAKE!"
Looked online and based on what I could find the intelligible downfield is only in play if the pass is across the line of scrimmage. The angle isn't great but it looks like the receiver catches the ball at or just slightly behind the line of scrimmage which would mean the lineman could be downfield. Really well designed fake by CSU and agree with everyone that regardless of the field position we should have been on high alert for a fake in that situation given their need to score and the time left on the clock. Thankfully the miscue didn't factor into the final outcome.