Because the defense reads who's on the line and who can be in pass patterns.

Sep 18, 2023
8:35:58am

nephicoug All-American

You see a TE on the line with a receiver on his side. You expect him to stay and block and you shouldn't have to cover him. If it doesn't get noticed by an official it can be a really bad outcome for the defense.

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Why is illegal touching such a bad penalty to deserve loss of down and yards?

WP17 King of the Kenai

9/18/23 6:21am

My guess would be the same logic behind intentional grounding

OGSuperfan

9/18/23 6:24am

Intentional grounding I get- you knew you were doing it and so you don’t get a do over.

WP17

9/18/23 6:25am

Often times it's called in the same situation.

cougarfann888

9/18/23 6:43am

Intentional Grounding is actually a penalty with no impact.

mkscougar

9/18/23 9:30am

But you're preventing the offense from being able to cheaply avoid the sack

Tricky

9/18/23 11:06am

Only if he is more than 10 yards behind LOS

cougarfann888

9/18/23 11:15am

BM Bill Cosby

CougarTwins

9/18/23 6:24am

RE: BM Bill Cosby

Methusaleh22

9/18/23 6:26am

RE: BM Bill Cosby

Marc Spector

9/18/23 6:40am

RE: BM Bill Cosby

TheHop

9/18/23 6:46am

RE: BM Bill Cosby

CharlottesvilleCoug

9/18/23 10:33am

One reason I can think of — is so coaches don't try to sneak one past the refs.

SinkingQuffa

9/18/23 6:26am

I don't know

TheHop

9/18/23 6:27am

Because you can have tackle eligible plays. The entire point of the rule is

Corn Pop

9/18/23 6:41am

Does a tackle have to report as eligible in CFB?

CameronG

9/18/23 9:07am

Yes… but the above post is why… a defense can read an alignment and determine

1984coug

9/18/23 10:42am

The guy shouldn’t be there; if he weren’t there, the ball would hit the ground

Coop

9/18/23 6:45am

That makes total sense

SouthernBlueBlood

9/18/23 6:53am

But that's somewhat true of many penalties.

cougarfann888

9/18/23 6:55am

And the defense would be deceived in covering a man who is ineligible opening up

Blue Ridge

9/18/23 7:17am

Because it's the added penalty of not only having

IdahoCoug

9/18/23 7:07am

Honestly, it's pretty rare for

tmurphey44

9/18/23 7:43am

Arkansas one was actually an OL who caught it; also, KJ was probably down...

moknowssports

9/18/23 8:25am

So Rex needs to stop catching them and it's just 5 yards?

Utesaretheworst

9/18/23 7:56am

No, the receivers/backs need to learn not to cover up the TE. It's inexcusable for them to not understand their

IdahoCoug

9/18/23 8:29am

^^^^^This

moknowssports

9/18/23 8:38am

And Aiden Robbins last week.

IdahoCoug

9/18/23 8:40am

Well yew, but my point is that we are getting extra penalized for catching it.

Utesaretheworst

9/18/23 11:57am

Yeah, but Isaac Rex has no idea at the time the ball is thrown to him that he's an ineligible receiver.

IdahoCoug

9/18/23 12:05pm

Because the defense reads who's on the line and who can be in pass patterns.

nephicoug

9/18/23 8:35am

Count me as one who thinks it needs a new name

JupiterJones

9/18/23 8:06am

Agree. Illegal formation maybe.... inelligible man down field....

CT98

9/18/23 1:43pm

I don't know if I agree, but the theory must be the same as grounding

byujdmba

9/18/23 8:51am

Illegal Touching by an Ineligible Receiver results in loss of down

Chody75

9/18/23 9:19am

Ha! You sit in the row/seats right behind me!

Buster Scruggs

9/18/23 11:08am

It’s a loss of ecclesiastical endorsement at BYU.

DiamondDog

9/18/23 9:34am

And jail time. Unless you're Joe Biden.

IdahoCoug

9/18/23 9:40am

Essentially its an intent to deceive in theory

stansburycoug

9/18/23 10:04am

I think some rules in football need to be changed

CoolB

9/18/23 11:23am

Because this is America, not Canada.

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