Here's what I think Kirby should require after a touchdown

kelly_b

I also think that, at this point, he should threaten benching the next player to do it for a half. There's no excuse for that.

JayDog

Maybe they should pull a Forest Gump and carry the ball through the end zone all the way out the tunnel.

Polynikes

@DobroMattInOz said:
I HATE rugby, but one point I like about it is the requirement to ground the ball in the endzone. I understand why we don’t do it anymore, and the forward pass is awesome, but it’s neat to see a score denied by holding the ball carrier up of the ground.

Did you watch the Amazon Prime series about the New Zealand All Blacks? That game is awesome. I used to hate it too.

pgjackson

@bmauldin said:

@Red_N_Black said:
Let's get real honest here. We all know that Holloman dropped the ball before crossing the goal line. It was pretty obvious. We were just really lucky the refs didn't have to right view to overturn the TD call. That was a 14 point swing. We ended up winning by 14 points. Enough is enough. Kirby should respond by requiring all UGA TD makers to do one of the following after a score:
1. Carry the ball all the way thorough and out the back of the end zone, or
2. Hand the ball to a ref after a score, or
3. Touch the ball down in the end zone. (this was actually required in college football eons ago and is where the term "touchdown" came from)
This may seem ridiculous and like overkill to some but the fact is whatever the coaches told them after the USCjr episode didn't sink in. I've seen this like 4 times in my life and 2 were by our Dogs this season. Totally embarrassing.

Reason behind "touching down" the ball was due to the fact that much of american football was derived from rugby. If you didn't touch the "try" down, you were free-game in the try zone.

(reason behind this in rugby is that you have to attempt the conversion from the point it was touched down, as far back as you wan to go. I was hoping they would institute this in the pros when they changed the pat rules)

That would make extra points very interesting!

levander

@Polynikes said:

@DobroMattInOz said:
I HATE rugby, but one point I like about it is the requirement to ground the ball in the endzone. I understand why we don’t do it anymore, and the forward pass is awesome, but it’s neat to see a score denied by holding the ball carrier up of the ground.

Did you watch the Amazon Prime series about the New Zealand All Blacks? That game is awesome. I used to hate it too.

Thanks for the tip. Added to my Amazon Prime watchlist. I got one of those free trials going right now...

pgjackson

@Polynikes said:

@DobroMattInOz said:
I HATE rugby, but one point I like about it is the requirement to ground the ball in the endzone. I understand why we don’t do it anymore, and the forward pass is awesome, but it’s neat to see a score denied by holding the ball carrier up of the ground.

Did you watch the Amazon Prime series about the New Zealand All Blacks? That game is awesome. I used to hate it too.

If you aren't familiar with the All-Blacks, you need to be. They are the rugby equivalent of the Patriots/Bama/Cowboys/Yankess/GS Warriors/Lakers all in one. Kind of the ruling team of international rugby for generations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team

Godawg

Just make them take the ball to Kirby. It's not a touchdown until Kirby has the ball...

BigGAdawg

At the moment I saw this AGAIN my exact thoughts were that they should be required by Kirby to walk over to the nearest Ref and hand them the ball. I remember that Herschel used to do that and was lauded as being a gentleman when he did so. Nothing wrong with exercising good manners and avoiding any chance of another screw-up of this type. Frankly, I think it smacks of cranial_rectal_inversion...a disease that can afflict all ages. It ranks right up there with the motion that looks like they are eating your breakfast...low class gesture.

pgjackson

@BigGAdawg said:
At the moment I saw this AGAIN my exact thoughts were that they should be required by Kirby to walk over to the nearest Ref and hand them the ball. I remember that Herschel used to do that and was lauded as being a gentleman when he did so. Nothing wrong with exercising good manners and avoiding any chance of another screw-up of this type. Frankly, I think it smacks of cranial_rectal_inversion...a disease that can afflict all ages. It ranks right up there with the motion that looks like they are eating your breakfast...low class gesture.

This.