South Carolina Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier and school officials have filed a complaint against Alabama after their 20-6 loss. Spurrier believes that the Crimson Tide holder put a small piece of white tape on the ground to spot PATs and field goals.
I thought you just had to put it on the ground. But they had a little piece of white tape or something, and I looked at it on tape and I said, ‘What’s that little piece of white there?’ Then after the guy kicked it he grabbed it and put it back in his pocket,” Spurrier said.
Honestly I had no idea that Spurrier was such an astute film watcher, but if the film shows that it will be interesting to hear Alabama’s reasoning behind it. When you are the #2 in the nation breaking little rules might make people wonder what other rules are they breaking. Alabama is currently on probation for major penalties stemming from a textbook scandal. Here is the rule in question…
The NCAA football rulebook (Rule 6-3; Article 10; subsection d) says: Any device or material used to mark the spot of a scrimmage place kick or elevate the ball makes the kick illegal. The penalty is “illegal kick” and is five yards from the previous spot.
So the penalty for this rule in the game is nothing but a 5-yard penalty. Not much of a big deal, but what if SEC officials go back and review every kick and throw them all out. If that were the case, only one game would be affected. The Tide beat Virigina Tech by 10 points. There were 14 points in that game that came from kicks.
