October 21, 20223 yr Administrator No. This in-season rules interpretation was made as a result of the play that took place in the third quarter with 4:49 to go on Oregon's 18 yard line. Cougars QB Cameron Ward tossed the ball up and caught it before eventually throwing a check down to Ollie for a three-yard gain. Washington State pass play against Oregon leads to in-season rules interpretation by NCAA WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM National coordinator of football officials and NCAA secretary rules editor Steve Shaw explained the in-season rules interpretation made as a result of the play during his weekly rules review video.
October 21, 20223 yr No. I can see why this rule re-interpretation was put in place. When the defense sees this, even as a fake, they crash down to stop a run play but then it leads to another pass which the defense cannot fully react to. But the rule change means it can still be a fake but a run play is still THE play... or at least a play behind the line of scrimmage. The way this play will probably get redrawn is that they do the fake fly sweep like that and then the quarterback throws a backwards pass to the edge. I guess this was really just a lazy trick play.
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