New kick off rule

[mwcfbdad]

With this new rule where do they spot the ball if it is kicked out of bounds?

[Tuxguy]

The new rule places the ball at the 35 yrd line, or as stated in the rules, 35 yards from where the team kicked off from.

[D3_DPUFan]

Now that the season is complete, did the decision to move kick offs back have the expected impact? or unexpected consequences? Positive or negative?

[D3_DPUFan]

don't know what the actual return stats were, but at DePauw, it seemd as though they did a pretty good job on kick offs...had a kicker who could get it deep pretty consistently, so i don't know that starting field position for opponents was that dramatically different...

[K-Mack]

There is already a thread with this exact same name: new kick off rule

[K-Mack]

Asked elsewhere, intended for here:

Now that the season is complete, did the decision to move kick offs back have the expected impact? or unexpected consequences? Positive or negative?

don't know what the actual return stats were, but at DePauw, it seemd as though they did a pretty good job on kick offs...had a kicker who could get it deep pretty consistently, so i don't know that starting field position for opponents was that dramatically different...

[Ralph Turner]

There is already a thread with this exact same name: new kick off rule

Merged!

[K-Mack]

Hall of Fame for a reason, my friend.

[retagent]

I just read in the latest ESPN The Magazine, that there were over 1700 more kickoff returns beacuse of the new rule, and that the starting field position went from around the 25 yard line, to around the 30 yard line, and the liklihood of a kickoff returned for a touchdown went from 0.9% to 1.1%.  They referred to this as an NCAA stat, so it does not specifically say whether or not this was for all divisions.

Significant difference? I'll let you make the call.

[Ralph Turner]

I just read in the latest ESPN The Magazine, that there were over 1700 more kickoff returns because of the new rule, and that the starting field position went from around the 25 yard line, to around the 30 yard line, and the likelihood of a kickoff returned for a touchdown went from 0.9% to 1.1%.  They referred to this as an NCAA stat, so it does not specifically say whether or not this was for all divisions.

Significant difference? I'll let you make the call.

+1 for the find!     Do you have the link?

Analyzing the factoids, for the two seasons, we need total number of kickoffs, and total number of kickoff returns.

Is the increase in kickoffs returned for a TD the function of more returns attempted?

[Knightstalker]

I just read in the latest ESPN The Magazine, that there were over 1700 more kickoff returns because of the new rule, and that the starting field position went from around the 25 yard line, to around the 30 yard line, and the likelihood of a kickoff returned for a touchdown went from 0.9% to 1.1%.  They referred to this as an NCAA stat, so it does not specifically say whether or not this was for all divisions.

Significant difference? I'll let you make the call.

+1 for the find!     Do you have the link?

Analyzing the factoids, for the two seasons, we need total number of kickoffs, and total number of kickoff returns.

Is the increase in kickoffs returned for a TD the function of more returns attempted?

I wonder if the 1700 extra returns are about a .2% increase from the returns the previous season.  You are right Ralph, we need the numbers from both seasons to really analyze this.

[retagent]

Sorry, I can't provide a link. I get the Hard copy of the magazine. I tried to google, and found you need to log on as a subscriber. It's actually my son's subscription, so if he is an account holder, I have no password.

[K-Mack]

I just read in the latest ESPN The Magazine, that there were over 1700 more kickoff returns because of the new rule, and that the starting field position went from around the 25 yard line, to around the 30 yard line, and the likelihood of a kickoff returned for a touchdown went from 0.9% to 1.1%.  They referred to this as an NCAA stat, so it does not specifically say whether or not this was for all divisions.

Significant difference? I'll let you make the call.

+1 for the find!     Do you have the link?

Analyzing the factoids, for the two seasons, we need total number of kickoffs, and total number of kickoff returns.

Is the increase in kickoffs returned for a TD the function of more returns attempted?

I wonder if the 1700 extra returns are about a .2% increase from the returns the previous season.  You are right Ralph, we need the numbers from both seasons to really analyze this.

Man,
I really wanted some numbers regarding the effect on overall scoring for Part I of the year in review, but I abandoned my efforts after they initially proved fruitless.

This is the type of stuff we would have time to track down and bang out if we were full-time.