NCAA Football Rule 2
What is an AR? - ANSOfficial decision on a given statement of facts. It serves to illustrate the
spirit and application of the rules.
What is relation between the rules and an approved ruling? - ANSStatutory law and a decision
of the Supreme Court
What is a live ball? - ANSA ball in play. A pass, kick or fumble that has not yet touched the
ground is a live ball in flight.
What is a live ball in flight? - ANSA pass, kick or fumble that has not yet touched the ground.
What is a dead ball? - ANSA ball not in play
What is a loose ball? - ANSA live ball not in player possession during:
1. A running play.
2. A scrimmage or free kick before possession is gained or regained or the ball is dead by rule.
3. The interval after a legal forward pass is touched and before it becomes complete,
incomplete or intercepted.
When a live ball is loose during a forward pass play who may bat the ball? - ANSWhen a live
ball is loose during a forward pass play before it becomes complete, any player eligible to touch
the ball may bat it in any direction.
Who is eligible to touch, catch, or recover a ball that is loose from a fumble or backwards pass?
- ANSAll players are eligible to touch, catch, or recover a ball that is loose from a fumble or a
backward pass, but eligibility to touch a ball loose from a kick is governed by kick rules and
eligibility to touch a forward pass is governed by pass rules.
When the 40 second play clock is running, when is a dead ball ready for play? - ANSWhen an
official places the ball at a hash mark or between the inbounds marks and steps away to his
position.
When the play clock is set at 25 seconds, when is a dead ball ready for play? - ANSWhen the
referee sounds his whistle and either signals to start the game clock or signals that the ball is
ready for play
When the play clock is set at 40 seconds following an injury to a defensive team player, when is
a dead ball ready for play? - ANSWhen the referee sounds his whistle and either signals to start
the game clock or signals that the ball is ready for play
, What is blocking? - ANSObstructing an opponent by contacting him with any part of the
blocker's body.
What is pushing? - ANSBlocking an opponent with open hands
What is a block below the waist? - ANSA block in which the force of the initial contact is below
the waist of an opponent who has one or both feet on the ground. When in question, the contact
is below the waist.
If a blocker makes contact above the waist and then slides below the waist, what is the ruling? -
ANSThis blocker has not committed a block below the waist. If the blocker first contacts the
opposing player's hands at the waist or above, it is a legal "above the waist" block.
What is a chop block? - ANSA high-low or low-high combination block by any two players
against an opponent (not the ball carrier) anywhere on the field, with or without delay between
the blocks; the low component is at the opponent's thigh or below. It is not a foul if the defensive
player initiates the contact.
What is a block in the back? - ANSContact against an opponent occurring when the force of the
initial contact is from behind and above the waist. When in question, the contact is below the
waist.
The position of the blockers _____ or ___ does not necessarily indicate the point of initial
contact. - ANSThe position of the blockers head or feet does not necessarily indicate the point
of initial contact.
What is the frame of a player's body? - ANSAt the shoulders or below other than the back.
What is the blocking zone? - ANSA rectangle centered on the middle lineman of the offensive
formation and extending five yards laterally and three yards longitudinally in each direction
When does the blocking zone disentigrate? - ANSWhen the ball leaves the zone
What is the low blocking zone? - ANSThe rectangle that extends seven yards laterally in each
direction from the snapper, five yards beyond the neutral zone and back to team A's end line.
When does the low blocking zone disintegrate? - ANSWhen the ball leaves the zone
What does "in possession" mean? - ANSIn possession is an abbreviation meaning the holding
or controlling of a live ball or a ball to be free-kicked. It may refer either to player possession or
team possession.
What is an AR? - ANSOfficial decision on a given statement of facts. It serves to illustrate the
spirit and application of the rules.
What is relation between the rules and an approved ruling? - ANSStatutory law and a decision
of the Supreme Court
What is a live ball? - ANSA ball in play. A pass, kick or fumble that has not yet touched the
ground is a live ball in flight.
What is a live ball in flight? - ANSA pass, kick or fumble that has not yet touched the ground.
What is a dead ball? - ANSA ball not in play
What is a loose ball? - ANSA live ball not in player possession during:
1. A running play.
2. A scrimmage or free kick before possession is gained or regained or the ball is dead by rule.
3. The interval after a legal forward pass is touched and before it becomes complete,
incomplete or intercepted.
When a live ball is loose during a forward pass play who may bat the ball? - ANSWhen a live
ball is loose during a forward pass play before it becomes complete, any player eligible to touch
the ball may bat it in any direction.
Who is eligible to touch, catch, or recover a ball that is loose from a fumble or backwards pass?
- ANSAll players are eligible to touch, catch, or recover a ball that is loose from a fumble or a
backward pass, but eligibility to touch a ball loose from a kick is governed by kick rules and
eligibility to touch a forward pass is governed by pass rules.
When the 40 second play clock is running, when is a dead ball ready for play? - ANSWhen an
official places the ball at a hash mark or between the inbounds marks and steps away to his
position.
When the play clock is set at 25 seconds, when is a dead ball ready for play? - ANSWhen the
referee sounds his whistle and either signals to start the game clock or signals that the ball is
ready for play
When the play clock is set at 40 seconds following an injury to a defensive team player, when is
a dead ball ready for play? - ANSWhen the referee sounds his whistle and either signals to start
the game clock or signals that the ball is ready for play
, What is blocking? - ANSObstructing an opponent by contacting him with any part of the
blocker's body.
What is pushing? - ANSBlocking an opponent with open hands
What is a block below the waist? - ANSA block in which the force of the initial contact is below
the waist of an opponent who has one or both feet on the ground. When in question, the contact
is below the waist.
If a blocker makes contact above the waist and then slides below the waist, what is the ruling? -
ANSThis blocker has not committed a block below the waist. If the blocker first contacts the
opposing player's hands at the waist or above, it is a legal "above the waist" block.
What is a chop block? - ANSA high-low or low-high combination block by any two players
against an opponent (not the ball carrier) anywhere on the field, with or without delay between
the blocks; the low component is at the opponent's thigh or below. It is not a foul if the defensive
player initiates the contact.
What is a block in the back? - ANSContact against an opponent occurring when the force of the
initial contact is from behind and above the waist. When in question, the contact is below the
waist.
The position of the blockers _____ or ___ does not necessarily indicate the point of initial
contact. - ANSThe position of the blockers head or feet does not necessarily indicate the point
of initial contact.
What is the frame of a player's body? - ANSAt the shoulders or below other than the back.
What is the blocking zone? - ANSA rectangle centered on the middle lineman of the offensive
formation and extending five yards laterally and three yards longitudinally in each direction
When does the blocking zone disentigrate? - ANSWhen the ball leaves the zone
What is the low blocking zone? - ANSThe rectangle that extends seven yards laterally in each
direction from the snapper, five yards beyond the neutral zone and back to team A's end line.
When does the low blocking zone disintegrate? - ANSWhen the ball leaves the zone
What does "in possession" mean? - ANSIn possession is an abbreviation meaning the holding
or controlling of a live ball or a ball to be free-kicked. It may refer either to player possession or
team possession.
