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Can someone elaborate on the new rule for a flag down situation? Are we definitely playing with the new rule of the fact that the defense has to get posession of the ball, or it go out of bounds or out of the box? Also, we were told that if there is a push while the ball is on the ground when a flag is down...instead of this being a play on and then one team getting the ball, this will also be a 30 second technical penalty.

Is this accurate and if there is more to it I'd love to hear about it please.

beckner11 wrote:Can someone elaborate on the new rule for a flag down situation? Are we definitely playing with the new rule of the fact that the defense has to get posession of the ball, or it go out of bounds or out of the box? Also, we were told that if there is a push while the ball is on the ground when a flag is down...instead of this being a play on and then one team getting the ball, this will also be a 30 second technical penalty.

Is this accurate and if there is more to it I'd love to hear about it please.

It is (mostly) accurate, and we'd all like to hear more but will have to wait until the NCAA rulebook comes out. I believe that the play continues as long as the ball doesn't leave the offensive end, not the box, but we'll see. Also, any other dead ball situation should also kill the flag down (e.g., technical foul by offense, timeout by offense, injured player situation that stops play).

My understanding is that once the defense gains possession, or yes the ball goes out of bounds. Not sure of the push - 30 sec penalty though.