The UFL isn’t only trying to provide a football entertainment offering during the lull between the Super Bowl and College Football seasons, they’re trying to offer a different perspective on rules to make their game and brand a little different:
Summary of changes comparative to the pro games:
- 60+ yard field goals = 4 points
- One foot in bounds = catch
- Red zone penalties revert to half the distance to the goal.
- The “Tush Push” is eliminated.
- No punting inside the opponent’s 50-yard line.
- Overtime: 3 alternating attempts per team from the 5 yard line.
- Point after touchdown options:
- 1 point – Kick from the 33-yard line
- 2 points – Ball on the 2-yard line
- 3 points – Ball on the 8-yard line
Interesting.
Of those listed there, which one would you actually like to see applied to college football? Or, is there a change you don’t see that you’d like to see in the game?
My dad used to wonder why the team didn’t recruit a vertically challenged player to casually throw over the top of the scrimmage pileup in short yardage situations. In lieu of the Tush Push, just find a mini-me or maybe get one of our cheerleading duos out there to just throw someone with the ball into the end zone. The defense could counter by attempting to throw someone in the air against them, for a cool mid-air collision.
I also believe the quarterback should be able to zip a ball at the goal post and catch it in the endzone on the rebound, but that could be just from years of playing by myself in the back yard and having no other means to throw the ball to myself except to bang it off a nearby tree. Say, that reminds me, I probably need to call my therapist.
Anyway, have at it in the comments.