The one in a Million was the 2013 . Iron Bowl between #1 undefeated Alabama against Auburn. And there goes Davis. I miss Rod Bramlett the Voice of Auburn. 😪
The first play isn't the fault of the punter. That's the fault of the offense for not getting to at least the 5 yard line so he'd have room to punt, and the fault of the personal protector for being in the way of the punter. 1:33 the guy who picked him up at the end committed a penalty, assisting the runner. It's very rare for this penalty to be called, but it is in the rule book.. You can push him from behind, but you cannot lift, carry, or pull the runner from in front. It also used to be illegal to push the runner from behind. Very old rule, rarely enforced. 3:00 yes that's perfectly legal as long as it's not thrown forward in that situation. 5:18, jumping over the line to block a kick is no longer legal.
2:45 - as long as it's backwards, you can hand/lateral the ball as much as you want. But it's a pretty rare play in football. Virtually no plays are designed to be handed back/lateraled in the middle of a play downfield, and you'll only ever expect to see it in scenarios where there is no time left. It is just not an instinct football players have to lateral the ball back during an ordinary play or while being tackled, too high risk of a fumble and just not a part of a typical football play. The play at 6:40 is the same thing, it worked out, but it obviously wasn't planned. Luckily for them, the other player was aware enough to catch it and score. Conventional football wisdom would be just to take the 2nd & goal from the 6 instead of risking a lateral, though.
I know your interest in American football, one good place to start is with NFL Films. NFL Films brought things to highlight shows that were never seen before, Seeing the tight spiral of the football, being in the trenches of the linemen. You have the incredible music of Sam Spence and then the narrator, the voice of God John Facenda. John wrote out his scripts like a musical score, from 1965 until his death in 1983, John made dirt sound if it the most exiting thing on earth. So check out some of those films on line, I guaran-damn-tee you'll enjoy them.
Ever to conquer! Never to yield! War damn Eagle, my fellow Auburn Family member... You know, win or lose, it is always great to be an Auburn Tiger! Our Family is the best!
