近距离内射合集

To the untrained eye, might not be much of a conversation starter. 

Tucked under 鈥淥ther rule changes approved鈥� in a March 19 release from the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee, : On punts where jersey number exceptions (players who do not wear numbers 50-79) are used, the snapper and two adjacent linemen on either side who are lined up in (or touching) the tackle box are ineligible receivers by position and become exceptions to the numbering rule when the snapper takes his position. This clarifies which players are eligible receivers. 

In layman鈥檚 terms: Regardless of what number they wear, the two players on each side of the snapper are now ineligible regardless of what number they wear. The change is designed to make the play easier to officiate, one most fans might not even notice, much less talk about. 

But among college coaches 鈥� particularly special teams coordinators and assistants 鈥� the rule has been perhaps the conversation of the last month. Backlash has been nearly unanimous, with coaches in an informal survey provided to USA Today and a select few posting their ire on social media. 

鈥淪o good to see the strong opposition to this new rule which was passed impulsively!鈥� Buffalo head coach and longtime special teams coordinator Pete Lembo posted on X. 

鈥淚NSANE rule change,鈥� Auburn special teams coordinator Jacob Bronowski posted on X. 

鈥�61-1 for a reason,鈥� UMass special teams coordinator Joe Castellitto posted on X. 鈥淎llow us to be creative on special teams.鈥� 

New Mexico special teams coordinator Eric Link said he didn鈥檛 have a strong stance on the rule one way or the other. The 45-year-old veteran special teams coach even understood why a change was needed: with the sheer 鈥渕ultiplicity鈥� of punt formations teams were using, the play was only becoming harder to officiate. 

In that sense, he鈥檚 fine with it, and does not think it鈥檒l affect the Lobos all that much. 

鈥淚t certainly will change some things that we do, and what I鈥檝e done in the past,鈥� said Link, who joined UNM鈥檚 staff this winter after six seasons at Mizzou. 鈥淏ut we can certainly operate and not have any issues with it.鈥�

He still has questions, though. For starters, if all players in the five-player 鈥渃ore鈥� (the snapper and so-called guards and tackles) are ineligible, Link doesn鈥檛 get why they can鈥檛 be aligned differently. 

鈥淚 don鈥檛 really understand why you couldn鈥檛 go three-by-one or two-by-two or four-by-zero, as long as those guys are all in the core and ineligible by rule,鈥� he added.

To that extent, Link believes the change is 鈥渟tifling鈥� creativity among those responsible for punt units. That it was made without consulting coaches directly dealing with it, he noted, has only added to the outcry against the change. 

鈥淲hat a lot of special teams people were up in arms about was just the process in general, right?鈥� Link said. 鈥淟ike if you鈥檙e gonna change a rule that directly deals with special teams, why would you not have more representation (from) the special teams world?鈥� 

To make the play easier to officiate, Link said he would have given teams the opportunity to align the core differently and clearly define the space a player had to be off the ball 鈥� say, at least three yards. 鈥淪o that it鈥檚 crystal clear who鈥檚 on the ball, who鈥檚 off the ball 鈥� because that鈥檚 one of the issues that officials have, right?鈥� he added.

Link also would have preferred to see the change tabled for 2027 or some 鈥渁mendments that made a little more sense.鈥� 

At the very least, he wished the change was communicated better 鈥� not tucked away under a series of different rule changes. 

鈥淭here鈥檚 still people that I talk to 鈥� Division I FBS football coaches 鈥� that don鈥檛 know about the rule,鈥� Link said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a problem. I don鈥檛 know if that鈥檚 an officials problem, I don鈥檛 know if that鈥檚 a rules committee problem, or if that鈥檚 a coach鈥檚 problem. 

鈥淲e鈥檙e probably all at fault to a certain degree. But that process can be improved.鈥� 

Sean Reider covers college football and other sports for the Journal. You can reach him at sreider@abqjournal.com or via X at .