I thought it was a dubious call and a dubious rule. I get what they were trying to stop, but that call was more like you're not supposed to jump to block a kick. That's absurd.
The "Leaping" Penalty
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Again, I think it's a good rule for protecting neck/head injuries.
It's not the leaping that is dangerous, but trying to leap a blocker that's stationed close to the punter.
Perhaps a better rule adjustment might be to ban building a wall of blockers so close to where the punter kicks the ball. But since the rule is what it is, it was correctly called IMO.
I think No. 2 below should have come into play on the attempt. As I mentioned before, it appeared to me that the Bama player attempted to leap through the gap and the offensive player moved over and under him.
They need to seriously reconsider this penalty at the end of the year. Seems like every year, they come up with some bone headed penalty. You can bet this was festered by some momma somewhere saying "protect my baby." They might as well make blocking punts and FG attempts illegal. It's ridiculous.
I have never seen that called other than jumping over the front line - then saw it twice on Saturday
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