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Football Archaeology's avatar

I will look into that game. It would be fun to describe the situation in detail in a Tidbit.

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Bill Claypool's avatar

I seem to recall seeing a team on TV contemplating kicking off after being scored upon. Only a few seconds were left in the game and an onside kick was expected, so the team scored upon thought about kicking long and defending a long field rather than possibly not recovering the onside kick. I think it was Oklahoma-Nebraska in the 1980s. Ultimately, they opted to receive. But the announcers went crazy seeing the wrong team start to line up to kick. I can't find any confirmation of this, but this is how I learned about this rule. I wish they hadn't removed it from the rule book.

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