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Spiking at any other point while the ball is live is always intentional grounding regardless of pressure or location; this is called a delayed spike. [4] In Canadian football, spike plays are legal but very rare. This is mainly because the clock always stops after the three minute warning after every play until the ball is spotted by the ...
spike the football Gridiron Football: To celebrate a victory or win, often excessively. It derives from the American Football practice of enthusiastically throwing or spiking the ball against the ground when a touchdown is scored. [79] square off Boxing: To assume a fighting stance or attitude. In boxing, the term derives from the square shape ...
[b] In college football, the ball is placed at the spot of the pass. The offense loses the down rather than replaying the down, as is the case for most other penalties. If the quarterback threw the pass from his team's own end zone , the penalty results in a safety being scored by the defense.
College football, governed by the NCAA also penalizes excessive celebrations with a 15-yard penalty. NCAA Football Rule 9-2, Article 1(a)(1)(d) prohibits "Any delayed, excessive, prolonged or choreographed act by which a player (or players) attempts to focus attention upon himself (or themselves)"; in addition, Rule 9-2, Article 1(a)(2) asserts that "After a score or any other play, the player ...
Any action which delays the next play. In American football, on offense, this includes failing to snap the ball before the play clock reaches zero. (In the CFL, that action is a time count violation.) It may also include spiking the ball. On defense, it occurs when a player hinders the offense in hurrying to make the next snap.
A fake spike is a trick play in American football. When the clock is running low, it is not uncommon for a quarterback to spike the ball to stop the clock, either to set up for the next play or bring on the special teams. Here though, the objective is to trick the defense into believing that no downfield play will be run.
Quarterbacks can also "spike" (throw the football at the ground) to stop the official game clock. For example, if a team is down by a field goal with only seconds remaining, a quarterback may spike the ball to prevent the game clock from running out. This usually allows the field goal unit to come onto the field, or attempt a final "Hail Mary ...
In American football, only one offensive player can be in motion at a time, cannot be moving toward the line of scrimmage at the snap, and may not be a player who is on the line of scrimmage. In Canadian football, more than one back can be in motion, and may move in any direction as long as they are behind the line of scrimmage at the snap.