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OK, someone brought this up on a nuked thread.
When D'Eriq was injured, the defense was called for holding, yet we had to repeat second down. Apparently, the college rules differ for whether the play was a running play or a passing play (which is almost always when you see defensive holding called).
If I am reading the NCAA rules correctly, defensive holding is an automatic first down for PASSING plays (probably 99.99% of all the defensive holding calls I've ever seen called) and NOT an automatic first down for RUSHING plays:
Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Defense
ARTICLE 4.
a. Defensive players may use hands and arms to push, pull, ward off or lift offensive players:
1. When attempting to reach the runner.
2. Who are obviously attempting to block them.
b. A defensive player legally may use his hands or arms to ward off or block an opponent in an attempt to reach a loose ball (Rule 9-1-5, Exceptions 3 and 4 and Rule 9-3-6, Exceptions 3 and 5):
1. During a backward pass, fumble or kick that he is eligible to touch.
2. During any forward pass that crossed the neutral zone and has been touched by any player or official.
c. When making no attempt to get at the ball or the runner, defensive players must comply with Article 3, paragraphs a and b above.
d. Defensive players may not use hands and arms to tackle, hold or otherwise illegally obstruct an opponent other than a runner.
e. Defensive players may ward off or legally block an eligible pass receiver until that player occupies the same yard line as the defender or until the opponent could not possibly block him. Continuous contact is illegal (A.R. 9-3-5-I).
PENALTY [c-e]—10 or 15 yards [S38, S42, S43 or S45].
Use of Hands or Arms by Defense: Passing Downs
ARTICLE 5.
During a legal forward pass play in which the pass crosses the neutral zone, if before the pass is touched there is a contact foul by Team B beyond the neutral zone against an eligible receiver (other than pass interference), the penalty includes an automatic first down.
PENALTY—10 or 15 yards and automatic first down if the first down is not in conflict with other rules [S38].
When D'Eriq was injured, the defense was called for holding, yet we had to repeat second down. Apparently, the college rules differ for whether the play was a running play or a passing play (which is almost always when you see defensive holding called).
If I am reading the NCAA rules correctly, defensive holding is an automatic first down for PASSING plays (probably 99.99% of all the defensive holding calls I've ever seen called) and NOT an automatic first down for RUSHING plays:
Holding and Use of Hands or Arms: Defense
ARTICLE 4.
a. Defensive players may use hands and arms to push, pull, ward off or lift offensive players:
1. When attempting to reach the runner.
2. Who are obviously attempting to block them.
b. A defensive player legally may use his hands or arms to ward off or block an opponent in an attempt to reach a loose ball (Rule 9-1-5, Exceptions 3 and 4 and Rule 9-3-6, Exceptions 3 and 5):
1. During a backward pass, fumble or kick that he is eligible to touch.
2. During any forward pass that crossed the neutral zone and has been touched by any player or official.
c. When making no attempt to get at the ball or the runner, defensive players must comply with Article 3, paragraphs a and b above.
d. Defensive players may not use hands and arms to tackle, hold or otherwise illegally obstruct an opponent other than a runner.
e. Defensive players may ward off or legally block an eligible pass receiver until that player occupies the same yard line as the defender or until the opponent could not possibly block him. Continuous contact is illegal (A.R. 9-3-5-I).
PENALTY [c-e]—10 or 15 yards [S38, S42, S43 or S45].
Use of Hands or Arms by Defense: Passing Downs
ARTICLE 5.
During a legal forward pass play in which the pass crosses the neutral zone, if before the pass is touched there is a contact foul by Team B beyond the neutral zone against an eligible receiver (other than pass interference), the penalty includes an automatic first down.
PENALTY—10 or 15 yards and automatic first down if the first down is not in conflict with other rules [S38].
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