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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chiaroscuro23" data-source="post: 3047185" data-attributes="member: 15371">They're already exposed. They barely won the game when, based on their ranking, they should have won by 4 or 5 touchdowns. College football is not the home of parity. I have a question: during the Wisconsin/Bowling Green game the Badgers returned a punt to around the 10 or so. Only a major facemask prevented the TD (it looked really nasty, too.) The ref said that the Badgers had to decline that penalty in order to keep the ball. What's the deal there? I guess concievably they might have to move the punting team back 15 yards and re-kick, but the penalty happened at the end of a 50 yard run. It was clearly after possession had transfered, and in fact was all that saved the TD. If the rule in fact is that the returning team has to decline the penalty then it's ALWAYS a good idea to illegally tackle the ballcarrier at the end of a big return. Since the returning team won't give up their good field position (and at the least you make them run a few plays before they get in the end zone), it encourages you to tackle in a violent, dangerous way. Nothing bad can happen to you as a result. Hell, have the entire sideline run out on the field and tackle the ballcarrier. You'll get penalized for 12+ men on the field, but you keep 7 points off the scoreboard, and your oppenent can't accept the penalty.-C.</blockquote>