Want to throw off the opposition defense and free up another receiver on the other side of the field? Here's how to pump fake ...

In 2025, once the ball is spotted, if a player goes down with an injury, that will cost his team a timeout. If the team doesn ...

The play Kenny Pickett made famous has been banned. Defensive holding? Now an automatic first down. And the N.C.A.A. is still trying to rid the game of feigned injuries.

NCAA outlaws fake slide after Pickett's controversial run for Pitt Cory Giger 12/10/2021 12:33:10 AM ALTOONA, Pa.-- Well, that didn't take long.

NCAA bans 'fake slide' play made famous by Kenny Pickett's touchdown run in ACC title game The ban will last through the 2021-22 postseason before being reviewed in the offseason By Dennis Dodd ...

To allow the ball carrier to fake a slide would compromise the defense that is being instructed to let up when the ball carrier slides feet first." The memo states that such a play is not reviewable.

The Patriots did not necessarily have to alter or deflate the football in order to beat the system and play the AFC Championship Game with footballs that were easier to grip and catch. Martin ...

Thanks to college quarterback Kenny Pickett, fake slides are now illegal in the NCAA. No, it’s not banned in baseball where sliding into bases is normal, but in college football.

Back to the question. Why not just ditch the slide completely? Although any ball carrier can do it, only a quarterback ever does it. If he chooses to run, he assumes the full risk of becoming a runner ...