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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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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The NCAA Football Oversight committee sent a bulletin to game officials regarding the “fake slide” by Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett in the ACC championship game, sources told Sports ...

The memo states that such a play is not reviewable. Pickett used a fake slide to freeze defenders and run for a 58-yard touchdown on the first possession of Pitt's 45-21 ACC title win over Wake ...