@@soupysocks7135 oh it’s legal, but you have to make sure the people who are lined up on the line are where they are supposed to be, as well as the ones who are off! It’s pretty hard to do on the spot so you KNOW they practiced it. I love this play and we had the best snapper for it. God I miss tackle football.
@@dc_rubberduck6970 yeah my hs team does something similar to this formation except they split the line on both sides instead of having them all on one side. that way they can either have the qb take it up the middle, have him roll out right or left for a pass, or just have the center pitch to either side to one of the rb’s that’s sitting behind the lineman
CharlesOrlando Check this out from the year before. It's the first play they show, you may have to watch it a few times to see what all took place. What made it so sweet was how we spanked Ohio State with all of their hype coming into the game. We beat them 55-24. Totally destroyed Barrett's chances at the Heisman Trophy!! th-cam.com/video/8F3p-ZgJlrg/w-d-xo.html
@@haydenbothersyouagain9429 that's crazy, cause Alabama's kicker is leading the country in FG% right now. He nailed a 50+ harder a couple weeks ago too
No not really actually. This was the perfect time to pull out a trick play. People call coaches dumb when they try trick plays when it's not advantageous. In this scenario, they still need 4 yards to TD, it's not like they are 1-2 yards away and can just push a guy over the line. They are deep in Minnesota territory so if the play fails, Minnesota is in terrible field position. And Iowa is already up 7 points. If they get the TD, that's obviously best case scenario. If they fail to get it on 4th down, Minnesota has to play from the 4-yard line and Iowa is still up a whole score. No-brainer time for a trick play.
Is the rule as long as you have 7 men on the line and there’s no motion at the snap, then it’s a legal formation. And as soon as the center picks the ball off the ground it’s a live ball, nothing to do with having to snap the ball backwards.
@@Bluefire064 The formation is that you must have 5 players numbered 50-79 on the LOS and no more than 4 players in the backfield. The snapper must have his shoulders parallel to the goalline and the snap must be in one continuous motion (and can be made in any direction)
Hahahaha! I guess maybe if the center leaves the ball on the ground? For someone else to pickup? It’s been done a few times, that might qualify as indirect lol.
Just a reminder the colts weren’t supposed to snap it. Griff Whalen (the center for that play) wasn’t at practice when they did it so he didn’t get the memo, Pat McAfee does a whole segment on this
That little trick wasn't Kirk's, that one belongs to Brian!!! Just like the trick play the year before against Ohio State. It may not be pretty, but it was so much fun to see it work.
We had a coach in little leagues that ran this formation or a certain of this. We would run screens from this formation and the center becomes eligible for passes from this formation as well.
know what I keep waiting for is a team to use all "speed guys" on offense, then run a rugby-style play where the play ends up covering 20-30 yards behind the LOS and takes a half-minute or more to run. the speed guys would need to have some idea of how to pass a football.
Quite honestly, I think this should be false start on the center because his right shoulder rotated upwards and his left shoulder downwards before the ball was released.
Centers always move their head and point and call out instructions to the line before every snap. They just can’t move toward the line of scrimmage simulating the start of the play. Other than that lineman can move
As long as it is not quick and simulates the start of play, that's allowed. Linemen are allowed to point, move, etc as long as it is not a jerky motion that could be construed as starting the play
@@greeneggs6828 who gives a sh*t if they did a backflip in the middle of it too.. they got the job done. When it doesn't come off you can talk down on it.. but if it comes off you just stand an applaud.. otherwise you're being straight up negative. NFL being different and trying something new that comes off - you: "how dare they not do what they always do"
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When the swinging gate actually works!
haha that's the thought that went through my head
We tried this so many times in High school and it only worked twice lol.
Didn’t think that was legal.... crazy!
@@soupysocks7135 oh it’s legal, but you have to make sure the people who are lined up on the line are where they are supposed to be, as well as the ones who are off! It’s pretty hard to do on the spot so you KNOW they practiced it. I love this play and we had the best snapper for it. God I miss tackle football.
I didn't know you could "snap" the ball without passing it between the legs of the center. I'll be a ton of players and coaches don't know that, too.
You just know that this has to be practiced multiple times in practice to get it right.
It's not that you can't, it's just not wise to do it differently (considering you gotta block immediately right after you snap the ball).
No it’s actually pretty common knowledge surprisingly
@@dc_rubberduck6970 yeah my hs team does something similar to this formation except they split the line on both sides instead of having them all on one side. that way they can either have the qb take it up the middle, have him roll out right or left for a pass, or just have the center pitch to either side to one of the rb’s that’s sitting behind the lineman
One continuous snap is legal
Now THAT was an ingenious, well-designed, and perfectly executed play. Way to show 'em how it's done Hawkeyes! :)
CharlesOrlando Check this out from the year before. It's the first play they show, you may have to watch it a few times to see what all took place. What made it so sweet was how we spanked Ohio State with all of their hype coming into the game. We beat them 55-24. Totally destroyed Barrett's chances at the Heisman Trophy!! th-cam.com/video/8F3p-ZgJlrg/w-d-xo.html
Hook and ladder against Ohio state.
In someone's mind half a slow-mo replay beats none at all
And to be able to do it against the goofers
It's called the Swinging Gate -- High School teams in Alabama use it a lot when they don't have a great kicker.
Have you ever seen a side snap in the NFL?
Actually like in the 90s maybe when Flutie played for the Bills and brought a bunch of CFL plays with him.
Alabama never has a kicker
@@haydenbothersyouagain9429 that's crazy, cause Alabama's kicker is leading the country in FG% right now. He nailed a 50+ harder a couple weeks ago too
@@eliwhite5548 I know that he is pretty good but normally they whiff everything and it does not help us
If this didnt work he would have been called the stupidest coach.
He’s already the most racist so u can’t get much lower lol
@@hankshepherd2310 I know nothing about this coach, but you always gotta have that one person throwing the race card out there
@@LordZoth6292 The racism accusation comes from an ESPN article. So, consider the source.
Who cares if he’s racist?
No not really actually. This was the perfect time to pull out a trick play. People call coaches dumb when they try trick plays when it's not advantageous. In this scenario, they still need 4 yards to TD, it's not like they are 1-2 yards away and can just push a guy over the line. They are deep in Minnesota territory so if the play fails, Minnesota is in terrible field position. And Iowa is already up 7 points. If they get the TD, that's obviously best case scenario. If they fail to get it on 4th down, Minnesota has to play from the 4-yard line and Iowa is still up a whole score.
No-brainer time for a trick play.
That was a thing of beauty. Cunningly designed and executed with precision. Almost MEAN how easy it looked.
yeah anything is easy in the B1G TEN, that wouldn't happen in the SEC
20 years and I still don't know all the rules
Is the rule as long as you have 7 men on the line and there’s no motion at the snap, then it’s a legal formation. And as soon as the center picks the ball off the ground it’s a live ball, nothing to do with having to snap the ball backwards.
Become an official. You learn how much you never knew
@@Bluefire064 The formation is that you must have 5 players numbered 50-79 on the LOS and no more than 4 players in the backfield. The snapper must have his shoulders parallel to the goalline and the snap must be in one continuous motion (and can be made in any direction)
Iowa OWNS the Gophers
Really? They bought em?
@@johnnybravo-ir3ev well we beat em again so 🙂
@@theaviationlover9604 sweet. ROLL TIDE!#
@@johnnybravo-ir3ev Iowa owns gophers and roll a tide, huh? B10 and SEC don't sound like a bunch of retards at all
Really bad situational awareness. Fourth and goal, gimmick formation and your defense is running around clueless presnap. Call a timeout, you had 2.
hey it is all fair play the same thing happened with us in HS when that play got pulled on us back in the 80's we had no defense for it at the time
Every time I hear an announcer refer to a "direct snap" I scour my memory for an indirect snap...never can remember one
Hahahaha! I guess maybe if the center leaves the ball on the ground? For someone else to pickup? It’s been done a few times, that might qualify as indirect lol.
90% of the snaps you're thinking of are indirect, because they go to the qb first, not directly to the one running up field
@@jeffreykinsella4416 No, they are direct snaps followed by handoffs,
@@cisium1184 No, a direct snap is when the ball is snapped directly to the non-QB runner by definition.
@@JamesJamersonIsAGod Yours is a 5 yard illegal procedure foul. Not a legal play
Just a reminder the colts weren’t supposed to snap it. Griff Whalen (the center for that play) wasn’t at practice when they did it so he didn’t get the memo, Pat McAfee does a whole segment on this
This is the ultimate trick play in that it's the first one Iowa has run since 1982.
That little trick wasn't Kirk's, that one belongs to Brian!!! Just like the trick play the year before against Ohio State. It may not be pretty, but it was so much fun to see it work.
I bet u i could throw dis ball here over dem mountains over dare
That’s my TE #onepride
Didn’t know u could snap like that huh u learn something new every day
that is called a Dead Polecat play Pleasantville pulled that one on us in Prairie City back in the 80's
I hate COVID so much! Watching old plays and mistaking then for recent gives me anxiety until I check the date uploaded 🤣
I'm shocked he wasted such a good play in this situation
It was 4th down
How is it a waste if they scored 😂
@@benwheeler8980 can save for bigger game, final play, i.e. when stakes are higher.
@@streetsareforpeople723 running such a unorthodox play in a big game and it going wrong is how you get mocked for the rest of your career as a coach
A better team would not be fooled or would've at least called a time out
Who was number 21 chasing, a ghost? Tackle the man BEFORE he gets to the solid white line dude!
He had no chance of getting there and making the tackle before the goal line.
That’s their intelligence. Why is anyone surprised?
Great job coach, great execution guys
I love that play it is an old play and very hard to do successfully
Swinging gate. Used to run this in high school. Awesome to see it run.
We had a coach in little leagues that ran this formation or a certain of this. We would run screens from this formation and the center becomes eligible for passes from this formation as well.
know what I keep waiting for is a team to use all "speed guys" on offense, then run a rugby-style play where the play ends up covering 20-30 yards behind the LOS and takes a half-minute or more to run. the speed guys would need to have some idea of how to pass a football.
I wouldn't say that was a 'trick' play per se, I mean, they didn't seem to fool anybody, they simply got the ball in.
Beautiful
Nobody said you had to hike the ball between the legs. It's just the best way to get the ball to the QB.
That was clean af
OU ran a version of this when Mike Leach was the OC, called it the Ninja.
I want to call that illegal formation by the offense
But it's not
The play that was called here is named "Rowing the Boat".
The ol’ muddle huddle
Let's be real, Oregon popularized this shit.
This is how my Freshman football team lined up for XP. Depending on where the defense lined up we’d either run it or kick it
As a Sooner fan....that was great! Hahahaha
So I'm still new to football is this allowed in the nfl?
I bet they worked on this play in walk thru months before even thinking about pulling it in a game.
Anyone else know this formation as the " water bucket" ?
the swinging gate.
Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Should've recognized the center was using his left hand to throw it that way
21 k views. 79 likes,1 dislike. 8 comments. Somethings not right about this picture 🤔
Colts should take notes
That worked out!
Is that TJ hockenson
Is that legal, I've never seen anything like it!!
sadly the whole team got arrested after 😔
@colts this is how you do it
Huh. I guess that’s legal.
WOW
A little Razzle Dazzle
good ol polecat offense
I’ve seen my high school do this so many times
The mascot lol
What the Colts miserably failed to do
I didn't see one mask on any of those Iowa fans...........
94 missed his block.
a team tried this on us last Friday
I mean the center moved his whole body before he snapped the ball is that legal? Also the Minnisota player should have intercepted the snap.
Centers move their whole bodies just about everytime they snap the ball. This was perfectly legal.
This play never worker in highschool
It’s a fumble for 6 the other way if they run it again.
*sees crowd shot* oh, I guess this wasn’t from this year’s game!
Is it legal in NFL?
idk but probably?
No that formation is not even legal
And why are we here 2 years later 🤷♂️
@@danielholley8563 Um because youtube put it in my feed and I like football?
@@DJDonkeytron ya why does it come 2 years later, there is a weird algorithm
Seen this very play before, swinging gate play. Good call though.
Looking for similar plays!! Please help
Washington vs Steelers
Quite honestly, I think this should be false start on the center because his right shoulder rotated upwards and his left shoulder downwards before the ball was released.
As long as he is snapping the ball in a continuous motion, it’s legal. The turning of his shoulders is just part of the motion.
nothing new...Oregon's been doing that for years
Coach been playing to much madden 21 yard
Surely that's an illegal formation, right?
As long as there’s 7 players on the line of scrimmage you can run pretty much any formation you want
@@iHaWkS15 No more than 4 in the backfield. There is no requirement for 7 players on the LOS
@@TheClearwall you’re right, I got that wrong. But it’s no more than 7 on the line of scrimmage
Way to not stack the strong side 🤦🏻♂️
T.J Hockenson drafted to Detroit Lions
I think that is a false start.
The center moved his head before snapping the ball.
Centers always move their head and point and call out instructions to the line before every snap. They just can’t move toward the line of scrimmage simulating the start of the play. Other than that lineman can move
As long as it is not quick and simulates the start of play, that's allowed. Linemen are allowed to point, move, etc as long as it is not a jerky motion that could be construed as starting the play
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Penalty, first movement must be the ball being snapped. You can’t lift the ball first
What the fuck do you think you do when you snap the ball??
Nah, that's one fluid motion. Perfectly legal
Bush league
All that to barely get in?
Got in though. And they won so........
All that to score a touchdown?
Yea good point ummm or a play action pass to a tight end or a corner fade? Probably has a higher success rate maybe.. They won so I guess your right?
@@greeneggs6828 they have a history (albeit kind of short) of fun special teams plays out of the FG formation.
@@greeneggs6828 who gives a sh*t if they did a backflip in the middle of it too.. they got the job done. When it doesn't come off you can talk down on it.. but if it comes off you just stand an applaud.. otherwise you're being straight up negative. NFL being different and trying something new that comes off - you: "how dare they not do what they always do"