I think it's time we had a full-fledged thread with interesting and obscure football trivia.

I'll start it out.

Did you know that, by rule in both high school and NFL football, a coach can elect to take a free kick whenever a fair catch is called? If that free kick goes through the uprights, it's three points.

I doubt 1 in 10 coaches and officials knows about this oddity.

+1 to whomever successfully identifies the NFL rule governing this peculiar situation.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

I think it's time we had a full-fledged thread with interesting and obscure football trivia.

I'll start it out.

Did you know that, by rule in both high school and NFL football, a coach can elect to take a free kick whenever a fair catch is called? If that free kick goes through the uprights, it's three points.

I doubt 1 in 10 coaches and officials knows about this oddity.

+1 to whomever successfully identifies the NFL rule governing this peculiar situation.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

They can only elect to free kick if the fair catch happens with no time left on the clock.

"IronMan" wrote:

Another trivia related to obscure rules.

On the play in question, the officials assessed an excessive celebration penalty and refused to let the winning team waive the extra point, despite the fact that time had already expired. In a somewhat creative show of contempt for the officials' actions, the team elected to take a knee instead of kicking the extra point.

However, unnoticed by the officials was a rather remarkable violation by the defense of another football rule. It's most apparent in the moments after the catch. Check out this video.

[youtube]3BcVk62egS0[/youtube]

EDIT: Heh, I just noticed you can see the violation in the preview image itself.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote: