Why spike the football

By rule, a team cannot spike the football with less than three seconds on the game clock. Miami spiked the football with two seconds remaining in the game and the rule resulted in the end of the game.

Ending to Florida State-Miami: "By rule, in order for the QB to spike the ball there has to be 3 seconds left on the clock. There were 2…The game is over" pic. Florida State took their three-point lead with less than a minute remaining after a goal line touchdown by quarterback Jordan Travis. A spike is a physical act. Their star tight end, Rob Gronkowski is a spiking artiste of the highest order. Spiking the ball can also have a very specific tactical use within the game of football.

Depending on what happens in each play, the clock either runs between plays or it stops. Spiking the ball is like a special form of the incomplete pass.

This stops the clock but it does count as a down. This leaves them vulnerable to a crafty quarterback who decides to take advantage of their assumptions. Examples of excessive celebration that I've seen penalised include: flipping the bird ; extending the celebration for more than say, 60 seconds; backflips tragically, the rule mentioned above outlaws "leaving your feet on the field of play"--which fortunately does not extent to the Lambeau Leap.

I would like to teach this phrase to my English learning peers. In putting it into Japanese, I can think of a Japanese word -. Robusto-san may know whether it applies to or not. Yoichi - I speak Japanese and think "dame-oshi" captures the flavor of the problem under review. However, "spiking the ball" is not necessarily a good or bad thing.

Here, the President is saying "let's no do that now. Jamie Jamie 1, 3 3 gold badges 10 10 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges. The Raven and Jamie. You were right. Obama added. Add a comment. Here are some similar expressions I would use as a non-American. Related, but not quite equivalent: Let's not kick him while he's down. I don't think he cares that much if you kick him while he's down—he's dead after all. JanusBahsJacquet I addressed that in the third paragraph.

Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. But the Seminoles snapped that streak with a win in a riveting game that had a strange ending thanks to an NCAA rule. Florida State scored a go-ahead touchdown with 26 seconds left after quarterback Jordan Travis snuck it into the end zone from the 1-yard line. A two-point conversion gave FSU a lead.

From there, the Seminoles kicked it away and Miami used 19 seconds for three incompletions. The Canes eventually got a first down after quarterback Tyler Van Dyke hit Charleston Rambo for 19 yards with two seconds left on the clock. Looking at first-and from their own 44, Van Dyke attempted to spike it as a means to stop the clock and potentially get off a Hail Mary.

Tyler Van Dyke doing his part in getting Manny Diaz fired by spiking the ball with 2 seconds left on the clock pic.