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This is such a terrible rule.  The o-line has the advantage of knowing the snap count.  The d-line does not, so has always been able to counter that by jumping, but then getting back onsides, if the ball doesn't snap. As long as the defender doesn't touch anyone, it was okay, and that was a reasonable concession.

O-linemen were coached to have line discipline and only move on the snap of the ball.  If the defender did jump and hit you, that was fine, because then you got the benefit of the penalty yards.  I played o-line for years and gladly took plenty of hits from over-eager d-linemen who jumped offside and hit me.  Thanks for the free yards, mate.

agreed

O-line should hold their water

This is such a terrible rule.  The o-line has the advantage of knowing the snap count.  The d-line does not, so has always been able to counter that by jumping, but then getting back onsides, if the ball doesn't snap. As long as the defender doesn't touch anyone, it was okay, and that was a reasonable concession.

O-linemen were coached to have line discipline and only move on the snap of the ball.  If the defender did jump and hit you, that was fine, because then you got the benefit of the penalty yards.  I played o-line for years and gladly took plenty of hits from over-eager d-linemen who jumped offside and hit me.  Thanks for the free yards, mate.

LOL. Just now saw your response. I basically said the same thing.

It's a tactic that offense is using to get a cheap 5 yards. This is a bad rule that I wish they would reverse. The offensive line knows the snap count. They have helmets and pads. If a D lineman jumps and makes contact, yes that should be a 5 yd penalty. However, this crap of "causing the o line to jump" is garbage. Again, they know the snap count and don't have to jump. Terrible rule. I have hated it since it was introduced.

Was it introduced? Or did teams just start taking advantage in a different way?

It strikes me as sort of an intractable issue. In some cases. A guy jumping across is going to make an offensive player jump. And even if it doesn’t and they just move, what do you do? Is that a false start? That doesn’t seem totally right. And If that happens, you’ll have defenses trying to bait it, teams having quick snap packages to take advantage, and that likely won’t be much better.

Usually week 2 of college football is one of the worst weeks of the season.  The ranked matchups are usually week 1, and it's filled with teams getting their cupcake win as a tuneup.  But this was one of the best weekends of college football I can remember.  Yes, partially because a few cupcakes rose up and got big wins, but also some decent matchups that went down to the wire.  TN-Pitt, TX-Bama, BYU-Baylor...great games all over the place.