INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The NCAA has approved tougher restrictions on blocking below the waist and given teams the option of taking 10 seconds off the clock in the final minute of each half this season in penalty situations.
The NCAA says the Playing Rules Oversight Committee approved the changes Thursday.
Receivers or running backs lined up outside the tackle box can block below the waist only if they are blocking straight ahead or toward the nearest sideline. If they go inside and block toward the play, it would be a penalty.
If teams commit a penalty that stops the clock in the final minute of a half, the opponent can take the yardage and a 10-second clock rundown; the yardage only; or decline both the clock rundown and the yardage.
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