Take a look and judge for yourself: https://deadspin.com/fair-or-extremely-foul-horrendous-roughing-the-punter-1849748486
Mizzou's contention is that the ball was snapped 30+ yards down field, but the tackle box does technically extend to the offense's goal line. But, with the ball being that far down field, they say there's no way the defender could have known what the punter's intention was, so he made the snap decision to tackle him. As it is, the punter was somehow able to pick the ball up and get off an improvised punt a nanosecond before the defender hit him. Roughing the passer, UK first down. Game over for Mizzou. Definitely a weird play. Looks like it was called by the book, but this honestly seems like the kind of thing that would happen to us, where the opposing team is somehow rewarded for a horrible play.
Mizzou's contention is that the ball was snapped 30+ yards down field, but the tackle box does technically extend to the offense's goal line. But, with the ball being that far down field, they say there's no way the defender could have known what the punter's intention was, so he made the snap decision to tackle him. As it is, the punter was somehow able to pick the ball up and get off an improvised punt a nanosecond before the defender hit him. Roughing the passer, UK first down. Game over for Mizzou. Definitely a weird play. Looks like it was called by the book, but this honestly seems like the kind of thing that would happen to us, where the opposing team is somehow rewarded for a horrible play.
