Boise State will be allowed to wear its all-blue uniforms at home for any game this season.
By Chadd Cripe
ccripe@idahostatesman.com
© 2013 Idaho Statesman
UPDATE:
Boise State is due to get new blue and white jerseys this season, so the new rule about numbers won’t be a problem on those (see below). However, coach Chris Petersen does want to retain use of the black jerseys, which likely will require some sort of waiver from the NCAA because they clearly violate the rule.
As for the blue-on-blue issue, Petersen said: “I think they’ve finally come to their senses. I think there’s other things we need to pay attention to and worry about that are more important than what color uniform guys are wearing.”
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The Boise State football team will be allowed to wear its all-blue uniforms on the blue turf, the NCAA announced Thursday.
The Playing Rules Oversight Panel denied the Football Rules Committee’s proposal to require a team to wear jerseys or pants that were a different color than the playing field. The PROP cited concerns that the rule “did not enhance the image of the game.”
The Mountain West wrote a letter to the NCAA in support of Boise State’s tradition of wearing all blue. The league prohibited the Broncos from using the all-blue look for conference home games the past two years but had rescinded that rule as part of Boise State’s decision to stay in the league rather than join the Big East.
Boise State’s black jerseys have two-tone numbers.
The PROP did clarify a rule on jersey numbers that could apply to Boise State’s black uniforms, which include blue and white in the numbers. It also could affect the multi-shade gray numbers on the Broncos’ blue jerseys. The rule, which goes into effect in the Football Bowl Subdivision this year: “Jerseys must have clearly visible, permanent Arabic numerals measuring at least 8 and 10 inches in height front and back, respectively, and be of one solid color that itself is clearly in distinct contrast with the color of the jersey, irrespective of any border around the number.” There have been some exemptions in basketball, but the NCAA said Thursday that it’s up to the schools “to make sure the football uniforms they will be using adhere to this standard.” Boise State is looking into the issue.
Boise State’s black jerseys have two-tone numbers.
Other rules changes that were approved include:
— Players who target and contact defenseless players above the shoulders will be ejected. If the foul occurs in the first half, the player will miss the rest of the game. If it happens in the second half or overtime, the player also will miss the first half of the next game. The ejection portion of the penalty is subject to replay review.
— Blocks below the waist will be allowed only by “stationary players in typical line play.”
— A 10-second runoff with less than a minute remaining in a half will be added when the clock is stopped for an injury.
— A minimum of 3 seconds must be on the clock in order to spike the ball to stop the clock. If there’s less time, the offense must run a play.
— A player who changes numbers during the game must report to the referee, who will announce it.
— Teammates can no longer share numbers.
— On-field officiating crews can use electronic communication.
— Instant replay can be used to adjust the clock at the end of each quarter. Before, that was only allowed for each half.
The rule about spiking the ball seems odd. Isn’t the whole point of spiking the ball to get another huddle in the last seconds? Seems the three-second rule is violating the spirit of the game.
Basketball has similar rules about how much time you need for a shot and how much for a tip. The issue is that the clock operator can’t start/stop the clock with enough accuracy. This rule says if you have 3 seconds left, you can spike the ball and will have one play left. The assumption is that spiking the ball will take at least 3 seconds.
I think this rule came from wisconsin losing to oregon in rose bowl a couple year back when Wilson spiked the ball thinking he had time, but the clock ran out. It takes the human error out of the last play of the game like it did in this one. There was a lot of debate of whether they should have gotten one more play.
Maybe it’s to not have something like this happen in a big game. Start viewing at 14 minutes in… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0mHrirPce0
Not that it was in too much doubt…EXCEPT Wisconsin fans.
The rationale, as I understand it, is similar to the basketball rule that states you need at least .7 seconds on the clock to catch and release a shot. The rationale goes: You simply can’t snap and spike the ball in fewer than three seconds. Not sure I agree with it, but that’s the rationale.
Oops, I didn’t realize you beat me to the punch. That’s what I get for responding to something I didn’t refresh for a while.
The NCAA took one look at the list of high powered schools this rule would affect and went OREGON? Forget it…move on. One more thing we Bronco’s can thank Phil Knight for.
This is a solid rule. The numbers on the black jersey are fine, and should be granted an exception. I have seen numbers that are hardly visible. The worst example I’ve seen in person were the black jerseys worn by the Eagle High School girls basketball team. The numbers and words on the jersey were also black, a slight shade lighter. I could not read them from 20 feet away.
As James Bond, you might have been distracted by other features on the girls from 20 feet away.
Blocks below the waist will be allowed only by “stationary players in typical line play.”
Say what???? What does that MEAN? How can a lineman be blocking someone “below the waist” when they are “stationary”. That makes no sense to me at all. Oh wait a minute………silly me……..this is the N.C.A.A. we’re talking about here.
They want defenders to be able to see the guys who are blocking them below the waist. Not the best wording, but they don’t want guys getting hit by players they don’t see coming. They’ve changed the wording of this rule each of the last two years and it got confusing. They’re hoping this clears it up.
Like Chadd said, this is about another try at the rule. Last year they said you had to be inside blocking toward the sideline. The idea was that the D-linemen are looking inside so this way they would see the guy coming. The problem is that it was virtually impossible for the referees to follow when they are each responsible for several things at any given time.
I’m no expert, but as far as I can tell they want to stop open field blocks below the waist and guys doing chop blocks against defenders who don’t see them coming. At the same time, they don’t want to protect defensemen who try to jump over the offense.
I have never seen so many advocate such an ineffective way to cheat in my life.
Thankfully, the NCAA saw the light of day on the uniform color issue. Hopefully, it silenced all of the whiners out there who only wish that their school would have thought of using a field color to match their primary team color. It was a marketing genius ploy which has done a lot to help Boise State become well known all over the country and the world along, of course, with stellar coaching and performance. Whine on Vandals and other Boise State haters!
Lets get it!!!!!!!!!! Blue is back!!!!! I hate blue but love it on BSU!!!!!!!
If BSU could not wear Blue then University of Oregon should not wear Green. Unfair advantage.
Dude…we don’t color match. As a matter of fact, we rarely wear all green. It’s NEVER been an issue. Someone actually matched the blue for you guys. NCAA approved it…end of story.
The correct fix to this problem is to prohibit any color turf other than green. Blue turf does nothing but detract from the image of the game. Blue turf is an unneeded gimmick.
Stop hate n!!!!!! Other teams have dif. Turf….Boise was just first to do so!!!!!!! The games the same just dif. Team and turf……cry on haters!!!!!!!
Actually that doesn’t fix CSU. I’ve watched them play green on green in person.
if bsu thinks it does not give them advantage why dont they play in all orange to prove their theory instead of being sissies and whining about what they can wear. glad this crap is done and over with. btw go broncos!
They did when they joined the MWC, they wore all orange at home and they comoflauged in the orange end zone, the defense never seen the open recievers, they won that game just like their others, color doesn’t matter.
We play and win on all dif. Colors of turf…….find somethin else to cry about!!!!!!
I remember when we played all orange against Fresno. Thought it was awesome. It reminded me of when my alma mater Boise High would go full tomato on the Blue. After all, until Dona Larsen BSU wasn’t the only team to play on the Blue.
Yea, Blue! I live in Iowa and became a follower of Boise State some years back because of the blue on blue and then I saw a really good football team that won all the time. I now am a big fan and found other people in the midwest that are fans too. Blue on blue got their attention at first. Sometimes the games have been on been late at night, but I will stay up and watch. Thank you for the entertainment.
I remember the in-state rivalry H-Bowl: Boise St. vs. Iowa St.
At least, that’s how I remember the out-of-state media covering it. I kept having to tell my classmates: “POTATOES, not CORN”.
People will say anything about BSU bit yet there teams fear us!!!!!!!! Stop crying and talk your teams coaches into growing a pair and come try BIG BLUE
So does the “No PLayers with the same number” rule mean that a team can’t dress more than 100 players for a non-conf. home game?
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