A punt or a 108-yard field goal

[Dawgpix]

Shreveport Southwood has been to town and played the West Monroe Rebels last week.
On 4th down their scrimmage kicks were place kicks. Very interesting and very confusing.
A caller to ESPN on Wednesday said Southwood HS has been doing this on 4th down for a couple of years. They don't have a "punter" so they place kick.
This picture below might look like they were attempting a 108-yard field goal against West Monroe but it's really a punt.
Here is an URL to the placekick punt scrimmage kick.
http://www.johntreed.com/placekickpunt.html

[TechSupporter11]

Now that's unique...

[CChandler]

My little brother plays for Southwood.

The "punt formation" is embarrasing.

[Cal&Ken]

Has he ever made a "punt"?

[PawDawg]

My little brother plays for Southwood.

The "punt formation" is embarrasing.

It actually worked pretty well considering. The kick was harder for the WM players to field than a spiral punt would have been. Without the "punt formation" the score may have been 70something at the half.

[CChandler]

It actually worked pretty well considering. The kick was harder for the WM players to field than a spiral punt would have been. Without the "punt formation" the score may have been 70something at the half.

It gets blocked 65% of the time. For some reason or another, the linemen decide that going downfield to tackle the return man is more important than, you know, blocking someone.

[sportdawg]

I think Natchitoches Central used to does this with Scobee or another Tech kicker.

[bdub]

scobee is from texas.

[BulldawgBB]

Ok...so lets say that they "punt" from this formation from say the opposing 40 yard line and a STRONG breeze comes from behind and this high school kicker makes an "unofficial" 57 yard field goal...is it a field goal or is it a punt?

Do you have to tell the official that you are in punt formation or field goal formation before every "punt"?

I have seen this formation before and do not like it.

[BulldawgBB]

Ok...so lets say that they "punt" from this formation from say the opposing 40 yard line and a STRONG breeze comes from behind and this high school kicker makes an "unofficial" 57 yard field goal...is it a field goal or is it a punt?

Do you have to tell the official that you are in punt formation or field goal formation before every "punt"?

I have seen this formation before and do not like it.

Before you all jump on this one I'll back it up a bit... Due to the fact that a high school kicker could make a 57 yarder on occasion...possibly....

Lets say that it's from the 50 yard line and it is definately a PUNTING situation.

[Dawgpix]

It is 3 points. You don't have to tell because it's considered a scrimmage kick, which comes in three forms: punt, place kick or drop kick.
In high school . . .
If the ball lands in the endzone, it's dead. A touchback.
If it goes out of bounds, its spotted there.
If it does not make it to the endzone, it's treated like a punt, but in college and NFL, the ball is spotted at the line of scrimmage at the time of the place kick.

Now, the question is . . . if you punt the ball through the uprights is it 3 pts.?

[BulldawgBB]

Now, the question is . . . if you punt the ball through the uprights is it 3 pts.?

Yea...that's what I'm saying. Because we know that if you punt the ball from a "normal" punting formation/stance through the uprights it is a touchback the moment that it crosses the goal line. However, because one could say that this is a "normal" field goal attempting formation/stance how would one rule that? Obviously if it made it through the uprights the kicking team would want the 3 points but the defensive team would say that it was a punt because they have been punting from that formation/stance all night. I'm just curious as to how that situation would work out.

[TECH88]

...or the deep-snapper can't snap it the required 12 -15 yds for punts.

[RhythmDawg]

Burt Reynolds's drop kick in The Longest Yard was worth 2 points.

[TulsaDawg]

Now, the question is . . . if you punt the ball through the uprights is it 3 pts.?

No.