Time to put all that football knowledge to the test
Welcome back.
Bet you thought you'd peel back Neighbor to our first Sports Extra of the 2007-08 school year and have an easy read checking out the previews of all our local high school football teams in Lake County.
Wrong.
Pop quiz, Stats class.
Hope you brought a pen or No. 2 pencil.
1: Libertyville's defense pins Barrington at its own 8-yard line. The Broncos are called for holding, spotting the ball at the 4.
The penalty is for:
a. 4 yards
b. 10 yards
c. 8 yards
d. 5 yards
2: From the 50, Carmel quarterback David Venegoni gets crushed hard on the option and fumbles at the Morgan Park 45. Carmel running back Mike Taylor recovers at the Morgan Park 40.
Which is true:
a. Credit both Venegoni and Taylor with 1 carry for 5 yards
b. Credit Venegoni with 1 carry for 10 yards
c. Credit Venegoni with 1 carry for 5 yards
d. Credit Taylor with 1 carry for 10 yards
3: On first down from his team's own 20, Wauconda running back Brad Wisniewski breaks free and scores a touchdown, but the Bulldogs are flagged for holding at the 50. The ball is spotted at the Wauconda 40.
Credit Wisniewski for:
a. 1 carry for 80 yards
b. 1 carry for 30 yards
c. 1 carry for 20 yards
d. 1 carry for 0 yards
4: Lakes pulls a little trickery. From the Grayslake North 40, Eagles quarterback Randy Ratajczyk keeps the ball and sprints to the 35, where he then pitches the ball to hulking offensive lineman Richard Hayes, who runs untouched down the sideline for a touchdown.
Which is true:
a. Credit Hayes for 35 rushing yards but no carry, and credit Ratajczyk for 5 rushing yards and 1 carry
b. Credit Hayes for 40 rushing yards and 1 carry
c. Credit Ratajczyk for a 40 rushing yards and 1 carry
d. Credit Hayes for 35 rushing yards and 1 carry and credit Ratajczyk for 5 rushing yards and 1 carry
5: Grant defensive end Bobby Madlener is in hot pursuit of a quarterback, who chooses discretion over valor by running out of bounds, before being hit by Madlener, 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage.
Credit Madlener with what?
a. sack
b. tackle for loss
c. nothing
d. sack and tackle for loss
6: From Buffalo Grove's own 40-yard line, Mundelein's Anthony Gianaras speeds around the end and hits the quarterback, who fumbles at the 30. Indiana-bound offensive lineman Marc Damisch recovers at the 20.
Gianaras gets a sack and forced fumble, but how about the Bison QB?
a. 1 rushing attempt and loss of 20 yards
b. no rushing attempt and team loss of 20 passing yards
c. 1 rushing attempt and loss of 10 yards
d. none of the above
7: Lake Zurich's ball, which is spotted just past its own 20, but clearly shy of the 21. Bears running back Dan Kalcsics carries the ball to the 28.
Credit Kalcsics with how many rushing yards?
a. 8
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5
8: Stevenson's ball, which is spotted just inside the Loyola 21, but clearly shy of the 20. Patriots running back Geoffrey Matthews carries the ball to the 15.
Credit Matthews with how many rushing yards?
a. 8
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5
9: From the 50, Vernon Hills quarterback P.J. Marsek drops back to the Cougars' 45 and swings a pass to Ryan Flis, who catches the ball at the Cougars' 40 and is tackled at the Niles West 45.
Credit Flis with what?
a. 1 reception for 5 yards
b. 1 reception for 15 yards
c. 1 rushing attempt for 15 yards
d. 1 rushing attempt for 5 yards
10: Lake Zurich's offense stalls at the Fremd 3. The Bears bring out Kevin Johnson for a field-goal attempt. The ball is spotted at the 10 and Johnson drills the ball through the uprights.
Johnson's field goal is from how many yards?
a. 3
b. 20
c. 10
d. 13
ANSWERS
1. a -- The penalty assessed by rule is to be for 10 yards, but Barrington can't be penalized more than half the distance to its goal line.
2. b -- On any play terminated by a fumble, the yards involved to the point of recovery are credited to the player who fumbled, regardless of which team recovers the fumble.
3. b -- Credit yardage to the point of the infraction
4. a -- Credit the initial runner only with a carry. Yes, it's true that a player can have rushing yardage with no official rushing attempts.
5. c -- Credit Madlener with great effort, which is typical of him, but no tackling stat.
6. a -- See explanation for Question No. 2.
7. b -- If any point of the football rests on or above any yard stripe, future action is to be computed from that yard line. However, if all of the football has been advanced beyond any yard stripe, future action is computed from the first yard line in advance of the football.
8. d -- See explanation for Question No. 7.
9. d -- This play would be ruled a lateral, which is computed as rushing yardage.
10. b -- Field goal distance equals spot of ball plus 10 yards in end zone.
Scale
•9-10 right: Congrats. You're a stats geek.
•7-8 correct: Pretty good. And good luck with you fantasy football team.
•6 or fewer correct: Congrats. You're not a stats geek.