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In American football, the fumblerooski is a trick play.〔(Jim Vangordon, the Coach Behind the Trophy )", New York Times, December 8, 2006.〕 In the fumblerooski, the quarterback deliberately places or leaves the ball on the ground upon receiving it from the center, technically fumbling it. The backs will run to the right, and the right guard will pick up the ball and run to the left. The NCAA banned the play following the 1992 season and the NFL has considered it a "forward fumble" for many years making it illegal. Legal variations of the play's general strategy are still sometimes used. ==Uses== The first documented use of the fumblerooski was in 1933 at Greenville High School during the 1933 Texas High School Championship. 〔(The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search )〕 In the 1984 Orange Bowl game, #1 ranked Nebraska trailed Miami 17–0 after the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, Nebraska coach Tom Osborne called for the play, whereby Nebraska quarterback Turner Gill effectively "fumbled" the snap from center Mark Traynowicz, by setting it on the turf. The ball was picked up by offensive guard Dean Steinkuhler, who ran the ball 19 yards for a touchdown. This was not the first time that Nebraska ran it, having first tried it twice in a 17–14 loss to Oklahoma in 1979. Reflecting on the game years later, Miami coach Howard Schnellenberger denounced the use of the play: The play was used by the Oklahoma Sooners four years later, in 1988, also against the Miami Hurricanes, who fell prey to the fumblerooski in a national championship game a second time. Sooner quarterback Charles Thompson left the ball for offensive guard Mark Hutson, who proceeded to run for a touchdown. Oklahoma would eventually lose to Miami 20–14. On October 20, 1990 Florida State tried to run the play against Auburn in the 4th quarter while holding a 7-point lead. Auburn recovered the "fumble" before FSU's guard could "recover." Auburn would score the tying touchdown on the ensuing drive and eventually win on a last second field goal by Jim Von Wyl, marking one of the very rare occasions that the play failed. Tulane appeared to execute the play for a 21-yard touchdown run against Alabama in a game on October 10, 1992; however, guard Andy Abramowicz's knee was on the ground as he picked up the ball, resulting in him being down at the spot.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QjcdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v6UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6316%2C2650646〕 Nebraska used the play again on Oct 31, 1992 in a 52–7 victory over Colorado. The ball was carried by offensive guard Will Shields, who gained a first down but did not score. Like the NFL in the 1960s, the NCAA banned the use of the fumblerooski after the 1992 season, making intentional fumbles illegal. In April 2006, the NFHS followed suit, banning intentional fumbles, according to the ''Los Angeles Times''. However, longtime former NFL referee Jerry Markbreit says the play is still legal, provided the quarterback places the ball on the ground behind himself, rather than in front (the forward fumble was banned as the result of another play, the Holy Roller). Direct handoffs to offensive linemen are still thoroughly legal, meaning that the play can still be executed as originally devised, except the ball must be handed off instead of left on the ground to be picked up. Furthermore, since 2008, the center himself can execute the fumble and the ball will be live once the ball hits the ground. A form of the fumblerooski was used in the 2004 Peach Bowl by the Clemson Tigers against the Tennessee Volunteers. The quarterback, Charlie Whitehurst, laid the ball at the fullback's feet as he took the snap and ran a fake to the right while the fullback ran left for an 8-yard touchdown run. The Texas Longhorns tried the same play against Nebraska on October 21, 2006. It failed to score, however, when Husker linebacker Bo Ruud picked up on the trick play and subsequently tackled the runner. Another variation of the play is known as the known as the Bumerooski. The Bumerooski is named after former NFL head coach Bum Phillips. In this variation a handoff is made to a player between his legs. This play is still legal in the NFL and NCAA as the ball never touches the ground. N.C. State used the bumerooski play in second quarter of the 2003 Gator Bowl vs. Notre Dame for a touchdown. On December 10, 2006, the San Diego Chargers ran a successful bumerooski, against the Denver Broncos that resulted in a 4-yard touchdown run for fullback Lorenzo Neal's first touchdown of the season. Wide receiver Vincent Jackson was lined up in the backfield with running back LaDainian Tomlinson. The ball was snapped to quarterback Philip Rivers, who handed the ball to Neal between his legs. After the handoff, Rivers and Tomlinson both sprinted right, with Rivers faking a handoff to Jackson faking an end-around right. At the same time, Neal faked a block, and, with the defense still unaware that he had the ball, sprinted left for the touchdown. This was technically not a fumblerooski as the ball was not set on the ground; instead this was merely a trick handoff, and might be considered a variant of the Statue of Liberty play. Bum Phillips' son Wade was the defensive coordinator for the Chargers. In the 2009 Pro Bowl, Le'Ron McClain scored a touchdown on a modified fumblerooski, closely resembling the Bumerooski. The Carolina Panthers used a variation of the bumerooski on December 18, 2011 in a regular season game against the Houston Texans which resulted in a touchdown by fullback Richie Brockel. Newton handed off the ball to Brockel through his legs and faked the run to the right, while Brockel went left. On November 23, 2013, the Fresno State Bulldogs successfully executed a Fumblerooski on their home field against the New Mexico Lobos, scoring on a 26-yard touchdown run by senior wide receiver Isaiah Burse with 10:27 remaining in the second quarter. The Bulldogs would go on to defeat the Lobos 69-28 and clinch the 2013 Western division of the Mountain West Conference.〔(Fresno State Pulls a 'Fumblerooski' for a Touchdown )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fumblerooski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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