At the time, college football rules analyst Matt Austin confirmed that the NCAA’s rule book doesn’t proscribe fake injuries directly, leaving officials without recourse to punish the act.

Injuries are a part of football, but only in recent years have fake injuries become a part of college football strategy. I remember the first time I was aware of an injury being staged while ...

Fake injuries could cost college football ... Feb. 28, 2025, 3:46 p.m. An NCAA logo is ... The injury timeout proposal comes after many in the NCAA college football community raised ...

College football will have a new rule next season aimed at curbing fake injuries. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel announced changes late Wednesday night that will take away a timeout from a ...

Fake injuries: The NCAA announced it was concerned with the practice of faking injuries, especially as the pace of college football increases with more up-tempo offenses being played.

At the time, college football rules analyst Matt Austin confirmed that the NCAA’s rule book doesn’t proscribe fake injuries directly, leaving officials without recourse to punish the act.

RELATED: 10 daring college football predictions for 2025 Three years later, now that faking injuries has often taken center stage between teams with tempo-based offenses, the NCAA is working to ...

Jan 19, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; The College Football Playoff National Championship logo on the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the site of the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship ...

The play Kenny Pickett made famous has been banned. Defensive holding? Now an automatic first down. And the N.C.A.A. is still trying to rid the game of feigned injuries.

College football has had a growing problem in recent years with players faking injuries in an attempt to slow the pace of a game, and the NCAA has implemented a new rule to address that.

Florida Gators legend Tim Tebow said that he doesn't want to see college football turn into soccer where fake injuries are the norm. Skip to content. Awful Announcing.

But perhaps colleges shouldn’t rush into slapping down any old logo on their grass. College football, more than any other American sport, is focused on team brands.