LOS ANGELES — It's not odd to see teams run special team trick plays, but No. 21 Southern California pulled off one of the sneakiest fake punts you'll ever see. However, that wasn't the punter. That ...

Lincoln Riley isn’t backing down from his belief that the fake punt ploy USC pulled last Friday in its win over Northwestern was perfectly within NCAA rules. “The fake punt was entirely legal,” Riley ...

That’s precisely what happened with the NCAA’s new punt formation rule for the 2026 season. And coaches absolutely hate it.

It's rare that an NFL team attempts a single fake punt play in a game. It's even rarer that those fake punt plays succeed. Rarer still is an NFL team attempting two fake punt plays in a game and ...

Southern California football caught Northwestern off guard early in the second quarter of the teams' Week 11 game on Friday, Nov. 7, when third-string quarterback Sam Huard successfully attempted a ...

Three days after the Big Ten said USC should have been penalized for a fake punt pass in Friday's 38-17 win against Northwestern, the Trojans have answered back. USC pulled off the fake punt by having ...

Friday night college football often presents unusual moments. This week, we got a wild fake punt as No. 19 USC took on Northwestern at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Nothing about the play itself ...

The Indianapolis Colts left everyone confused, including their opponents, with a surprise trick sequence on Sunday. The Colts are out of the playoffs despite their hot start. They were forced to bring ...

The Clemson Tigers were very much not on the same page when they attempted a fake punt in the first quarter of Saturday’s Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl against Penn State. After getting stopped on ...

The Detroit Lions were not able to execute on a fake punt attempt against the Philadelphia Eagles. A deeper look at the play caused many to wonder why Detroit's special team's unit would try a fake ...

LOS ANGELES — It's not odd to see teams run special team trick plays, but No. 21 Southern California pulled off one of the sneakiest fake punts you'll ever see. It looked impressive from the punter, ...