Technically speaking, an illegal crackback block occur when a defensive player is hit below the waist within five yards on either side of the line of scrimmage.
It’s a dangerous play that all levels of football have tried to legislate out of the game. That’s not really relevant to the story you’re reading, but it was vital to start everyone off on the same page so that we can get to the main event.
On Saturday, with Colorado playing Utah in the regular-season finale, there was some discussion on the Pac-12 Network broadcast over crackback blocks. And while you’ve now read that term multiple times, it’s a bit more difficult to say aloud.
The Pac-12 Network’s Lincoln Kennedy can attest to that fact after his attempt to say “crackback block” became something else entirely.
Warning: NSFW language
— wow that was crazy (@CowardlyDoggo) November 25, 2023
Welp. He tried.
