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NCAA instructs officials to more strictly enforce slide rule after Kenny Pickett fake slides to TD

Kenny Pickett delivered one the wildest highlights of last weekend's conference championship games, but the NCAA didn't seem to like what it saw.

The Pitt quarterback and Heisman candidate lit social media ablaze early in the first quarter of Saturday's ACC Championship when he scrambled out of the pocket and ran upfield. A group of Wake Forest defenders appeared to have him corralled well before the end zone, but then Pickett did something tricky.

Pickett shifted his body weight just enough to make his would-be tackles think he was sliding, then quickly regained his momentum and kept running for a 58-yard touchdown.