Bobref

The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again. https://www.outkick.com/big-ten-media-revenue-split-sean-clifford-request/ Expand the conference to negotiate big TV deal? Bound to attract people wanting a slice of the new pie. Empower the players with NIL and the transfer portal? Can’t expect them to sit quietly and watch others make hundreds of millions.

At home!

This is the key point.

When you say it was presented “to the IHSAA,” I presume you mean the Board, composed of high school administrators, including ADs? How did your proposed plan deal with the seeding issue?

It could be the heartbreak of psoriasis.

So many people missing the point: speculating about what effect this or that seeding will have on the tournament. The chief benefit of seeding is that it gives more meaning to regular season games. The teams are actually playing for a tangible benefit, which makes the regular season better. That’s why you should not only seed the tournament, but seed all the teams in the sectional, not just the top two.

Swarbrick has been widely quoted as saying 3 things could influence ND’s decision on staying independent: 1. loss of a valued broadcast partner 2. Lack of a clear path to the post-season 3. An economic situation so significant that it compels a reconsideration. In the immortal words of (the late) Meat Loaf, “two out of three ain’t bad.”

I guess we now know the price tag associated with independence: $75 million. https://saturdayroad.com/notre-dame-fighting-irish/report-notre-dame-targeting-massive-tv-deal-from-nbc-to-remain-independent/

I am making my way to Gibson Southern for the first time ever on Aug. 1 for a rules clinic. Probably grab a bite to eat in Ft. Branch beforehand. What’s good?

I think this is a great idea. I wouldn’t have a clue how to accomplish it technologically. But if you do it, remember to have an extra card for your observer. 😉

So, if I referred to you as”the southern end of a northbound horse,” could I later say I did not call you a horse’s a$$ because I didn’t use those exact words?

Oh, please. I’d rather argue about your I’ll-chosen use of the passive voice.

I beg to differ. Why would you say that when in 10 sec. I could retrieve your earlier post and show what you actually said. 😉The exact language was “Go back to FB.” If that doesn’t say you’re not welcome on the GID, I don’t know what does.

Call out his posts all you want. But telling him he’s not welcome is another thing entirely.

It’s counter-productive to try and chase people off the GID because you believe their opinions are unjustified. We need all the voices we can get. Difference of opinion is what makes the forum interesting. You should be thanking him, not trying to chase him away.

Thanks for that, @DT. It’s a great day to be an Eagle!

Actually, according to Sagarin last year there were 5 teams in 6A with easier schedules: Carroll, Homestead, Lafayette Jeff, Warsaw, and Indpls. Tech.

Where did that come from?

F Troop, a really underrated comedy. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/entertainment/larry-storch-obit/index.html.

Great interview with a great coach. One of the very best I ever worked for. Coach Smith taught me a lesson very early in my career, one which I carried with me and have tried to pass on to many younger officials. I was a very young Referee and we were working at Crown Point. I managed to mis-enforce the same penalty twice. CP won the game comfortably, and nobody said a thing, but something was nagging at me after the game. I went back over it in my head and realized my mistake. It just so happened we had Crown Point at Munster the very next week. When we came onto the field before the game I made a beeline for coach Smith. I admitted last week’s mistake, apologized, and told him it wouldn’t happen again. Without saying a word, he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a rule book. It was folded open to the rule describing the proper enforcement for the mistake I had made the week before, and that section had been highlighted. We enjoyed a great relationship from then to this day. I learned that by stepping up and admitting a mistake, you can gain more credibility than if you hadn’t made the mistake in the first place. A valuable lesson that stood me in good stead for the rest of my career.

New in 2022, the NF has changed the chop block rule in the interests of further risk minimization. Previously, a chop block was defined as a combination block where one of the blocks was at or below the knees. This was a further restriction on legal low blocking in the free blocking zone. New for 2022, the rule now defines a chop block as “a combination block by 2 or more teammates against an opponent other than the runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is below the waist and one of the blocks is above the waist.” So now, what was otherwise a legal block below the waist in the free blocking zone (against a lineman, by a lineman, immediately at the snap) is now illegal if done in combination with a teammate. The practical effect is that all double team blocks must now be above the waist.

Received another official interpretation relating to this rule. Here’s the example: Team A runs a “flea flicker,” where the ball is handed to a wingback who lined up outside the FBZ, received a handoff which resulted in him carrying the ball outside the lateral extent of the FBZ, and then he tosses a backward pass to the QB, who has remained inside the lateral extent of the FBZ. The QB then throws a forward pass into Row 6 of the stands, which is beyond the neutral zone extended through the sideline. The official IHSAA interpretation is that since the ball left the FBZ, the exception now applies regardless of the position of the passer when the forward pass is eventually thrown.

What changed in the course of a week or two?

I know her. She works at IHOP.

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