Bobref

There ate two types of passes: forward and backward. The word “lateral” does not appear in the rule book.

I ate some KFC sitting in the front seat of my car. Long story.

Was this at the Roncalli game? Also note, there is a thread in the officiating forum specifically for Week 2 officiating issues.

We got out of the first week pretty clean. The technical difficulties with the Forum prevented me from posting this earlier. But if you had issues, or questions, bring them here. Bellyaching is fine … as long as the details accompany it … so we can show you where you’re wrong. 🤣

We have received guidance from the IHSAA on shoe issues before. If you’ve got a link to a picture of these shoes, I’ll try to get someone on N. Meridian to look at them.

You better believe it.

Knowing your penchant for precision, I should point out that it is not possible to fumble a pass, backward or otherwise. Fumbles can only be made by those who possess the ball. If a player possesses the ball, it is no longer a pass. It is possible, however, to muff a backward pass … to the same effect.

Springs Valley 21 Mitchell 0 Half

Springs Valley 7 Mitchell 0. 6:00 1st

You’re smarter than I am.

Springs Valley & Mitchell are on a 35 (at least) min. delay for lightning/thunder.

In the category “I’m Just As Surprised As You Are,” I am attending the Springs Valley @ Mitchell game tonight. Anybody here?

I communicated a suggestion to the IHSAA that some sort of informational directive to crew chiefs might be helpful. And it was again made very clear to me that they want this penalized if it delays play as unsportsmanlike conduct, and reported.

I await the groundswell of righteous indignation from the Irish-American community …“crickets”

Bring it on.

Good crew on this game. They’ll need to be. Some “strong personalities” on those coaching staffs. Life on the sidelines Friday night will be challenging.

DK,DC. Haters gonna’ hate.

You have GOT to love that!

Oh, it happens, enough so that the IHSAA was discussing this before the season began. There are other problems with this practice, of course. I’d hate to be a kid with asthma in the middle of that cloud. And under the right conditions, it can hang around for quite a while. https://youtu.be/7zE-0KlD4y8

For some reason my “Quote” feature isn’t working.😠 But @oldtimeqb, I have not heard that specific scenario. But I’ve penalized a school because the band wasn’t off the field. And I’ve also seen a few spirited conversations between band directors, coaches and ADs. 🤣 As an aside, if the team is ready to take the field timely, but the field isn’t clear because of the band, it’s a 5 yd. penalty for delay, not 15 yds. for unsportsmanlike conduct. Rule 3-6-4. However, we have specifically been instructed by the IHSAA to treat a “talcum powder delay” as unsportsmanlike conduct.

I tell people about that game, and they look at me like I dreamed the whole thing. Otis Armstrong running in a screen pass from about 60 yds. out, and they had to drag the unconscious Pete out of the end zone so they could play the try. The bands brawling, players and fans duking it out on the field, chaos in the stands. What a game!

I could never find Purdue Pete scary … since my lasting memory of him is of a couple of IU students braining Pete with his own sledgehammer, and then the Purdue cheerleaders dragging an unconscious Pete out the back of the south end zone in Bloomington. All this during the brawl that was the Bucket game in 1971 — the greatest college football game that nobody knows about.

All suggestions for improvement in the manual are welcome, and will be addressed during the off-season. We anticipate annual revisions. So, for now …

Not if it results in a delay in play, it’s not. This comes directly from the top. Penalize it and report it to Mr. Faulkens. I have it on very good authority that the crew on the Munster - LC game somehow got wind that this might be happening, and talked to the LC coach and told him what would happen. A coach then addressed the student section and subsequently told the crew the situation was being “handled.” Turns out, it wasn’t.

It seems the latest thing is for the students to bring talcum powder to the game, and when the team scores for the first time, they let loose a big cloud of white dust. Only thing is that the stuff hangs in the air and takes a while to dissipate. The Lake Central — Munster game was held up for 5 minutes Friday because visibility was so poor on the field. A word of warning: the IHSAA is very aware of this phenomenon. If your students do it, it will earn you a 15 yd. penalty right then, and your AD is going to get a call from Asst. Commissioner Faulkens that is going to get his work week off to a really lousy start.