Bobref

The 1. The position of any player’s body relative to the goal line is irrelevant in high school football. The position of the ball is everything.

When to switch footballs is completely discretionary with the officials. However, when a new series of 4 downs starts, the offense should get a new ball if they want. There is no rule requiring a team to use a timeout to get a new ball in the game. I suspect that what this is really about is the familiar “kicking ball” scenario. A team checks in several footballs before the game. One of them is the ball they want to kick. But they don’t want to play scrimmage downs with it. Sorry, there is no such thing as a “kicking ball” in high school. A team may be required to play with any one of their checked in footballs. They are all the same.

River Forest @ Lake Station just canceled due to the unavailability of a number of Lake Station players.

Weird free kick stuff happened last week … and a couple of our crews were not quite equal to the task. What will happen this week? Post your questions, observations, etc., right here. But keep in mind this is a “No Whine Zone.” You can commiserate with your fellow fans about how the guys in stripes done your team wrong back in the thread on the game itself. This thread is for questions, answers, and discussion. Have at it! And good luck to the 3rd team on the field tonight.

As thorough, thoughtful, and thought provoking as any analysis I can remember seeing on the GID. Thank you. I did not notice any reference to the local youth football programs. I have seen several cases of “creeping apathy” reducing a once solid program to one barely competitive. A “disconnect” between the youth programs and the high school programs can result in kids growing and thinking it’s no big deal to wear that jersey. A culture that was built over decades can disappear in a few years. Not saying that’s the case at Penn, I have no idea. What’s the state of youth football in Granger? It used to be huge.

Kiser named the starter against FSU. You have got to love everything about this story and this kid. He embodies everything that’s good about our game. https://www.si.com/college/notredame/football/notre-dame-football-jack-kiser-ready-to-shine For some reason I’m unable to post the text of the story. But there’s a video clip worth watching.

“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?” ― Robert Browning, Men and Women and Other Poems

So, is the objective to survive? Or excel?

But they would be the poorer for it.

But then some folks in Indiana would miss the once in a lifetime chance to see the mighty, mighty Eagles!

If anyone is looking for a game in week 6, I understand the St. Edward Eagles of Lakewood, Ohio are looking for a game and are willing to travel.

Do you have any information on the manufacturer, or the name of the shoe?

Do these shoes actually exist? I did a cursory online search and could not find cleats with lights on the shoe. If someone could post or send me a link to the shoes, I’ll try and get a ruling on their legality from 9150 N. Meridian.

For those who thought NIL meant getting a kid $500 for spending an afternoon schmoozing at the local car dealership, there’s this. This kid has never started a college game. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32120440/ohio-state-buckeyes-qb-quinn-ewers-nil-deal-14-million-source-says Ohio State Buckeyes QB Quinn Ewers has NIL deal for $1.4 million, source says Tom VanHaarenESPN Staff Writer Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers has signed a name, image and likeness deal with GT Sports Marketing for $1.4 million, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. The contract with GT Sports Marketing is for three years and is in exchange for autographs. The deal, according to a source, was negotiated by Ewers' agents at Sportstars and Rubicon, and is Ewers' third NIL deal overall. Ewers is cashing in on the new opportunities that have emerged with NIL deals being granted to college athletes only a few months ago. Once the ruling was passed, Ewers, who was the No. 1 ranked prospect in the 2022 class, decided to skip his senior season, reclassify to the 2021 class and enroll early at Ohio State. He joined the team in August. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Ewers had offers from nearly every major program in the country. He was originally supposed to stay at Carroll High School (Southlake, Texas) until January, but Texas is one of just three states that have a law prohibiting high school athletes from profiting off NIL. Illinois and Mississippi are the other two states that prohibit high school athletes from profiting off NIL. Ewers had initially committed to the Longhorns, but decommitted in October 2020.

The things that made him special had to do with athleticism, not skill. He was never a particularly accurate passer, but he had better running ability than Michael Vick because of his size. The designed QB run was a major part of his game. After he began to accumulate injuries, however, he became much less of a run threat, and teams were content to let him try to win from the pocket. He’s never been able to do that on a consistent basis. He’s maybe an average NFL backup from the pocket.

This board used to be absolutely loaded with Penn people. But now, barely a whisper. That’s unfortunate, because I’d really like to hear some thoughts about what has caused the steady decline of that program. Let me be clear. I have nothing but the utmost respect for Coach Yeoman, and the entire program. I worked the final game of my on field officiating career at Penn. And when I think about what they did for me that night, I still get choked up. A 100% class act all the way. Always. They were so good, for so long, with such great tradition and culture. What has happened?

You sound like you’re pretty much just starting out. The current shortage of officials has provided some amazing opportunities for newer officials. But it takes some investment to capitalize in the opportunities. A young official who works hard at it can advance much more quickly than was traditionally the case.

The rule is pretty specific. Rule 1-5-1b(2) “2. Players of the visiting team shall wear jerseys, unaltered from the manufacturer’s original design/production, that meet the following criteria: The body of the jersey (inside the shoulders, inclusive of the yoke of the jersey or the shoulders, below the collar, and to the bottom of the jersey) shall be white…”

A long sleeve and short sleeve sublimated shirt will cost about $100. You can make that in one week with a varsity and a JV or freshman game. Not much of an excuse.

Ours is not to reason why ….

So was my response. 😉

Yes, but wearing the patch as required and being licensed are 2 different things. An official not properly uniformed is something that should be brought to the assignor’s attention, and corrected. An official working without a license is a vastly different, and far more serious, matter. FYI, any questions about patches will soon go the way of the dodo. From here forward, shirts are manufactured with the patch “sublimated.”

No, if something bad happened, I would be a witness. Put me in an awkward position.

I agree with everything you’re saying. I just want to make it clear that the “evaluator” referred to was not me. I don’t typically dispense legal advice when I go to observe a crew. The one time an AD requested a legal opinion from me while I was officiating at his home game, I politely declined.

No doubt some specific guidance would be helpful. This stuff is usually not a secret. One possible way to handle it is with preventive officiating: mention it to the AD and the coaches in the pregame. Trust them to take care of it.