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Agreed. The Penn defense was the story. And their passing game was very underrated.

A player is on the offensive LOS when he meets the definition of a lineman. A lineman is any A player who is facing his opponent's goal line with the line of his shoulders approximately parallel thereto and with his head or foot breaking an imaginary plane drawn parallel to the line of scrimmage through the waist of the snapper when the ball is snapped.

I’m sure you’re being sarcastic. I’ve personally observed that crew on multiple occasions. They are in the top tier of crews in the state.

A tip for the uninitiated. Watch the officials on the sidelines. If the official is pointing “back” with arm extended, that means the offensive player closest to him is in the backfield. If he’s not pointing, that means the player closest to him is on the line. The “wing” officials use those signals to help the crew determine if the formation is legal.

Just found out I’ll be at Freed Field Friday night. Excited, not just to observe a very good crew and see a very good football game, but because that place holds so many great memories for me. Worked some HUGE games there over the years. My last game as an on field official was there. Always treated well. A real first class organization.

Bears traded draft capital for Browns DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka. Anyone know anything about him?

I’ve seen LaVille twice this year. They definitely can throw it. But they’d much rather just get the ball to #4 any way they can. As he goes, so go the Lancers.

Just my opinion, but I would not have called intentional grounding on that play. To expound a bit, this is a play where you really need communication among crew members. The R is in the correct position, on the QB’s throwing side. But this makes it impossible for him to see where the ball was thrown, since he has to focus on the action against the QB. The Linesman needs to come in after the play and inform the R that there was a receiver in the vicinity. But on this play, the contact against the QB was a factor in the errant pass. So, IMO, this should not have been called a foul.

I haven’t seen the play. But I’ll try and find the Hudl video. Which game is this again, and when in the game does the play occur?

Coach Radtke has had some awfully good teams over the years, long before we had a Mercy Rule. Some people felt that his teams - let me put this as diplomatically as possible - didn’t go to the bench as soon as they should with a big lead.

I’ll be at Steele Friday night for this one. Expecting a great game.

CP will line up in their version of the Beast offense and try to overwhelm the defense at the point of attack. If Penn can stop that with their base defense, they have a great chance. But if they have to adjust somewhere to stop that, it plays right into Buzz’s hands. I’ve seen it many times. You end up spending the whole game 1 adjustment behind him. He’s as good a high school in-game coach as I’ve seen.

That Michigan broke the rules is a given, based on what we know now. But the question of whether what they did gave them an unfair advantage is a legitimate one. I concede that I don’t know enough about the nuances of college football coaching and team preparation to feel qualified to answer that question. It does occur to me, however, that some people who know an awful lot about college football coaching and team preparation (cough, cough … Jim Harbaugh … cough, cough) went to a lot of time and expense for nothing if it didn’t produce a competitive advantage. I have an open mind on the subject. But common sense tells me that we should assume that the scheme produced an advantage, unless and until someone provides convincing evidence/reasoning to the contrary.

OK, the guy’s a nerd’s nerd. But you’ve got to love that enthusiasm in an owner.

Anyone who watched Caleb Williams play last year, and compared it to this season, has to notice the massive development in his game. His trajectory is right where you want it to be. If he continues to develop like that under Johnson, by the end of next season he will be considered among the League’s elite QBs. 🤞that he stays healthy.

Kokomo, yes. But not Eastern.

It’s Navy Week. I’m sure sometime this week we’ll hear some people saying that this matchup is a relic of the past. In these days of multi-million $ playoff berths, why would ND play an opponent every year that will do nothing for their playoff chances? The short answer is that even today, with all that money at stake, some things are still more important. The back story is out there and easy to find. The short version is that Notre Dame owes the Navy a debt of honor that can never be fully repaid. So, if Notre Dame ever stops playing Navy, it will be because Navy made that choice. Notre Dame will always make its annual installment payment on that debt. As I said, there are places where honor is more important than playoff or TV money. I’m glad to be able to say Notre Dame is one of those places. There aren’t very many of them these days.

The word “intentional “ is in the rule for a reason. The rule book definition of intentional grounding is: “A pass intentionally thrown into an area not occupied by an eligible offensive receiver, or thrown incomplete to save loss of yardage or to conserve time.” The Referee is the only official who can call intentional grounding, because he’s the only official focused on the QB. When I wore the white hat, my rule of thumb was, if there was contact on the QB, there was not going to be a flag for IG. The assumption was that the contact caused the errant pass.

I didn’t know he got a vote.

Holding and intentional grounding are both offensive penalties. But in this case, their effect is markedly different. If the offense holds and time runs out, the period is extended by an untimed down. But if the offense commits intentional grounding, the period is not extended even if the penalty is accepted, because the penalty for that foul includes loss of down.

Especially the LN - LC crew. I heard they were kind of shaky. 🤣😂

I heard there were multiple disqualifications in the DC game. Wonder if that will have an impact.

I’ve seen a couple angles. Pretty clear they got it right.

Did you see the last play?

LaVille gets out to a big lead, and then hangs on to beat North Judson, 24-22. A wild finish!