Bobref

Hanover Central is now open. This should be a very desirable job.

So, given their independent status, how desirable a job is this?

Bears fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron this morning. That didn’t take long.

A very good man and a great friend to Our Lady’s University. R.I.P. Coach.

With yesterday’s performance, Eberflus’ status as a “dead man walking” was confirmed. And his lackey, Waldron, will no doubt be invited to ply his trade elsewhere as well. And Caleb Williams is now in the role Bears’ QBs traditionally occupy: lots of hope, but continually changing coaches and OCs. Wash, rinse, repeat …

There’s only one ranking that counts now.

Wow! That’s unwatchable. If I were a Bears coach on the offensive side of the ball, I wouldn’t send my laundry out. Someone may be looking for a scapegoat.

The coach of that Arizona team was a guy who played for Coach Buzea at Portage.

## 3 & 8 are basically what I said.

One of the better high school football games I’ve seen in recent years. Both teams played very hard. It’s a shame someone had to lose.

Northwood 14 - Mishawaka 7 Halftime.

Theoretically.

Mishawaka takes the opening kickoff and goes 65 yds. for a TD, the last 46 coming on a qb keeper. 7-0, 6:13 of the 1st.

Can we agree that the initial decision to run Biden for re-election was the worst decision by a political party in the last 100 years?

Game hasn’t started yet. But I’m at the Mishawaka @ Northwood game and I just had to report an @maroonman sighting!

Love to hear some chatter about the Mishawaka - Northwood game. I will be in the house.

I took my 9 yr. old daughter to that game — her first. They had her at the flyover.

The “hidden cost” of the officiating shortage is that we have some people working varsity games who really could use a season or two of sub-varsity football under their belts first. In the “old days” it was very much the exception to have a 1st year official working a varsity game. Now, it’s not at all uncommon. I see mistakes almost every Friday night that I’m confident are simply a consequence of inexperience.

These last few weeks have sort of exposed Eberflus. Is he a dead man walking?

Punt. Returner muffs the kick at about the 7 yd. line. Turns around on a muddy field to recover it, and accidentally kicks it. Subsequently touched by multiple players of both teams, and winds up in the end zone where a member of the kicking team falls on it. They go crazy. After talking to my back judge, I step out and give the touchback signal … and they go crazy again. So, I head over to the kickers’ head coach to explain, and the defensive coordinator meets me at the numbers. “Hey, they touched the ball first and then we recovered in the end zone!” I barely slow down as I walk right past him and say “you’re exactly right, Coach.” He was dumbstruck, as I went on to explain to the head coach why it wasn’t a TD.

I agree with your view, to a point. It is perfectly acceptable - even encouraged - for the crew to huddle in a situation like this. Obviously a critical play. Also, obviously a very unusual play. Typically, the Referee will consult the rest of the crew to make sure he has all relevant information before making a ruling. So, a so-called “late flag” is not an issue here. But I agree with you that the crew should have excluded everyone from their crew huddle before their decision was made. Regardless of what was said, the optics were terrible. And optics are a big part of selling the legitimacy of a big call like that.

And this morning that win over Louisville is also looking better, as the Cardinals went in to Clemson and made Dabo cry!

Let’s see if we can’t wrap this up. The assumption is that the facemask foul by A took place behind the spot where the ball became dead when the runner went out of bounds. First, we address the live ball foul. Go back to the spot of the facemask foul, and go back 15 yds. assuming it was a personal foul and not a 5 yd. facemask. Second, now that we’ve enforced the penalty for the live ball foul, we look at the chains. If the ball is beyond the line to gain, it’s a 1st down. If the ball is not beyond the LTG, then the down counts. Finally, we address the dead ball foul. It’s 15 yds. against Team B, enforced from the spot after the live ball foul’s enforcement. If that takes the ball beyond the LTG, then it’s a 1st & 10 for Team A there. If it’s not beyond the LTG, play the next down. Regardless, the clock will start on the snap.

Just a guess, but there were reports that the Brebeuf AD was one of the people who confronted the officials on the field after the play was over, but before the ruling was made.