Bobref

We play with what we’ve got.

I will be at North Judson observing the officiating crew. They are in the running for a state finals assignment. Going to be a cold one! Do they still have that damn cannon?

No problem. I don’t have actual numbers, but I believe the Indiana formulation is one of the more common such rules.

You’re asking the wrong question. Home teams have an advantage. Doesn’t matter whether the visitors travel 15 minutes or 2 hrs. The question is whether the advantage increases with travel time. Got any data on that?

Threesome?

After so many years as a Referee, I habitually count the offense every play when I see a game in person. It’s kind of an annoyance.

This is a puzzler for me. 3 times in the past two seasons I have seen the following play resulting in a penalty enforcement mistake: QB A1 passes to A6 for a TD. During the play, B4 is flagged for defensive pass interference against A6, who managed to catch the pass despite the interference. In each of the 3 cases, R signaled the penalty as declined, and counted the TD. The amazing thing about it was each of the crews I saw do this was a state finals level crew. One of these instances was in a state final at LOS! Of course, the correct enforcement is to offer Team A the option of enforcing the penalty half the distance on the try, or 15 yds. on the subsequent kickoff. This is not a new rule, and for the life of me I can’t understand why it is mis-enforced so frequently. So, let’s review. This is what the rule says: “ART. 2 . . . If an opponent of the scoring team commits a foul (other than unsportsmanlike conduct or a nonplayer foul) during a down in which a touchdown is scored and there was not a change in possession during the down, A may accept the results of the play and choose enforcement of the PENALTY [sic]: a. On the try, or b. On the subsequent kickoff.” Take note that the penalty does not carry over to the first snap of an OT period since there is no “subsequent kickoff.” In that instance, it can only be enforced on the try. The same options exist on a play where a TD was scored and there was a change of possession during the down, e.g. a pick six, provided the foul by the non-scoring team occurs after the change of possession. If the foul occurs before the change of possession, the scoring team must decline the penalty to keep the score. If there is a foul by the defense on a successful try, or field goal, the options are the same, except the penalty does carry over to the first snap of an OT period. That’s because the wording of the rule as it pertains to trys and field goals is slightly different: “If during a successful [try or field goal], a foul by R occurs, K is given the choice of: a. Accepting the penalty and replaying the down following enforcement; or b. Accepting the result of the play and enforcement of the penalty from the ­succeeding spot.” (emphasis supplied) Note that after a TD, we carry over to the “subsequent kickoff,” while on a try or field goal, we carry it over to the “succeeding spot.” While there is no kickoff in overtime, there is a succeeding spot. So, coaches, what should you do if you pass for a TD and there’s a defensive penalty, and the Referee simply signals that the penalty is declined and the score is counted? Go immediately to the wing official on your sideline and say the following: “I request a timeout for a coach-official conference to review a possible misapplication or misinterpretation of a rule.” The relevant rule provides: “When a time-out is so granted, the referee will confer with the coach at the sideline in front of his team box in the field of play. If the conference results in the referee altering his ruling, the opposing coach will be notified, the revision made, and the time-out shall be an official’s time-out. If the referee’s ruling prevails, the time-out remains charged to the team requesting the time-out for the conference.” If the team requesting the conference has no timeouts remaining, and the Referee’s ruling stands, it’s a 5 yd. delay of game penalty. I’d enjoy hearing instances where you observed fouls on scoring plays and what the subsequent enforcement was.

or foot 😂🤣😅

You are… but that doesn’t mean you’re wrong. 😅 But 3 measurements? I don’t think I’ve seen 3 all season.

At the risk of being told “be careful what you ask for; you might get it,” I’d like to hear how people thought the officiating crew did on the Mishawaka game. My younger brother is the linesman on that crew, and I’m looking for some ammunition to use over the holidays. 😉

At the risk of being told “be careful what you ask for; you might get it,” I’d like to hear how people thought the officiating crew did on this game. My younger brother is the linesman on that crew, and I’m looking for some ammunition to use over the holidays. 😉

What he said.

21-7 Lawrenceburg, 4min 47 sec to go in 3rd.

We’re just going to have to agree to disagree. Let me be clear. I’m not saying it either was or wasn’t a fumble. I’m saying the Hudl video is inconclusive. If this were NFL replay, they would say the call on the field “stands,” i.e., on the basis of the video, the call on the field can be neither reversed nor confirmed.

I’ve seen both this clip and the sideline Hudl view. Neither is helpful. You can’t see most of the runner’s body on the end zone view, and the sideline view is from the opposite side of the field. The runner’s body is between the camera and the football. The one thing I did notice was that the linesman is coming in about to make a very emphatic “down” signal, and he had a better view than either of the video angles. I don’t think there’s much of a controversy here.

Nope.

Actually, I was texting with my daughter about the game. She’s the one who came up with that.

Dannie’s rule! Little Giants drool!

Cannot make that call from a still photo. That’s clip #130 of the Hudl video? It hasn’t been shared with the IFOA yet, or I’d have access to it. PM me if you can share it with me, and I’ll give you the e-mail I use for Hudl. Better yet, have the coaching staff share it with the IFOA.

From a Facebook post: What do you do when about three to four inches of snow covers your football field on the day you are hosting a Regional? For the Southridge Raiders, you put out a call for help. After the word went out on Facebook, an army of snowblowers, shovels, and more showed up to help get the field cleared off. Southridge Raider Football Team will take on the Lawrenceburg Tigers for the 3A IHSAA Regional Contest on Raider Field @ 5:00 PM EST.

If you play cover 1 or cover 0 against them, he can kill you with the scramble on pass plays.

Closer this time, but the Eagles take down Iggy 28-7. Next up: the Mentor Cardinals (alma mater of the great Mitchell — don’t call me Mitch — Trubisky). Calpreps has the Eagles as a 19 pt. favorite to punch their ticket to the final four. Like every day, today is a great day to be an Eagle!

I haven’t seen Chatard this year, but I saw West Lafayette last night. Someone’s going to have to score some points to beat them. They are balanced. They go no huddle, hurry up. They are fast and their QB is very accurate with both the short pass and the deep ball. They have as sophisticated a passing attack as I have seen at the high school level, with their route combinations and play action. Multiple formations, motion and shifting. They are going to be a handful.

I think the phrase that fits is “statistically insignificant.”

Heard a guy on the radio today say “If the Packers don’t play Jordan Love in at least 4 — preferably 6 — games this season, it’s GM malpractice.” They have to decide on his option year. His solution: trade Rogers, knowing with his contract, you’re not going to get much back for him.