Bobref

Rule 2-24-5 “ART. 5 . . . A kickoff is a free kick which puts the ball in play at the beginning of each half of the game, after a successful field goal and after any try. A place kick or a drop kick shall be used for the kickoff.”

Or … the teams are making the officials a big part of the game.

I understand that could happen. What I don’t understand is why that’s bad.

Post your questions, comments, observations, about officiating issues arising in Week 2 games. In a sportsmanlike way, of course.

If that’s what the kid wants to do, why shouldn’t he be able to do that? And it’s only “tampering” if you define it as such. If my kid is a math whiz, why shouldn’t he be able to go to high school A, which has a great math teacher? And if that math teacher switches to another school, why shouldn’t my kid be able to follow him/her? One of the rationales for open enrollment was that schools would end up competing with one another for students. As a result, they would have to step up their game to compete successfully, and the students would benefit. Why do we always think athletics should be immune to that type of reasoning?

I’m sure no one needs me to point out the obvious inconsistencies if, indeed, the rule is being used to “level the playing field.”

The Eagles struggled in the opener, beating unheralded Toledo Central Catholic 23-20. Their lofty ranking may well be more a reflection of what they accomplished last season than a prediction of the new season.

In these days of open enrollment, why are there eligibility restrictions on transfers?

Lakewood St. Edward is the defending big school champ in OHIO, and pre-season #1.

https://www.heraldbulletin.com/sports/national_sports/morton-football-placed-on-probation-by-ihsaa/article_12f5f984-cbd5-55c7-96aa-55b4cd3cc77c.html Morton football placed on probation by IHSAA Aug. 26—HAMMOND — Morton's football program has been placed on probation until next summer and an assistant coach has been suspended for six weeks by the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The IHSAA said in a news release that an assistant coach "sent text messages with specific intent to influence student-athletes from another member school to attend Hammond Morton and play football." Assistant coach Henry Johnson was was suspended for the first six weeks of the season per the recommendation of Morton's administration, the IHSAA said. Johnson is not allowed to scout opponents during the suspension and he is on probation until summer 2023. Further violations will lead to Johnson's coaching accreditation to be revoked, according to the release. "This probation is a severe type of warning," the IHSAA said in the release. "It is official notice that unacceptable and serious violations have occurred, are a matter of record and future incidents may result in the team being suspended from future IHSAA Football Tournaments." In addition to the program being placed on probation and Johnson being suspended, the program was given a warning and head coach Mac Mishler was reprimanded for allowing two players to participate in summer workouts without completing the first section of the IHSAA transfer report. "This warning is notice that an IHSAA member-school rule violation has occurred and shall not be repeated," the IHSAA said. Under IHSAA by-laws, opponents may opt out of games against schools that violate the rule on undue influence. Morton athletic director Sean Kinsey said Thursday night no opponents have submitted notification of their intent not to play the Governors. "We went through the process with the IHSAA and we don't have a comment at this time," Kinsey said. "We accept the consequence." Morton opened its season with a 46-27 road loss to Portage last Friday and hosts Hanover Central at 7 p.m. Friday in its home opener. Mishler is 4-8 in his third season at the helm of the Governors, who were 3-1 in 2020 and 1-6 last year.

Then take it back by making a post that you consider on the correct track … instead of whining about it.

Actually, I am familiar with 2 such scenarios. In the first, there was a fight and the officials ejected the wrong player. The crew chief saw the Hudl video the next day, contacted the IHSAA, and advised them of the error, and the suspension was rescinded. In the other, the crew disqualified a coach because of a misinterpretation of the rule regarding contact with an official in the restricted area. The mistake was brought to the IHSAA’s attention, and the coach was not suspended for the next game. Having said that I agree with the point that @Yuccaguywas attempting to make: the IHSAA will never rescind a suspension based on a disqualification by reviewing the play and deciding that the official’s judgment call that ejection was warranted was incorrect. Asst. Commissioner Faulkens has made it very clear that he’s not second-guessing the on the field judgments by the officials. Misapplication of a rule, or writing down the wrong player number during a fight is a far different matter.

One of my most enduring memories of that 2003 championship game is Warren kicking off (they did it a lot), and Brick Graham running down as the “wedge buster.” When he hit that wedge, it sounded like a bomb going off.

So, all “zero tolerance” policies are unwarranted?

Yeah, there’s no way. Both fouls were totally justified, and disqualification is mandatory following 2 unsportsmanlike fouls. There is no appeal from that.

Warsaw’s starting QB was injured and is out.

That game remains one of the most vivid memories of my career, and the best overall performance I ever saw by a high school team.

Broken collarbone. I haven’t heard whether he needed surgery or not. If he did, he’s done. If not, there’s a chance he’d be back for the playoffs.

I’ll be at this game. I understand Warsaw’s starting QB sustained a significant injury and is out for the foreseeable future.

So, it’s not any specific affinity for Carroll. You’d say the same if it were Homestead.

Why?

I spoke to the IHSAA observer on this game. Apparently, they had issues with the clock operators all night. On that particular instance, the play clock operator had erroneously set the play clock to 25 sec. instead of 40. The crew didn’t catch it until after the play clock went to zero. So, they picked up the delay flag, but felt they had to reset the play clock to the correct interval. Not an optimal outcome, but the best one they could come up with under the circumstances.

Agreed.

Haven’t seen it.

There is no doubt in my mind that it was not the post-TD “celebration,” but the fact that he spiked the ball, that got him the flag. The rules specifically provide that it is unsportsmanlike conduct to “spike the ball into the ground” after it becomes dead. It’s automatic. Your quarrel is with the rules makers, not the officials.