You Make the Call #1

[1daddy57]

I am a first-year football ref and I've done 3 games...and I would have let all 3 go...all clean.

[mae2759]

good blocks! all side blocks.

[Patrick20124]

Idk what to say I just love how the qb just decked out the big guy lol

[heyIMsofaKINGcool]

block in the back

[ILOVEUMPS]

Not a block in the back, initial contact was not from behind.

[craigyok]

Can a back reset their position, yes they can, so that's not a false start. and the second block, it is a block in the back no question about it

[tbradner1]

Actually, I agree with the other poster. This play should have been blown dead for a false start on the back.

[drizzyU12]

heads behind the player could go either way on all of them id swallow the whistle on that play

[ShevAlexey]

block in the back

[ibtiyler]

blocks 1 and 3 were ok but not 2

[hughloiterton]

thats an incomplete. he let it go before he got hit

[petteys2004]

play shouldnt even have happened, False start on the fullback maybe?

[alwaysinschool]

position of the head does not matter. all 3 blocks are legal!

[youmakethecall]

Seven years, jackass.

Until you put the stripes on, you can make any call you like. From your fucking couch.

[youmakethecall]

No, I just noticed you now, asswipe, because I've been busy officiating, not reading a rulebook that doesn't apply to THE FUCKING LEVEL OF THE GAME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

Moron.

[youmakethecall]

It's obvious you're not an official. You're a fuckhead fanboy.

[mae2759]

the only questionable one was #2 but I really think that could have went either way. #1 and #3 were good no-calls

[ljboyd8]

second is a penalty cuz at the point of the hit his helmet was on the backside of the player he hit

[yessuhon8]

3rd is a hold

[polskapride3]

hell no toom many blocks in the back

[johnthekennedyp]

TD!

[theairupthere8]

First is legal, second could go either way, and third is legal, but blindside is right. We have a much better angle with this camera than the umpire or the head linesman does on the field at the same level as the players.

[xblindside7290]

1st, legal

2nd, debatable

3rd, legal

...me, i wouldnt throw the flag from seeing it like this. but if i were on the field, i can see how those hits were not legal. depending on the angle, it would look like a block in the back. idk. looks ok to me

[stealthslaya77]

i agree with you 100%

[scottybbadd]

I say legal touchdown.

[roytor]

The NFL rule book and College Rule book and NFHS rule book all have major differences. Did you read that?

[DaHBoys]

and p.s. porterhouse7070 nfl rules and highschool rules are not exactly the same LOL so next time u try to gloat about your stupid acomplishments make sure that they are actually relevant to the situation at hand..yadadada??

[DaHBoys]

from the way the ref sees the block and change the entire play ...

[MKDAWUSS]

First block is legitimate

Second block is a penalty, march it back

Third block is now irrelevant as that penalty would be declined due to better field position for the defense on the penalty. (though that may be a hold)

[Spinnr75]

Block 1 - Legal

Block 2 - Questionable, but as a former O & D lineman I would say legal

Block 3 - Legal

I say TOUCHDOWN!

[youmakethecall]

It's mainly meant for officials, not fanboy jagovs like you. Dick.

[snelld58]

The second block is clearly a block in the back. No question. If thats the block thats called then it was a good call

[OnTheRun167]

Touchdown.. 3 good blocks got him to the end zone

[donlongtin]

After further review I think he picked up the football and lost his right shoe at the same spot...

[donlongtin]

I did not see him pick the ball up off the ground..NO TOUCHDOWN...says Kankakee Il... Referee

[FatRef300]

Look which way he fell. did he fall forward? - No.

He fell to his side.

Obviously, not true 100% of the time, but this time - a BiB and nothing else.

[royalgk]

I think I would have let the TD stand. The second block looks like it's from behind, but I think the blocker catches his man from the side and the blocked defender's momentum is what makes it look like a block in the back. It's close, but I actually think the correct call would have been no call, touchdown.

[youmakethecall]

So says you from miles away watching on video on the internet.

[FatRef300]

Isn't that how all officials on all levels are evaluated - via video???

[youmakethecall]

But at the end of the day, it's the guy who's there. You make a controversial call and you want random people (even officials) from miles away watching on the internet to state definitively, 100% that you were wrong?

For the record, it wasn't me who threw the flag. I'm just saying - unless you were there, you can offer an opinion, but you can't say 100%, no way.

[FatRef300]

No way that's a BiB on #33 in the backfield. It's 100% a block in the side. Contact was in the side, not the back.

[landisBFL]

The Referee is terribly out of position but he calls the foul correctly. It is a Block in the back.

[ASport525]

I think the 2nd was is an illegal block in the back

[rkklemm]

the other 2 devastating blocks after the recovered muff were legal.

[Stewart39driver]

The Offensive Line is cut blocking at the knees thats dirty as hell. Legal but dirty.

[rkklemm]

The free blocking zone is going to be reduced this year at the NFHS level. Those low blocks might now only be allowed from guard to guard and not include the off tackles doing that. EXCELLENT CALL BY THE WHITE CAP! Clearly an illegal block in the back. 10 yards from the spot of the foul using the All-but-1 principle.

[FatRef300]

free blocking reduced - ONLY for 8 and 9-man football...

[GVike]

The second block looks like an illegal block in the back, right?

[youmakethecall]

The second one is, yes. The first major one (by the quarterback) is clean as a whistle. Right after that there's a block in the back. We heard no end to the screaming from the penalized team on that one.

[NyceStielz]

nice