[Doc-WI]

Hey Guys,
The D2 game, Menomonie vs. Germantown, was the game that my crew worked.(I'm the white hat). There were several interesting things that happened during the game. For those of you that taped it, go back and watch it and let me know if you have any questions. I've reviewed it myself several times and I also noticed that during the last extra point of the game, on film, the holder doesn't appear to get his knee off the ground before he backwards passes to a teammate. At the time of the play it looked like he twisted his hips enough to just barely lift the knee, but the film doesn't back it up, so I probably kicked that one.
Another play in the 3rd or 4th quarter, the white team's QB threw a ball away that I ruled a backwards pass. On review it was the correct call, but we got the OOB spot a yard and a half wrong. Also, at the end of the 1st half, we had a goaline dive by blue with about :13 left. The ball was bobbled by the runner but he came down with it and scramble ensued, I stopped the clock to determine who had the ball. My wing was there immediately and said he had blue ball right here. I immediately wound the clock and the team attempted to spike the ball. Everybody was set, but before the snap, the left side of the line false started. I threw my flag, blew my whistle with 1-2 secs left. The timer didn't stop the clock. I signaled the penalty. As my umpire stepped it off, I signaled our timing liason on the field to put 1 sec back on, which was done fairly quickly. I was about to wind the clock when the defensive coach and captain wanted a T.O. I explained to the coach what happened(it took some time as you will see on tape). Then, due to the T.O., the blue team had time to line up for a FG, which they missed anyways. Exciting stuff, huh?? During a halftime interview on T.V. our supervisor said we "handled it absolutely correctly," which he reiterated to us in the locker room after the game. Obviously, as an offcial you always want games to go smoothly, but sometimes due to circumstances beyond your control(ie timing situations) your abilities will be tested. How you conduct yourself in those situations says a lot about your quality. I believe that my crew rose appropriately to the occasion and I'm very proud of my crewmates. Anyways, if you see anything else please let me know. I'm sure I'll find some more stuff myself, (I've only watched the game about six times now.) At least you guys finally get to see what "Doc" looks like (maybe that's not such a good thing). Overall the whole time down at state was an experience of a lifetime, I'll never forget it.

For the love of the game,
Doc