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Varsity game last night. Visitors have the ball around A's 35 (this is an 8 man game and field: 80 yards). A passes to a receiver running a down and out about 15 yards downfield. As the ball sails just out of reach of the receiver, one defender contacts the receiver from behind, near the shoulders, while a second defender contacts the receiver just below the waist from in front. The visiting coach screams, "that's a high - low, where's the flag?"
After the play, the coach calms down a bit, then comes up behind me and (in a slightly hushed voice), says, "that was the epitome of a high - low."
The same coach had complained in the pregame meeting about the home team "chop blocking." After discussing it, it was clear he thought any block below the waist was a "chop block." Thought we cleared that up, but on that pass play he obviously wanted a "chop block" called on what amounted to two defenders tackling the would be runner, (had he possessed the ball).
The guy was in my ear all night. He crossed the line in the 4th Q and got an USC. After that he kept his comments mostly to himself. I'm guessing he still doesn't know what a chop block is.
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