Quote:
Originally posted by cdnRef
Ok, we've all had them. I'll start off because they're worth a laugh anyway - and they're great learning tools.
It was a Bantam game (14/15 year old). When I'm a WH I always wear a finger whistle. I'm talking too much and there is nothing more embarrassing than a referee who blows an inadvertant whistle so I want to keep the thing out of my face.
It's 3rd down and we're in a punt formation (this is Canadian ball). I'm in my standard spot waiting for the snap to come back to the kicker. For some reason I've got my whistle plugged into my face. So, snap comes back...punter gets the ball....no sooner had the ball hit the punter's foot than my whistle is toooooting.
Of course my arse is pointing at the punter's bench when this goes on and so crows the coach, "ok, I'd like to know why we're killing this play". I turned around and said to the coach, "so would I coach. I think I just bought my crew the first round"
Ugh.
|
Know how converts are from the
5? Well, as a WH, it becomes
habit to blow the whistle as soon the ball leaves the K's foot on a convert, which is from the 5.
Well, in a RS game with playoff implications, I have an IG foul on 2D: the QB spikes the ball when PLS was the B-3. So, defence can decline and 3D from the B-3, or accept and 3D from the B-5. Well, B accepts and A lines up in FG formation, from the 5.
WH's call from within the 10. What do I do? Blow it as soon as the ball leaves K's foot. Wide left. D@mn. Live ball. Score was 13-12 for B.
Turns out the ball lands OB in flight. IW ruling: it is ignored, score the single. Now it's 13-13, heading for OT.
Is that a horseshoe on an IW or what?
I guess the mental habit of blowing a kick dead when it originates from the 5 surfaced to the tip of my brain. Luckily, it had zero impact on the game.