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The first scrimmage I was totally lost, the field was very poorly marked, couldn't even see the hash marks. I kept going outside them, which I guess is a no-no at umpire. Finally by the end of the game I was getting the hang of it. Only had one major screw up, blew my whistle at the same time I threw the flag for a hold. IW is bad enough but this happened to be fourth and 20something and the QB had fumbled the ball and it was loose at the five yard line. It would not have been fun to explain that to a coach whose defense had just recovered a fumble and tell him that the offense gets to replay the down from the original los, ouch. Think I learned my lesson on the IW. Friday night, I was all geared up and ready and when I got there they said, "we are going to have you do line judge tonight". Ugh, all new position to learn and I look like a rookie again. I actually like it better than umpire, but of course, I didn't have the coach and players to deal with since it was just a scrimmage.
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