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Take into account that this guy played four years of college football and is now coaching a 9-year-old pee-wee team with which he had no prior affiliation, and the fact that he lived in the same residence hall with me for three of those four years, and the fact that he's one of the worst offensive linemen in the history of the University of Tennessee and shouldered a lot of responsibility for that crappy 2002 season -- I really took great pleasure in dumping this guy tonight.
Fourth play of the game, Team A already down 7-0 (B returned an interception for a TD on the second play from scrimmage). I am the referee (coincidentally, only my second time as the R in a youth game). A runs a sweep left and just about the time the runner gets to the corner, A7 (a back) blocks B93 below the waist -- no doubt about it. I flag it, continue to officiate. Play ends, I give the signal.....
....All of a sudden, this 6-7, 320-pound former Southeastern Conference lineman is bearing down on me, yelling, "That's bullcrap, etc., etc." So I flag him immediately, and since he came on the field after me, I give him the gate without the second USC. Thought he was going to fight me for a few minutes (I'm not exactly small at 6-4, 275, but I didn't want to tangle with him -- although I'm sure he couldn't block me if I were rushing his quarterback), but luckily the authorities came in and took him away. Among his reasons why my call was wrong:
--There's no such thing as a "chop block" in "little league"
--He was "in the box" (he wasn't)
--It was by a back, so it had to be legal
--Blocking below the waist is perfectly legal in "little league" and he would go get his rule book right now and show me why I was wrong.
What a loser. Of course, it was their last game of the season, so it really won't affect anything. Oh, and his team lost 30-12.
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