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Last year in a district game I was a late notice replacement for a team fairly local, local enough I got their newspaper. I worked LJ with the absolute most obsolete R I've ever seen. Anyway the home team had a 1st and goal inside the 5 with a monster of a fullback who could have gained 5 yards in 3 downs easily. First down, incomplete pass to the corner. Second down sweep to my side down at the 1. Third down FB dive. I see the FB knee down and am pretty sure he is short but I'm not giving a signal on that, so I am rushing in (no one behind me) to find the ball as the U goes up with a full blown sell of a touchdown call and the HL puts up 4th down right were I thought it was. The R had us vote (what an idiot) and we got the call right, much to the dismay of the home team, and we got nailed in the paper with a full color half page picture of the FB laying on the ground with the ball in the end zone and the U signalling touchdown. Home team lost 14-10.
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