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Originally Posted by hawk65
Where is the line judge on this call? Our mechanics have the line judge on R's restraining line on a kickoff. It appears that R was clearly encroaching before the ball was kicked and the LJ should have thrown his flag, blown his whistle and killed the play before R got a chance to block/attack the kicker. Encroachment on R, 5 yard penalty.
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You know, I didn't even look for that, but you're right! It's VERY close. For that player to get in that quickly, he's got to get extremely lucky or encroach and it appears to me that he may have crossed the restraining line before the kick. It's bang-bang. Yeah, the LJ has the 50 and should get that.
The coach's explanation that "we do it like that all the time" (a) is bollocks (because nobody worries about taking out the kicker) and ( b) probably wouldn't stand up to a review of game tapes that other schools have from playing them (like most "last week's crew didn't call that at all!" things).