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Originally Posted by Rich

You can even see this mentality if you watch the Aloha Clinic videos -- if the runner lowers his head and there's helmet-to-helmet contact, it's usually said that it's nothing because the heads came together. I agree that you certainly can't punish the defense -- he's lowering his head to *avoid* IHC. But why allow the runner to drop the head in that situation at all?

We have called IHC on runners, though -- usually when a runner lowers his helmet and tries to drive the crown through the defender's chest/torso. And you're right, the coach is usually apoplectic when we do so.

As for the IBBW, we simply don't allow any delayed or redirected low block on any snap that isn't hand-to-hand. If a BBW is immediate at the snap, it's legal, regardless of the formation. Personally, I think it's time to eliminate most low blocking at every level. The NCAA rule is 10X worse than the HS rule to enforce.

Why? That would be a huge strategic disadvantage to a lot of teams that don't match up size-wise with bigger teams.