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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
That whitehat needs to only work Fridays, or learn the difference between Saturday/Sunday rules and Friday rules.
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Agreed. One of the first things I learned in sub-HS ball was that a kicked try should be blown dead the moment a kick was made. That is because in HS ball, the only thing that can happen once a kick is made is that the kick either scores or doesn't. If A or B recovers, the ball cannot be advanced play is dead. If the ball falls onto the field or OOB or somewhere else without meeting the requirements of a score, it's a missed attempt and cannot be advanced. If the ball is a scored attempt, it cannot be advanced. So in all cases, once the ball is kicked on a try, that's the last thing that can happen to it. It takes no effort to watch a try sail through or past the goalposts, and (at least in Vegas) it was considered safer to end action as soon as possible than to allow a play that could do nothing to develop.
Might have something to do with the fact that the officials in Vegas thought that SoCal coaches are considered unhinged lunatics who will look for any opportunity to start a fight. They're probably right.