A 25-year habit is hard to break

[Blindolbat]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Not granting that coach a timeout when he pops up while his player is in trouble for me.

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Made that mistake the other day.
Oops.

[APG]

As one new to college officiating, had to catch myself once or twice in my first scrimmage from swinging and showing a 10 second count.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by APG

As one new to college officiating, had to catch myself once or twice in my first scrimmage from swinging and showing a 10 second count.

When they got rid of that rule, it took about a half to stop doing this for the most part. It might take me a little longer to not give a count during a closely guarded situation that applied to last year's rule.

Peace