Origin of the jump stop?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

JR:

1959!! Come on. You are not that old. I started officiating in 1971 and I AM that old.

MTD, Sr.

Did my first high school varsity football game that fall - at the age of 15. Did my first varsity basketball game shortly after I turned 16. It was a completely different world back then when it came to officiating, Mark.

[ATXCoach]

The rumor around here is that Tom Penders when he coached the Texas "Runnin" Horns - as they were called then - in the late '80s/ early '90s was the first NCAA coach to challenge the officials/NCAA that the jump stop was not a travel. He seems to take credit for making it widely acceptable.

I do not know if any of this is true as I did not follow Texas sports until '93. Just stating what I have heard.

[MJT]

I think they were still using a peach bucket when it was first done.

[SamIAm]

Originally Posted by ATXCoach

The rumor around here is that Tom Penders when he coached the Texas "Runnin" Horns - as they were called then - in the late '80s/ early '90s was the first NCAA coach to challenge the officials/NCAA that the jump stop was not a travel. He seems to take credit for making it widely acceptable.

I do not know if any of this is true as I did not follow Texas sports until '93. Just stating what I have heard.

The amount of crap you get out of a longhorn is incredible.

While we're on the subject, I can't remember seeing a longhorn with only one horn, yet you don't call them longhorns unless you are talking in the plural. As in, "there is a longhorn", yet both horns are long. I never hear, "there is a longhorns". Any idea on that ATXCoach?

[SeanFitzRef]

Old School invented the jump stop.

As well as the "Old School philosophy" on refereeing. (Tower who?!?!)

As well as the Old School Stare of ...... (tm).

C'mon guys!!! Geez!!! Old School is my hero!!!

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by ATXCoach

The rumor around here is that Tom Penders when he coached the Texas "Runnin" Horns - as they were called then - in the late '80s/ early '90s was the first NCAA coach to challenge the officials/NCAA that the jump stop was not a travel. He seems to take credit for making it widely acceptable.

I do not know if any of this is true as I did not follow Texas sports until '93. Just stating what I have heard.

Tom Penders is a dextering dexter-head.

I believe that he "invented" the jump stop just as much as I believe that Al Gore "invented" the internet.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Did my first high school varsity football game that fall - at the age of 15. Did my first varsity basketball game shortly after I turned 16. It was a completely different world back then when it came to officiating, Mark.

You should change your moniker to "Triassic" Referee.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by GarthB

You should change your moniker to "Triassic" Referee.

Well, Old School was taken......

How about Cretaceous? I've been called a cretin a number of times.

[stmaryrams]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Did my first high school varsity football game that fall - at the age of 15. Did my first varsity basketball game shortly after I turned 16. It was a completely different world back then when it came to officiating, Mark.

This was the beginning of the post peach basket era?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by stmaryrams

This was the beginning of the post peach basket era?

Well, if you saw Hoosiers, we actually dressed like that when I started out:
- black and white striped long-sleeved broadcloth shirt, buttoned at the wrists(never rolled-up sleeves).
- gray, cuffed pants with a black belt.
-white gym socks
-white shoes (you couldn't find good black ones: I wore Converse canvas hi-tops).
- Acme Thunderer whistles.

We were funny looking.