BLARGE - TENN/Ole Miss

[twocentsworth]

Originally Posted by junruh07

...In high school, at least in my neck of the woods, officials nearly always come up with a fist before the primary signal on fouls. In college it seems, especially on these block/charge calls, the officials almost always go straight to the primary. This robs them of the chance to hear or see that the other guy has a call, and you get situations like this.

I think you're on to something here. The more mechanically sound an official is, the better the chance he/she will avoid a blarge. I would say that in HS, more emphasis is placed on sound judgement AND sound mechanics .... whereas in college, getting the call right (aka sound judgement) is definitely more important than mechanics.