Originally Posted by Camron Rust (Post 923659)

There is nothing that official could possibly say to properly explain the call. He simply missed it. Anything he would say would be blowing smoke.

Sometimes, the relevant action in the video is obscured or from a very poor angle such that there might have been something else that the video didn't reveal. That is not so in this case. We can clearly see where everyone was and what everyone was doing. Some calls are just wrong. This is one of them.

Originally Posted by stick (Post 923755)

OK, you may very well be right looking at it from the angle of the video. It does appear the defender is going backwards. Unless the calling official comes on here or other outlet to explain it we'll never know why he called a block.

Originally Posted by stick (Post 923755)

OK, you may very well be right looking at it from the angle of the video. It does appear the defender is going backwards. Unless the calling official comes on here or other outlet to explain it we'll never know why he called a block.

Originally Posted by Camron Rust (Post 923774)

Really? It also appears the sun is bright but it might not be.

Use your imagination....

What could the defender possibly have done that we couldn't see in the video that would make it a block? What could the official, if he was looking at the defender as he should have been, possibly have seen the defender do that would make it a block?

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef (Post 923793)

When I look at video, I'm looking at the play and determining what I would call, and where I would put myself in the best position to make that call.

OK, I agree

Making excuses for my own bad call, or another official's bad call, doesn't help in the learning process.

True. Posters are wondering how I or the calling official could see this as a block instead of a charge. I gave what MIGHT be how I or that official determined the play to be a block. That's not an excuse, that's a straight reply. You can disagree and that's fine. The only real way to find out is to seek out that official and ask him.

My thinking, this official went into the locker room and immediately told his crew, "damn I kicked f'ing block call", or watches the video and says "damn, WTF was I thinking on that play".

Originally Posted by stick (Post 923865)

Yes really. It does appear that your an official but you might be a coach in disguise.
And btw, as to your questions, I believe I was pretty clear in already explaining what the calling official might have seen from his angle as to why he called the play a block. Go back and read them if you dare. If you disagree with what I posted, fine, no problem. If you don't like it, that's just too bad for you. Go seek out that calling official and pick his brain. (rolling my eyes)

Originally Posted by stick (Post 923649)

You could be right but until you hear an explanation from that official that's only projecting.

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. (Post 923869)

Stick:

I hate to burst your bubble but it was a charge and the L missed the call. People in this forum that when it is Guarding/Screening (block/charge) that I am the go to guy. And I will very very very rarely question an official's judgement call I will if he misses a block/charge because it is the easiest call in the book to make.

MTD, Sr.


P.S. The Kansas-Texas thread and John Adam's comments really has my blood boiling.

Originally Posted by stick (Post 923865)

Yes really.
And btw, as to your questions, I believe I was pretty clear in already explaining what the calling official might have seen from his angle as to why he called the play a block. Go back and read them if you dare. If you disagree with what I posted, fine, no problem. If you don't like it, that's just too bad for you. Go seek out that calling official and pick his brain. (rolling my eyes)

Originally Posted by Adam (Post 923877)

No, projecting is what you're doing in trying to figure out why he called it. Video shows he was wrong. That's analysis.

(actually, "projecting" is something else entirely, but your comments were closer than his)

Originally Posted by Camron Rust (Post 923880)

You prior claims of what he might have seen are not even in the ballpark of possibilities. You might as well claim he might have seen the defender punch him in the nose, pull his shorts down, and spit in his face.

There are certainly calls that are debatable and this really is not one of them even though you keep trying.

Originally Posted by stick (Post 923868)

Maybe he did. Have you ever done that?

Originally Posted by stick (Post 923879)

FWIW, I'm not challenging yours or anyone elses view on that. If I was that official I may have called it that way also. I was asked to explain to a coach how it could be a block. I only offered what it might be. I can't speak for the calling official.