Bib???

Hand Signals · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Sep 11, 2017, 01:17pm

A block in the back is defined as a block against an opponent when the initial contact is in the opponent's back, INSIDE THE SHOULDERS and below the helmet and above the waist...

If this is initial contact than it is a legal block.

HLin NC · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Sep 11, 2017, 05:11pm

In that moment in time, what would remotely make it a block in the back?

Rich · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Sep 11, 2017, 05:16pm

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Originally Posted by HLin NC

In that moment in time, what would remotely make it a block in the back?

I swear some coaches think any contact not in the front is in the back.

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InsideTheStripe · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Sep 11, 2017, 11:38pm

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Originally Posted by Rich

I swear some coaches think any contact not in the front is in the back.

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Unfortunately, so do many officials.

bigjohn · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Sep 13, 2017, 08:59am

That is my point ITS. Most people don't know what the rule says EVEN some officials.

HLin NC · #6 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 16, 2017, 10:09am

Argument could be made for IUH given the location of B2's left hand, depending on where it landed.

bigjohn · #7 (**permalink**) Sun Sep 17, 2017, 08:17am

The definition of a blindside block established by the committee is “a block against an opponent other than the runner, who does not see the blocker approaching,” and now results in a 15-yard penalty.

The committee stated that the blindside block “involves contact by a blocker against an opponent who, because of physical positioning and focus of concentration, is vulnerable to injury. Unless initiated with open hands, it is a foul for excessive and unnecessary contact when the block is forceful and outside of the free-blocking zone.

Gary V · #8 (**permalink**) Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:54am

You can not call BIB from just one picture.
Have to see whole play as block could start in front and defensive player spin around and look like BIB and not be.

JRutledge · #9 (**permalink**) Sun Sep 17, 2017, 10:27am

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Originally Posted by bigjohn

That is my point ITS. Most people don't know what the rule says EVEN some officials.

OK, but the picture does not show anything. The picture shows one moment in time which is not how we make the call for the most part. So if your point is that the officials called a BIB as a result of this one picture, that is not really a very good judge. This is why I asked for several pictures that would show more of the play or the video. It is also a judgment call, which means they might have seen the first level of contact and made a decision.

I called a BIB this weekend after a player had clearly disengaged after first making contact and then pushed the player in the back right when the runner was in the area.

Peace