Best of 2004

Simbio · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 15, 2004, 03:39pm

Well, the season draws to a close. Our state championship games are this Friday. I just wanted to say thanks to all who participate in this forum, I know I benefit from reading it.

I know we share throughout the year our various game situations, and I know its been brought up before, but I just thought I'd start a topic where we can all share some of the more humorus stories from throughout this season (or previous seasons for that matter.) I get a kick out of reading everyone's stories. Feel free to share....

jfurdell · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 15, 2004, 04:02pm

Only funny thing that happened to me this year:

In the middle of the game, during a dead ball, one of the defenders starts vomiting (seems to happen at least once a year, and always on my sideline). I kill the clock for an injury time out so he can leave the field. One of the other team's player looks over at the pool of vomit in my area, distraught, and says, "We were gonna RUN that way!"

cmathews · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 15, 2004, 04:36pm

not football but funny...Working a Jr Hi girls basketball game...late in the game the winning team subs in some younger players....As I am about to hand the ball to a girl for her to inbound it, another girl waves me over to the sideline (almost like she was afraid to step off of the court LOL) I lean down and she whispers....."which basket is ours", it was pretty funny, I didn't laugh, but it made the whole day worth it LOL

JasonTX · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 15, 2004, 05:07pm

4th and just a little over 10 yds. Maybe about 4 and 10 plus 6 inches. The coach looks accross the field and sees that the box is just short of the the stake. I over heard the play call. QB sneak was the call. They gain about 2 yards. Coach is excited and players are too because this is going to be the game winning drive. Being obviously short, I signal first down for the other team. Coach is in shock "How did we not get the first, we only needed a few inches. I want a measurement" I replied "Coach, the first down stake is still 8 yards away." Boy did he feel dumb after taking a better look.

ABoselli · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 15, 2004, 09:02pm

Junior college game, 3rd and 14. #32 breaks a tackle and gets ahead for about a six yard gain. He springs up, gives the first down signal and shouts, "First down, baby! Move the sticks!". I'm the LJ, so I get the ball and spot it, then let him in on a little secret, "Actually 32, it's fourth down. Nice run, though". He sees the mass substitution going on around him and slinks off field.

But there's more! Who has to run out at the last minute after getting screamed at by the special teams coach that he's supposed to be out there? Tough day for ole 32.

They're not in junior college by accident.

ref18 · #6 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 15, 2004, 10:12pm

The best one, 4-man crew, i'm the LJ deep covering a field goal. In Canada, because the uprights are at the front of the endzone a missed field goal is live unless it crosses the dead ball line.

The covering member of the recieving team is standing right beside me when he asks, "What do I do if he misses it?"

I guess with our society's domination with American football, a lot of people don't realize Canadian football is different.

I got a bit of a cheap laugh out of it. Not when I was explaining it to the player, but in the car with one of the other officials on the ride home.

cowbyfan1 · #7 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 16, 2004, 06:56am

White hating a game. My LJ throws a flag for OPI. He tells me what he had. That the receiver pushed off before he went up for the ball. A's coach is defending his player saying he went for the ball. I told the coach what my LJ said. He said "oh. Isn't this supposed to be called like basketball where you officiate the defense?" Gave me a little chuckle.

Doing a youth game (3rd grade). One of the players says we needed to stop the game. I asked are you hurt? He said no, we didn't do the National Anthem.

Another 3rd grade game. Defensive lineman blows by the Guard for a sack. A's coach yells to the guard "Timmy, that's your man." Timmy," I was guarding him coach" Coach "Great! Now try blocking him."

Warrenkicker · #8 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 16, 2004, 09:07am

I'm WH during a JV game between two large schools. QB rolls toward his sideline and throws it for the endzone. B intercepts and begins to return it. Head coach (assistant) for A starts yelling at me, as I am near him, that they can't return it out of the endzone and it is an automatic touchback. While the play is going on I am telling him that everything is fine out there and he is confusing this play with a kick. When the play is over he tells me that I am the one who is confused and that I should read my rules book better. Some may have flagged him for this but I just thought it was a little funny. None of his other coaches said a thing about what was happening as they must have known that the coach was wrong. At the end of the game the coach appologized to me about that play. I got another laugh.

Another one.

I was LJ during a freshman game. I call a hold on A in B's endzone on a play where A scored. Later one of B's coaches comes over and says that one of the parents was taping the game and told me that it wasn't a hold. Imagine that a coach would tell you that your call was wrong when it kept the other team from scoring.

JasonTX · #9 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 16, 2004, 09:46am

I had a game with a school who is playing football for the first time since 1996. It's a 6 man varsity football game here in Texas. The coach had told me during the pregame that none of his players had any kind of experience. During a play his team was on defense. The kid breaks through the blocks and is coming up from behind the QB and is aiming square at his back to make the sack. He stops and lets up just before he gets there. The QB throws a TD pass. Coach is going ballistic at the kid and asked him why he didn't sack the QB. Kid responds "Coach, you told us we couldn't hit in the back." Coach didn't know what to say after that.