First play of game and we have a problem already!!!

Sounds like you handled it well. Best way you could have done considering the circumstances. Was anyone from the IHSAA there to "second-guess" you?

BTW, Nebraska had playoff games on Halloween night as well, in Classes B-D2. Class A will have games tonight (11/2-Friday). I was taking my kids trick or treating in their mom's neighborhood, and drove past the local high school where the lights were on, etc. I thought it was nuts that there was this much game and Halloween traffic in a residential area where a playoff game was going.

[BoBo]

Called the office on thursday and spoke to one of the big wigs and they agreed i handled it in the best way possible.

Im sure some may have been there but heard nothing from anybody as of now.

I guess thats good.

[a4caster]

I guess I don't see the major problem here. You started with a new series, had a run that netted 3 yds plus a foul on the next RFP, so we are at 8. So in my mind, I am saying two yards to a first. Now the next play got good yardage. Even without the sticks, I can be pretty confident that he got the 2 yards, so I would have said, 1st down, and get the stakes reset. But, I know how being on the field can aggravate the clarity of good thinking, so in this case, well done. If I may, try to say the yard line that is a good first down, i.e. "1st & 10 on the 23, needs the 33." Some mumbling that is heard from my mouth pre-snap.

Originally Posted by BoBo

Called the office on thursday and spoke to one of the big wigs and they agreed i handled it in the best way possible.

Im sure some may have been there but heard nothing from anybody as of now.

I guess thats good.

I would say it's good if they didn't mention anything in the phone call and agreed you handled it in the best way possible. Don't fret just yet. Wait and see if you get bit later.

[buckrog64]

I'll trust Smokey wasn't in audience....

I always thought working in Boone would be like working in Holy Land.

[MadCityRef]

Originally Posted by BoBo

Called the office on thursday and spoke to one of the big wigs and they agreed i handled it in the best way possible.

Im sure some may have been there but heard nothing from anybody as of now.

I guess thats good.

Did you call to see if anyone in the office was at the game and saw the play, or did you call with a situation without specifying location?

You got it right. Why worry about what the big boys think?

Originally Posted by MadCityRef

Did you call to see if anyone in the office was at the game and saw the play, or did you call with a situation without specifying location?

You got it right. Why worry about what the big boys think?

Reason he said that was I asked, since the game was in the same city where the state association office is. I was just curious, because I had a buddy who worked in a city where the state association game was, and he heard from them the next day about a call that was made. He didn't realize someone was at the game, because usually evaluators will let us know if they are there or not. Kind of an unfair thing when you're not being evaluated, and someone from the state association office calls you the next day over a call because he/she was there personally.

[BoBo]

we have received no calls so we either had no spectators or we did a good job that night.

personally i was happy as the WH with the work my crew did.

[MJT]

Originally Posted by BoBo

we have received no calls so we either had no spectators or we did a good job that night.

personally i was happy as the WH with the work my crew did.

My bet is Roger and Todd were someone else cuz it would be pretty easy for them to get a tape or talk to one of the coaches about how you did. It sounds like you handled it well, but I'm sure you were wondering "what the ****" when you saw him moving.