Face Tackling, Spearing or good hit?

[Mike L]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

I never claimed they were butt blocking either. NEVER!

If it doesn't matter why have all those definitions. Just say any contact initiated with the helmet is illegal?

Probably because the NFHS really likes their definitions and some people demand everything little thing be explained/defined. For officials, it doesn't really matter which one it is because all 3 carry the same penalty and the same signal.

But regarding your question of which is it....let's go to the video.

OK, we have clear IHC (yay, you found one).
Does the player contact an opponent who does NOT have the ball? No, so that eliminates Butt Block.
Does the player contact an opponent with the front or the top of the helmet? Sure looks like the top to me, so that would make it a Spear if one needs to get technical about it.

Now that wasn't so tuff, was it?