Spotting the ball, close to line-to-gain

Warrenkicker · #1 (**permalink**) Sun Oct 04, 2009, 09:31pm

If it is close then the wing must bust it to the spot and put the ball down himself. Then there is no doubt.

Rich · #2 (**permalink**) Sun Oct 04, 2009, 09:45pm

The wing comes in to the spot and spots it himself. Tossing it out to the wing looks terrible and the umpire spotting it isn't precise enough (even though it's good enough on other plays).

ChicagoLJ · #3 (**permalink**) Sun Oct 04, 2009, 09:56pm

If you are on the wing, and the play is in the middle of the field, bust your *** to give the spot. If it is on the sidelines and close, you have to hold the spot so I don't see a problem with the ump getting the ball to you. You'd hope the kid would give you the ball, but good luck with that.

Rich · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 05, 2009, 05:38am

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Originally Posted by ChicagoLJ

If you are on the wing, and the play is in the middle of the field, bust your *** to give the spot. If it is on the sidelines and close, you have to hold the spot so I don't see a problem with the ump getting the ball to you. You'd hope the kid would give you the ball, but good luck with that.

Well, of course. I was talking about officials who have a spot inside the hash marks who stop and spot the ball in the sidezone rather than busting in -- I see guys do it all the time and it looks terrible. My crew knows they have to come in -- and if it's close I'll be yelling "get a spot, get a spot" if they don't immediately pick up on it.

jTheUmp · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 05, 2009, 09:19am

Thanks guys. It's always nice to have my instincts validated.

InsideTheStripe · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 08, 2009, 09:40pm

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Originally Posted by RichMSN

The wing comes in to the spot and spots it himself. Tossing it out to the wing looks terrible and the umpire spotting it isn't precise enough (even though it's good enough on other plays).

The wing loses his precision when he comes in to the spot - the umpire may as well spot it at this point.

Bring the ball out to the wing and have him set it.

LDUB · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 08, 2009, 10:23pm

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Originally Posted by InsideTheStripe

The wing loses his precision when he comes in to the spot - the umpire may as well spot it at this point.

Bring the ball out to the wing and have him set it.

No, the wing sees the spot of the field where the ball should be spotted and he runs to that spot. He puts the ball down exactly where he saw it become dead.

InsideTheStripe · #8 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 08, 2009, 10:53pm

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Originally Posted by LDUB

No, the wing sees the spot of the field where the ball should be spotted and he runs to that spot. He puts the ball down exactly where he saw it become dead.

I couldn't disagree more. As written, that is a terrible mechanic.

LDUB · #9 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 08, 2009, 10:58pm

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Originally Posted by InsideTheStripe

I couldn't disagree more. As written, that is a terrible mechanic.

Everyone on here as well as all NFL officials and all NCAA FBS I have ever seen do it the way I described. Might be possible that they know what is best.

InsideTheStripe · #10 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 08, 2009, 11:03pm

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Originally Posted by LDUB

Everyone on here as well as all NFL officials and all NCAA FBS I have ever seen do it the way I described. Might be possible that they know what is best.

You've never seen an NFL or NCAA official square off a spot?

Seeing the spot where the ball became dead and running straight to it (regardless of your position on the field) is a terrible mechanic.

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