Unsportsmanlike Conduct

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

That's what I thought...it seems like a really, really obvious call to me sitting in my office chair. Not sure why a crew would let something that blatant go and then flag the finger point later.

This is a game in Texas so NCAA rules. This block was legal last year but not this year so it was missed either because it wasn't seen or it was erroneously judged as being legal.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Welpe

This is a game in Texas so NCAA rules. This block was legal last year but not this year so it was missed either because it wasn't seen or it was erroneously judged as being legal.

It stuns me that they allow blocking below the waist in the open field AT ALL at the high school level. (And I'm sure that TX officials are wondering why we don't allow it in 48 states.)

[ajmc]

Looking at both of the above videos it seems both plays are similar enough that they both either should have been flagged, or neither should have been flagged, but that decision is totally limited to the covering official. Without knowing a whole lot more about this game, and how it had been played up to each of those calls an extra opinion is worthless.

There is no way of knowing whether there had been previous problems with silly displays, and teams, or specific players, may have been warned about such actions. The bar moves a lot lower when someone has been previously cautioned, and decides to test the warter anyway.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

It stuns me that they allow blocking below the waist in the open field AT ALL at the high school level. (And I'm sure that TX officials are wondering why we don't allow it in 48 states.)

It could be a product of my Fed upbringing but I like the Fed rule better when it comes to blocking below the waist. Mike will now probably tell me to get my butt back to California.

[APG]

Originally Posted by Welpe

It could be a product of my Fed upbringing but I like the Fed rule better when it comes to blocking below the waist. Mike will now probably tell me to get my butt back to California.

Get your butt back to California!

[MD Longhorn]

Nah ... we'll keep ya.