Good game, where are the good refs

MD Longhorn

Oh ... forgot one more - twice they gave the ball to the return team at the wrong spot when it was touched by K at 2 different places. Both times they gave it at the first touch, but in both cases the ball was not possessed and moved 2-3 yards toward K's EZ before being touched again - the spot in both cases should have been the 2nd touching spot (which also included possession by K in both cases).

maven

mbcrowder wrote
Oh ... forgot one more - twice they gave the ball to the return team at the wrong spot when it was touched by K at 2 different places. Both times they gave it at the first touch, but in both cases the ball was not possessed and moved 2-3 yards toward K's EZ before being touched again - the spot in both cases should have been the 2nd touching spot (which also included possession by K in both cases).

Hey, first touching is FIRST touching! Ha. 😉

Texas Aggie

I'll let the shirt thing go. Could have been a replacement. Although, the crew should have been prepared for this. Last year, my crew carried a pair of knickers just in case even though we wore pants all year long. If something happened late enough to not get everyone informed, and the replacement only had knickers, we were prepared.

JasonTX

mbcrowder wrote
Oh ... forgot one more - twice they gave the ball to the return team at the wrong spot when it was touched by K at 2 different places. Both times they gave it at the first touch, but in both cases the ball was not possessed and moved 2-3 yards toward K's EZ before being touched again - the spot in both cases should have been the 2nd touching spot (which also included possession by K in both cases).

Your're saying the ball was (for example) illegally touched at the B-5 and then bounced back to the B-10 where it was illegally touched again. After the ball became dead they put it back at the B-5?

This is what happens when you let coaches draft the crews. It's quite likely that the coach for this game had last pick on this week and had to take the crew that hadn't been picked. Perhaps this was the least experienced crew available to pick.

MD Longhorn

JasonTX wrote
Your're saying the ball was (for example) illegally touched at the B-5 and then bounced back to the B-10 where it was illegally touched again. After the ball became dead they put it back at the B-5?

Yes, exactly. TWICE.

Rich

Placards at the HS level? Really?

MD Longhorn

Rich wrote
Placards at the HS level? Really?

Yes sir, this is Texas after all... 🙂 (Honestly, I see these about a third of the time around here.)

Welpe

Rich wrote
Placards at the HS level? Really?

Yup approved this year in Texas. A lot of crews around here seem to have gone to them. I really don't see the point.

Rich

Welpe wrote
Yup approved this year in Texas. A lot of crews around here seem to have gone to them. I really don't see the point.

Next they'll be wearing wide stripes.

Welpe

I'm sure it's being discussed. Looks like we are going to the 40 second clock next year.

Rich

Welpe wrote
I'm sure it's being discussed. Looks like we are going to the 40 second clock next year.

I'm always fascinated with Texas. They always want to be seen as different than the rest of the country, for some reason, when it comes to HS football.

JasonTX

Rich wrote
I'm always fascinated with Texas. They always want to be seen as different than the rest of the country, for some reason, when it comes to HS football.

Football in Texas is a religion. They shut down the whole town for a football game. $60 million dollar high school stadiums that put some NFL stadiums to shame.

Rich

JasonTX wrote
Football in Texas is a religion. They shut down the whole town for a football game. $60 million dollar high school stadiums that put some NFL stadiums to shame.

That's all well and good, but that doesn't mean the officials are any different or better than they are anywhere else. At least from this thread, that seems pretty obvious. 😀

nmanzie

mbcrowder wrote
Got to watch one of the top 3 games in the Houston area yesterday. Had to wonder how this disfunctional mess of a crew got this game. If I would have been evaluating, we'd have an A, 2 B's, a D and an F..

Sounds like the LJ got the A!

JasonTX

Rich wrote
That's all well and good, but that doesn't mean the officials are any different or better than they are anywhere else. At least from this thread, that seems pretty obvious. 😃

Everything is bigger in Texas, including our egos. 😀

Welpe

And our umpires. 😮

maven

Welpe wrote
And our umpires. :eek:

Bigger Snickers™?

Texas Aggie

Next they'll be wearing wide stripes.

We are hoping so, but it will probably be a year or two away.

They always want to be seen as different than the rest of the country

Not so much a desire as it really just worked out that way. Other than a few things, I don't think its much different, attitude wise, than it is in the Big 10 footprint.

$60 million dollar high school stadiums that put some NFL stadiums to shame.

The NFL part is pushing it, but it is a nice stadium. Looking forward to working there at some point. Maybe a playoff game.

MD Longhorn

Texas Aggie wrote
The NFL part is pushing it, but it is a nice stadium.

He said some... and have you been to Cleveland or Cincinnati?

Welpe

mbcrowder wrote
He said some... and have you been to Cleveland or Cincinnati?

Oakland.