Trashman

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Line judge looking right at it and doesn't call. Pos

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To be fair, I’m a line judge for HS and it’s really difficult to see that hold if he’s grabbing with the left hand going towards you while you’re turning upfield. Luckily the deep helped him out. Still doesn’t excuse the other missed holds though

Not likely. We’d have to have 5 P5 teams finish undefeated through their conference championships. Then the team ranked last out of the 5 undefeated teams would have to run the gauntlet. That’s not going to happen very often if at all.

Never mind. I’ve been drinking and forgot how to count.

Have either of you called any college ball? I have 5 years of high school under my belt, so and I’ll be taking a camp this summer to get the ball rolling and hopefully officiate some division II next season.

The official rule is 1-1-6 in the NCAA Rulebook.

Persons subject to the rules, including bands and audio/video/lighting systems operators, shall not create any noise or distraction that prohibits a team from hearing its signals or obstructs play (Rule 1-1-6).

PENALTY [5]—Unsportsmanlike conduct. The referee may take any action they consider equitable, which includes directing that the down be repeated, including assessing a 15-yard penalty, awarding a score, or suspending or forfeiting the game [S27].


In reality I’ve only ever seen it enforced as a warning and a 15 yard penalty if it doesn’t stop.

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So a person would have to be true piece of shite to throw a flag on Mark Richt for dropping the F bomb.

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Penn Wagers has an ego problem

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The one I'm still butthurt over is the PI call on the sideline when their receiver was the one throwing our DB down.

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This play had OPI written all over it

And that’s where you start to see differences between officiating crews. A lot of calls like that are based on judgement and being able to see it well enough to make that call. I would have warned the defender the first time and then thrown it the second time, but if you don’t catch it the first time then it’s tough to throw it the second.

This is technically the rule if you’re interested.

ART. 6 . . . While any free kick is in flight in or beyond the neutral zone to the receiver’s goal line or any scrimmage kick is in flight beyond the neutral zone to the receiver’s goal line, K shall not:

a. Touch the ball or R, unless blocked into the ball or R, or to ward off a blocker; or
b. Obstruct R’s path to the ball.

This prohibition applies even when no fair-catch signal is given, but it does not apply after a free kick has been touched by a receiver, or after a scrimmage kick has been touched by a receiver who was clearly beyond the neutral zone at the time of touching.


So by rule, yes, K touching R beyond the neutral zone during a scrimmage kick does technically mean kick catch interference has occurred. Officials aren’t going to apply that rule unless it’s egregious or impacts the play.

Talked to an official on my crew that does Georgia practices last night. For what it’s worth he said both quarterbacks looked like shite all week. Could be Kirby just waiting for JT to take the job back.

What? We have a very different coaching staff since those two players left. I think it’d be productive if the coaching staff were to evaluate where those players are now vs when they were here, and why they might have struggled to produce at a similar level within our system.