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#53
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Stories about officiating.

A funny one comes to mind. When I took a position a couple years ago at a school and in a conference that I have no connections to, I was warned that "The officiating in this league is terrible."

We were playing a mid-season conference game against a wishbone team (be still my heart), and it was maybe a 7-7 or 7-3 or 10-7 game in the 3rd quarter. We're driving downfield, which was certainly a rarity for that team, and our RB busts off a good 15-yard run to get inside their 20. The play involves the QB taking the snap, opening to the left, and flipping the ball nearly parallel to the line; the RB fires off at the snap, grabs the ball from the air, and goes. A flag comes out. The ref signals holding.

He comes over and I'm the first one there. Here is our conversation:
ME (calmly) -- Who's it on?
HIM -- Number 44.
ME -- Number 44 was the ballcarrier, so how could he have held?
HIM (glancing back at the field) -- Sorry, number 34.
ME -- 34 is behind me and hasn't played offense this quarter.
HIM -- Hell, maybe it was 24.
ME -- 24 barely sees the field in garbage time of JV games.
HIM -- 14?
ME (voice rising to about three decibels over a normal speaking voice) -- We don't have a number 14.
HIM (reaches for the pocket, which has an exposed part of the flag) -- If you want 15, keep talking.

I once was grabbed out of the air by our head coach and defensive coordinator. The team we were playing is incredibly dirty and it's a rivalry, so things get vicious. Our RB got taken down and about three guys piled on after the whistle. Right in the middle of it, plain as day, I can see their linebacker twisting our guy's leg at the knee. I jump off the sidelines and somehow got pulled back out of the air.

Coming out from halftime, I approached the officials and said (in a very calm voice), "Number 4 for them has been doing some pretty dirty stuff; I saw him twist our guys' legs a couple times, and I swear I saw him trying an eye gouge." The referee says, "Okay, thanks, we'll keep an eye on it", and one of the other ones (back judge maybe, could have been umpire) looks at me and says, "Why don't you shut the **** up and actually try winning the game?" If memory serves me right, we were leading at the time and didn't fall behind for the last time until about 3:00 to go.

That is one bad thing about trying to get a number on all the fouls...typically it is easy to get a number. Other times, it is impossible. Just try to tell the coach.."coach, I missed the number." That will get a better response that making up several numbers.

As far as your other story, you got a typical response from the R. The other guy was out of line when he told you to shut the **** up.
 
#54
#54
That is one bad thing about trying to get a number on all the fouls...typically it is easy to get a number. Other times, it is impossible. Just try to tell the coach.."coach, I missed the number." That will get a better response that making up several numbers.

As far as your other story, you got a typical response from the R. The other guy was out of line when he told you to shut the **** up.

Somehow I missed this post.

I've never had a problem with officials; they're human and obviously make mistakes. There's nothing wrong with "I missed the number, but he was on the right side of the line"; I'm not going to go nuts over that.

I had another one that same year as the other two stories. In a JV game, we were down 13-0 or 14-0 at the half. We receive the kick, and danged if the KR doesn't bring it back for a touchdown. There's a flag down, and they indicate offsides on the kicking team. I naturally motion to decline it, which our guy did. A minute later the official comes over and says it was on us and that #so-and-so was lined up offsides. This was the only time I've ever sworn at an official....I looked at him and said the following, which also is as long-winded as I've gotten with any of them. Then again, I was 10 yards onto the field.

"Our guys line up a half-yard back off that 10-yard mark just to avoid offside and they don't move until the ball is in the air. I also was standing right on the freakin' 50-yard line specifically to make sure that our guys were lined up right and didn't move until I saw the flag. And even if our guy was lined up offside, common sense would dictate that your guy tell him 'You're lined up offside' rather than pull this crap. So either your guy is full of (crap), or you're full of (crap), but there is zero chance in hell that my guy was lined up offside. That was a horse(crap) call and you know full well that it was."

We still lost 14-7 (or 13-7, whatever), and one of my guys told me after my tirade that I was unusually articulate for looking like I was going to strike an official with an axe.
 
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Somehow I missed this post.

I've never had a problem with officials; they're human and obviously make mistakes. There's nothing wrong with "I missed the number, but he was on the right side of the line"; I'm not going to go nuts over that.

I had another one that same year as the other two stories. In a JV game, we were down 13-0 or 14-0 at the half. We receive the kick, and danged if the KR doesn't bring it back for a touchdown. There's a flag down, and they indicate offsides on the kicking team. I naturally motion to decline it, which our guy did. A minute later the official comes over and says it was on us and that #so-and-so was lined up offsides. This was the only time I've ever sworn at an official....I looked at him and said the following, which also is as long-winded as I've gotten with any of them. Then again, I was 10 yards onto the field.

"Our guys line up a half-yard back off that 10-yard mark just to avoid offside and they don't move until the ball is in the air. I also was standing right on the freakin' 50-yard line specifically to make sure that our guys were lined up right and didn't move until I saw the flag. And even if our guy was lined up offside, common sense would dictate that your guy tell him 'You're lined up offside' rather than pull this crap. So either your guy is full of (crap), or you're full of (crap), but there is zero chance in hell that my guy was lined up offside. That was a horse(crap) call and you know full well that it was."

We still lost 14-7 (or 13-7, whatever), and one of my guys told me after my tirade that I was unusually articulate for looking like I was going to strike an official with an axe.

If the kicking team was lined up offsides...it should have been blown dead, in high school. It should have never gotten to the point of returning the kick for a TD.
 
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Cocke County High School

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Did you play football at cocke county jmoore? I played at Walker Valley and we played at ya'lls place my senior year. I remember the QB big number 3 was bigger than most his OL
 

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