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    Game Thread: Early bowl games no one cares about but will watch anyway catchall

    It's also to hep the officials believe it or not. When trying to track players during a play having similar colored jerseys makes that very difficult. I've had to work middle school all-star games where one team has navy blue jerseys and the other has black jerseys. Since we have look very...
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    Game Thread: Early bowl games no one cares about but will watch anyway catchall

    There are balls from both teams on both sidelines. In most games the home team provides the ball boys for both sides, but some schools do have their own personnel handle their footballs on both sides. I'm guessing that's what they are doing here. Coaches are paranoid having someone else handling...
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    Game Thread: Early bowl games no one cares about but will watch anyway catchall

    You are correct. If the runner's knee is down at the point of the graphic and he hasn't touched the pylon or anywhere else in the end zone, he doesn't get the goal line extended. The ball would be spotted at the foremost point of the ball when it crossed the sideline plane. Since the ball is...
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    Game Thread: Early bowl games no one cares about but will watch anyway catchall

    The runner only gets the goal line extended if he gets something in the end zone. That includes the pylon. The announcer as usual was completely wrong in explaining the rule. Replay must have had a good view the ball was still short of the goal line when he touched the pylon. If he hadn't...
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    Excellent pic of the "controversial" catch

    That is definitely when it can happen. It's not common but it does happen. As for the first part of your post above, a runner is down when he's in possession of the ball and anything other than his hand or feet touches the ground. The wrist is considered part of the hand. And the top of the...
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    Kyle Olson will be the lead official today.

    It was close for sure. It's a judgment call if the brief moment the ball touched the ground helped him complete the catch then it would be incomplete. But replay felt it was a catch so I'm going with that. The grader and supervisor may think differently but things are that tight they generally...
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    Excellent pic of the "controversial" catch

    He was going to the ground as part of completing the catch so he's not a runner yet. The fact he has control at that point is not relevant yet. If he was already considered a runner than the ball would be dead at the point of this photo.
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    Kyle Olson will be the lead official today.

    Post season uses mixed crews so the referee doesn't work with their regular crew members. Some conferences give their #1 rated official at each position the conference championship game and some give them their top bowl game. Some mix it up and some do both. In general though the conference...
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    Excellent pic of the "controversial" catch

    No such rule as "the ground can't cause a fumble". That's more announcer-speak. There is a basis of truth in the statement though. It assumes the runner already has possession of the ball. If anything on the runner other than hands or feet touch the ground the ball is dead. If that happens and...
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    News Article: NCAA rules committee exploring changes to limit faked injuries in college football

    NCAA Football Rules committee meets next week. A survey was sent to coaches, administrators, and officials today asking for feedback. This usually gives you an idea of some of the key things they are going to discuss. There were two questions related to the fake injury issue. One points to a...
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    News Article: NCAA rules committee exploring changes to limit faked injuries in college football

    This conversation has evolved into one person saying 1+2 = 3 and the other saying the sky is blue. Both are true but they are different topics. And now the end of half mechanics are a different topic. On your point #3 above I have no reason to doubt your facts so no need to look them up. Those...
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    News Article: NCAA rules committee exploring changes to limit faked injuries in college football

    We aren't hustling a little more at the end of a half because a coach is asking us. We are going a little faster because everyone treats the clock with more urgency at that point. If 2 extra seconds run off a clock after a play midway through the 1st quarter nobody says boo. If that happens at...
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    News Article: NCAA rules committee exploring changes to limit faked injuries in college football

    I am a 12-year veteran college football official so I feel fairly confident in what I'm sharing. Ball mechanics and a consistent pace are a big part of what we talk about at meetings, clinics, and pre-game discussions. It's a big part of how a crew is evaluated and something fans rarely notice...
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    News Article: NCAA rules committee exploring changes to limit faked injuries in college football

    That may be your perception but the reality is both NFL and NCAA ball is ready for play about the same time. In many cases it's ready faster in the NFL because they have better ball personnel and are more efficient in getting the ball in and placed. And almost always the crew is ready for the...
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    News Article: NCAA rules committee exploring changes to limit faked injuries in college football

    That's a valid way of saying it. There are probably other factors to offenses choosing to go up tempo, but I'm not a coach so I don't know what they are. I do remember a national championship game where Oregon faced a defense that was able to get some 3-and-out drives early in the game which...
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