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General Discussion / Re: LX Super Bowl Champs......

« Last post by ElvisLives on February 12, 2026, 05:56:07 PM »

I had Stanford in 2007. Hairball was the coach. Not impressed. He kept complaining about things that applied to NFL football but NOT to NCAA football. Kinda clueless - back then, anyway.

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General Discussion / Re: LX Super Bowl Champs......

« Last post by AlUpstateNY on February 12, 2026, 05:22:48 PM »

I have a very good friend who lives outside of Boston but who grew up in NYC... he's a lifelong Giants fan. He is absolutely over the moon with the G Men picking up Harbaugh as coach.

I am hoping your friend is right.

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National Federation Discussion / Re: SANTA'S WISH LIST....2026 version

« Last post by SCHSref on February 12, 2026, 02:41:42 PM »

Last year Steve Shaw, the NCAA Football Rules Editor addressed our national meeting. His major message was : KEEP IT SIMPLE  . He went on to explain high school sports officials are during this as more of a hobby than a vocation/advocation and we need to beware of the possible complexity. To many of us, who had just passed a near rewrite of Rule 10 the previous year, it made sense. Last year, a rewrite of the IP rule failed on the floor. This year, a good proposal regarding IP>SP didn't make it out of sub-committee.

While I strongly agree that a reciever accidently stepping on OOB line shouldn't be hit with 15, we need to make changes that are simplistically understood. I once heard that there was 75+ exceptions in the NCAA book compared to 16 exceptions in ours. I assume the ratio is still somewhat similar.

Well, we don't have 3k a game like the power 4 conferences. We don't even make $300 a game, so yes, people take it as a hobby, but that doesn't mean that we don't try to be our best at it.

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National Federation Discussion / Re: SANTA'S WISH LIST....2026 version

« Last post by ElvisLives on February 12, 2026, 01:05:45 PM »

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Counting only the “labeled” Exceptions, there are no less than 115 Exceptions, just in Rules 1 through 10. I didn’t even look at 11,12, or Part II of the book. I say, “…no less than…,” because there are some labeled exceptions that may actually contain more than one distinct difference, depending on conditions. I didn’t try to decipher those conditional differences, so the true number of exceptions is, no doubt, somewhat more than 115, in practice.
No. Not easy. That’s why we get the big bucks.

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National Federation Discussion / Re: SANTA'S WISH LIST....2026 version

« Last post by ElvisLives on February 12, 2026, 12:23:33 PM »

I once heard that there was 75+ exceptions in the NCAA book compared to 16 exceptions in ours.

Oh, you’ve done it now. I will have an accurate count for you by the end of the day. My wages are on GREATER than 75, but we shall see.

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National Federation Discussion / Re: SANTA'S WISH LIST....2026 version

« Last post by Ralph Damren on February 12, 2026, 08:47:12 AM »

Last year Steve Shaw, the NCAA Football Rules Editor addressed our national meeting. His major message was : KEEP IT SIMPLE  . He went on to explain high school sports officials are during this as more of a hobby than a vocation/advocation and we need to beware of the possible complexity. To many of us, who had just passed a near rewrite of Rule 10 the previous year, it made sense. Last year, a rewrite of the IP rule failed on the floor. This year, a good proposal regarding IP>SP didn't make it out of sub-committee.

While I strongly agree that a reciever accidently stepping on OOB line shouldn't be hit with 15, we need to make changes that are simplistically understood. I once heard that there was 75+ exceptions in the NCAA book compared to 16 exceptions in ours. I assume the ratio is still somewhat similar.

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Texas Topics / Re: TASO HQ

« Last post by dammitbobby on February 12, 2026, 08:35:48 AM »

It's a sore point for most officials, for sure. Been done that way (at least in that chapter) since 1948.

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Texas Topics / Re: TASO HQ

« Last post by bama_stripes on February 12, 2026, 08:20:15 AM »

...(G)ames are  assigned for the most part by coaches picking, they have a 'draft' every spring and coaches go in order and pick the crew they want for a particular game.

I had no idea!  That’s certainly an — um, interesting — way of going about it.

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NCAA Discussion / Re: Question - late in the day

« Last post by ElvisLives on February 11, 2026, 09:37:48 PM »

It does not apply, because A touching the ball in the end zone is a violation for illegal touching, it is NOT a touchback. For them to be awarded the ball at the spot of illegal touching (which would be the 20, in this case) they must decline the foul. If this were a true touchback, the succeeding spot would be the 20; A could then tack on the foul or back them up and rekick.

 

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NCAA Discussion / Re: Question - late in the day

« Last post by dammitbobby on February 11, 2026, 09:17:54 PM »

Does 6-3-13 apply? If so, why? If not, why not?

It does not apply, because A touching the ball in the end zone is a violation for illegal touching, it is NOT a touchback. For them to be awarded the ball at the spot of illegal touching (which would be the 20, in this case) they must decline the foul. If this were a true touchback, the succeeding spot would be the 20; A could then tack on the foul or back them up and rekick.