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Football Officiating => NCAA Discussion => Topic started by: TXMike on October 13, 2014, 05:29:08 AM
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What's your call on the block at the 40 on the numbers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCKuttdEorw
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Looks OK to me. Blocker headed downfield and toward the sideline and blockee sees the blocker the whole time. Will acknowledge that this one makes the whole "10-2" discussion a bit foggy, but lets see what other commenters think.
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Is this even a block below the waist? Yes, contact is low and slides down, but I don't think this is the kind of action that the rules makers have in mind for BBW.
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No foul. Defender turns.
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First contact is with defenders hands no foul
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no foul, he's coming straight at the defender, it's the defender who turns it outside the 10-2
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No foul
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First contact is with defenders hands no foul
:thumbup 2-3-2-b While other points are valid for consideration this makes it pretty clear.
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First contact is with defenders hands no foul
Except the defender's hands are below his waist
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The "foggy" part of this to me is the 10-2 part of the rule. The defender is running almost 90 deg toward the sideline but his upper body is facing toward the goal line as he is tracking the runner (IMO he never really turns). If the 10-2 applies to the players upper body it's OK, but the actual contact is from the side and outside the 10-2 as well as below the waist. I also don't believe that the initial hand contact has any rule impact here since the blocker was committed to a low block the entire time and the hand contact played no part in the result.
I still believe that based on the clear intent of the original rule change language and examples that this block is legal.
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Except the defender's hands are below his waist
I would disagree with that. First contact with his right hand appears clear that the hand is above his waist.
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Except the defender's hands are below his waist
Close enough for me