Two on and Two Off

[FLAHL]

I had an IW in a youth game a number of years back.  The white hat came over, put his arm around my shoulder, and we had a conversation that went something like this:

WH- Is it any good?
Me - Huh?
WH - Is it any good?
Me - Is what any good?
WH - The game that you're watching.

[VALJ]

Any official who says they haven't had an IW is either a liar, or is a rookie.

Bet not many of you have had their first one in a playoff game, though.   

[HLinNC]

Bet not many of you have had their first one in a playoff game, though.   

Ouch!!  Fortunately, mine was a JV game.  Everybody got a good chuckle, except me.  i wanted to go crawl in one of the drains behind the sideline.

[VALJ]

It gets better.  That was the last year under our old commissioner.  The incoming commish was the B on the crew.

And no, I didn't even sniff a playoff game the next season...

[loveofficiating]

Can anyone tell me the difference between a jamboree and a scrimmage?  Thanks

[ALStripes17]

Can anyone tell me the difference between a jamboree and a scrimmage?  Thanks

In my area, a scrimmage is one team playing itself.

A jamboree has every feel of a real game other than possible modified time/kick rules.  Most schools take up a gate fee for jamboree, there is another (or multiple schools involved), and the officials get paid

[FLAHL]

It's different in our area.  A scrimmage is 2 teams playing each other in a preseason game.  A jamboree involves multiple teams - for example (A vs B for one half, B vs C for one half, and then A vs C for one half), or A vs B followed by C vs D.  There are usually modified rules, such as no rushing the punter, no returning punts, etc to cover the things that the teams haven't fully practiced.

[HLinNC]

Different depending on your area.  A jamboree is a scrimmage but not all scrimmages are jamborees.
 An inter-squad scrimmage is amongst one's own team, predominantly a college thing.  Here in my area, scrimmages can be two, three, four, or more teams.  Jamborees are mostly youth football events, where multiple teams play either a cut down game or controlled scrimmages.

In NC, HS scrimmages are totally controlled by the home coach.  He sets the format, we are there for training and reps.  If they want to stay on the field, they do.  Some are well organized, some are fly by night affairs where a coach can dream up whatever crazy thing he wants.

[Atlanta Blue]

An inter-squad scrimmage is amongst one's own team,

I would think that would be an INTRA-squad scrimmage (intra=within, inter=between).

Our definition is like Florida: a scrimmage can be intrasquad (one team), or between two teams.  A jamboree is numerous teams at one site taking turns playing each other for a limited time period (usually a quarter).

Jamborees are no longer allowed here.  Pre-season scrimmages are allowed between Aug 1 and your first game, one if you held spring practice, two if you gave up spring practice.