Sideline interference no-call (LSU-Clemson)

[zebrastripes]

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Why are NCAA wings as a generality completely spineless when it comes to policing their sidelines? Would a foul on this play seriously not be supported?

[Etref]

Could also be what conference says!

[zebrastripes]

I find it incredibly hard to believe a coordinator as smart as McDaid wouldn’t support a foul on something as obvious as this.

[GoodScout]

The difference between NCAA and NFHS:

College: No flag. "I was sooo afraid I would get marked down by my assignor."
My state association: "You're getting marked down because you collided with a coach and didn't have a foul."

[zebrastripes]

The difference between NCAA and NFHS:

College: No flag. "I was sooo afraid I would get marked down by my assignor."
My state association: "You're getting marked down because you collided with a coach and didn't have a foul."

To be fair there are plenty of high school officials who are too spineless to police their sidelines even without big game checks being a factor. But I agree with you that I think most of the college officials who don’t flag stuff like this are just scared of a coach complaining. Some assigners view all phone calls as bad phone calls, which is stupid.

[ElvisLives]

To be fair there are plenty of high school officials who are too spineless to police their sidelines even without big game checks being a factor. But I agree with you that I think most of the college officials who don’t flag stuff like this are just scared of a coach complaining. Some assigners view all phone calls as bad phone calls, which is stupid.

I was blessed. Jim Blackwood would have been very upset if we DIDN’T call this. If the coach called to complain, he would have told him to get back off the white, or it will keep happening.

[zebrastripes]

I was blessed. Jim Blackwood would have been very upset if we DIDN’T call this. If the coach called to complain, he would have told him to get back off the white, or it will keep happening.

It’s never made sense to me why assigners would have a reason to tell their staffs to ignore clear rules violations (especially ones relating to safety). If you’re going to tell me it’s because the coaches want it that way, then you’re also telling me that the conference commissioner lets himself get bullied by the coaches and thus that trickles down to the assigner. And I just don’t believe that actually happens.

[TLG22ref]

I was blessed also, Don Lucas and Jack Childress wanted this called!

[dammitbobby]

Kelly got trucked again this past week with no consequences (was knocked down by players, not an official, but he was still almost on the field), wonder if he'll bring it up on his weekly video now that it seems to be a trend.

[zebrastripes]

Clemson got a sideline warning on Saturday that really should have been sideline interference.

Even if Shaw addresses it, it may get enforced for two weeks until coaches complain to their coordinators and coordinators tell their officials to stand down.

[Grant - AR]

Clemson got a sideline warning on Saturday that really should have been sideline interference.

Even if Shaw addresses it, it may get enforced for two weeks until coaches complain to their coordinators and coordinators tell their officials to stand down.

I don't think you'll find any coordinators at the college level that will tell their officials to not enforce sideline control.  That's a safety issue for us.  I worked for several over the years.  Some never really mentioned sideline control, but they certainly didn't have anything negative to say when I enforced it.  I had several attaboys from supervisors and evaluators for sideline warnings, etc.

[zebrastripes]

I don't think you'll find any coordinators at the college level that will tell their officials to not enforce sideline control.  That's a safety issue for us.  I worked for several over the years.  Some never really mentioned sideline control, but they certainly didn't have anything negative to say when I enforced it.  I had several attaboys from supervisors and evaluators for sideline warnings, etc.

Be that as it may (and I’m certainly not in a position to act like I know more about NCAA coordinators than others on this forum), this same coach has now been run over in the white twice in a span of three weeks without being flagged. If McDaid is supportive of enforcing the sideline rules it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me why two different crews failed to penalize LSU.

[zebrastripes]

Good on the Ohio State-Washington crew having the stones to control their sidelines. Sideline interference and a UNS on the head coach within the first ten minutes.