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Football Officiating => Texas Topics => Topic started by: JDM on December 22, 2012, 04:50:05 PM
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1. On the "botched" snap during Lancaster's punt play in the second half deep in their end of the field, it seemed the snap was interfered with by the defense.
2. In the fourth quarter on the no catch play in the endzone, is there any question Lancaster's receiver controlled the ball and had a foot down in bounds?
3. I thought the R had good microphone skills and displayed his signals well.
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1. On the "botched" snap during Lancaster's punt play in the second half deep in their end of the field, it seemed the snap was interfered with by the defense.
The play:
http://youtu.be/X9B_mNjDUeA
An article about it. Someone must have talked to media cause no way they would have got this right on their own. http://highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/controversial-snap-resulted-in-cedar-parks-go-ahead-points.html/
2. In the fourth quarter on the no catch play in the endzone, is there any question Lancaster's receiver controlled the ball and had a foot down in bounds?
http://youtu.be/CAWFQYMnhPs
3. I thought the R had good microphone skills and displayed his signals well.
An example:
http://youtu.be/y6ySo7VA-hE
Looks fine except not sure why you would even check with coach in this situation.
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So what is the correct ruling here? Is it illegal snap? Watching it the first time, looked like the snapper yanked it off his leg.
Thanks,
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Depends on what you see. The video is not clear enough IMHO. If you see the snapper raise the ball as he starts to snap it and the defender swats it, then you have an illegal snap. If you see the snap legal but somehow the defender manages to get a hand or finger on it before it is released from the snapper's hands, then it is snap interference on defense. (Both are dead ball fouls). If you just see the ball snapped but the snap goes awry for some reason, you have what was ruled on the field. The newspaper article makes it sound like the defender touched it before the ball was released from snapper's hands.
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Any indication on how they'll select the replay official for next year's championships? :sTiR:
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Yep, they will come from the Big XII, WAC and CUSA. Same place the onfield guys will be from
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I stilled the video and watched it in slow motion several times. I do not believe, based on what I saw (which is admittedly inconclusive), that 1) the snap was illegal or 2) the defender touched the ball, despite what was clearly an attempted swipe. I think the ball got hung up somewhere when it was between the C's legs. What probably played a huge part of that was the Center WAS contacted by the defender, which is illegal if prior to 1 second after the snap (which it clearly was). Rule 9-1-14.
I don't think the snap was illegal since it was a continuous motion in what had to be a generally backward direction. The rule doesn't prohibit the ball going up as long as it is a "quick and continuous backward motion." When the center is over the ball, its pretty much directly under his head. When he does what people here are calling a lift, it goes toward his waist, which is of course behind the head. I'm not trying to bend over backwards to make this legal -- and if what I've described is inaccurate, then I will stand corrected -- but this goes on all the time in punt snaps and unless its clearly illegal (i.e not quick and continuous or definitely picked up) I think should leave it alone.
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Did you read the article?
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