Recent content by dammitbobby

This is a long shot ask, but does anyone know what officiating chapter called this game? I know Amarillo had Borden County/Jonesboro, just looking to fill a gap in a spreadsheet I am building of officiating things. And if anyone is super knowledgeable about this, here's the other ones I am...

One other thing I'd point out... this phenomenon of blowout games isn't exclusive to just six man (although it's just as, if not larger a problem than in 11-man, for sure.) I track all playoff scores for all games in all divisions (since 2022 or 2023) for other purposes related to officiating...

Instead of using enrollment to determine classification, use your previous year's record. You can still have districts, you can still win your district, (or not), but the playoff bracket you land in, is determined by how well you did in the past. There are flaws to this, primarily around...

Yes, I realized after I posted that still need to scroll, but the new layout I think is definitely better. One bug I've found - the arrow button to scroll to see the other half of the bracket. geographically very, very close to the 'information' button for the state championship game - game it...

As long as you have coaches picking officials for championship games, and then those officials selected for championships don't have a strong sixman resume, no official in their right mind would agree to calling just sixman. Especially when chapters are selected who work a paltry number of six...

No more scrolling, yay! I think the new format looks great.

Because while every rule has logic, it would be asinine to enforce every rule, and some rules require subjective judgement, anyways. Holding, DPI/OPI, IDP, KCI, even targeting, all have a subjective component to them. If we didn't utilize discretion, we'd be there for days, and never get a play...

Just out of curiosity, what else is on your list of things you don't get called in 1A?

@Mike would it be possible for you to add in the seedings/district/regions into your brackets (for UIL)? Would be super helpful for me as I build my 1A-6A playoff spreadsheet, since UIL brackets aren't being updated yet. Ultimately I want to automate the brackets into my spreadsheet since...

Set it up like a watermelon, squib it right in the middle... it'll get there.

Another possibility, instead of going 15 yards before K can recover, would require it to go 25. Maybe adjust for lower levels who may not be able to get the ball that far (JH), but that's going to put more distance between the teams, who will be more likely to recover the ball before K can get...

Agreed - blocking isn't the problem, the tackling is dangerous, particularly when a player is defenseless in the act of recovery on the ground and usually can't see what is coming to protect themselves. I like the idea of the ball being on the 15 for touchbacks. I'd also add, since many six...

The 5-yard face mask foul is still a thing in the NFHS ruleset (alongside the 15 yard one). Most likely, the official was a transplant from another state and just had a brain fart... in any case, though, the rest of the crew should have caught the error.

RS Assistant Coach Watkins received a suspension for the rest of the football season (regular and post-season), and 2 years probation, for recruiting violations. Richland Springs ISD received no punishment.

If a player is disqualified or ejected the officiating crew submits an incident report to TASO/UIL outlining the circumstances around what happened. As for whether or not they have to sit the next game, that is up district and/or UIL policy, and officials are not involved in the enforcement of...