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That's the first round every year.

It's important to note that there is more to the rulebook than the definitions of what is/isn't a foul. Most fans/coaches (and sadly some officials) don't continue to read and get the Officiating Standards included. In the 2025 NCAA rulebook, they begin on page FO-1, which is the 159th page of...

I should add "why" it is difficult and often missed. One of the issues with OPI is timing. Offensive Pass Interference can occur any time during a legal forward pass play, starting with the snap. Most OPI happens long before the ball is released. So an official has to see the action, register...

Both of the things you describe qualify for Offensive Pass Interference. Rule 7-3-8-b: Offensive pass interference is contact by a Team A [offensive] player beyond the neutral zone that interferes with a Team B [defensive] player during a legal forward pass play in which the forward pass cross...

When you say "referee runs in and grabs the ball from the center and moves it 3-4 towards the center of the field," is this happening after the officials spot the ball for play after the last play was run? Or was the center holding the ball before it was spotted?

Bronte, Blackwell, and Trent are all in the mix in their district that will determine playoff spots the next two Fridays between the three of them.

After the touchbacks, those drives should have started at the 20, not the 25.

For a while, how you described was correct, so you're not wrong, just a little behind the times. Often not a bad place to be!

Great looking facilities! Hopefully you get a lot of use out of them.

Panthers? What?

It's been a long time since the 5-yard facemask existed in TXHSFB. There is either the full PF 15-yarder or nothing.

Mike's got the rule quoted verbatim. With regard to the "looking back," that's the layman term for the following section of the rule: So if the defender has his eyes back to the ball and is attempting to make a bona fide play on the ball (which can be just trying to bat it away as well as catch...

I don't have an issue with the 45-point mercy rule as it exists. As an official, changing the scoring rules in the middle of the game (with the potential of them reverting to the original scoring rules thereafter) sounds like a nightmare. I'm sure we would get used to it, but I don't see any...

Good, as that's the correct application of the rule! Positive points in a district tiebreaker is certainly a consideration and most officials default in their mind to allowing a try for that purpose, but it doesn't apply if the mercy rule comes into effect. A good point to bring up and discuss!

UIL/NCAA SIX MAN FOOTBALL RULES VARIATIONS (1-1-3-a FR-14) When one team is 45 or more points ahead at the end of the first half or if a team achieves a 45-point lead during the second half, the game is ended immediately. The try should not be allowed/attempted.