Big East Zebra

I agree. Is there any spin for Boise St. in this?

No, maybe Fl with the way Bama has been playing

Without McCoy Texas is done

That's a college rule. I don't think there's any provision in the high school rulebook that the opposing coach chooses who shoots the FTs.

I didn't say the Coach of Team B picks I said, the Coach of team A picks who will shoot the foul shots. The foul shots belong to the team, not a player. College team B would pick a player for team A

OK lets take it to the ridiculous....what if player A was the last eligible player leaving only 4 after his foul out. Would one of the four remaining players be allowed the free throws?

The Coach of team that has player A picks who will shoot the foul shoots, then shoot the "T" and team "B" takes the ball out at the division line.

Kentucky high schools Enquirer coaches' polls. That was the title of the thread! That says nothing about NKY

Where is Marion County in this poll?

Ms. Tibbs in not only a great player with a great future, but she is a tremendous young lady who handles herself incredibly well on and off the floor. I wish her nothing but the best!!!

I know what it's like to lose a mom, praying here for God to give grace and strength in the days, weeks, months and years ahead.

You know what is funny, is the boy's maybe the weakest, the girls maybe the strongest.

Not sure what the UC players have on their arms but Tebow has.

Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

What about Mercer? They beat McCreary and beat PC last night.

Now the talk about where this Highlands squad stands in the history of Highlands football can truly begin!

Are you kidding me? Where does this squad stand in the History of Kentucky High School history?

Time out Boyle

Terrible punt

Why don't they (HHS) move up a class so they can play Trinty or X to win a State Championship? Not trying to start something but it is obvious that they are the best 5-A team and probably the best team in the state regardless of class.

Any updates?

72Birdman - I appreciate your post. I can only speak for my crew. That we strive in getting everything right. For two basic reasons. #1 what we do, we do because we love the kids and we love the game. #2 we don't want to determine the outcome of the game, we want the players to do that, so we want each spot and each penatly to be correct. That being said, we have worked one game in our history on turf. For us, that game was the easiest we had worked. Simply because we were not guessing with regards to the hash marks.

I agree that the men who take care of their teams home field do it with pride. But it's quite obvious at some places we have been when the side line marks are not equal with those on the middle of the field. That does make it a guessing game at times.

Come on now....lets not interpret the wording of the rule. The rule is the rule...

 

9-4-3: No player or nonplayer shall:

k. Grab the inside back or side collar of the shoulder pads or jersey of the runner and subsequently pull the runner to the ground (Horse-collar tackle).

 

Also, the rule doesn't have the word knees anywhere in it.

I didn't say the word knees was in the rule.

I have one...When spotting the ball, it seems, in MANY cases, that the refs just look to be within a yard or two of where it should be.

 

Also, when "stepping" off a penalty, why not use those cute little "ACCURATE" white lines that are so painstakingly painted on the field instead of counting on the paces of every ref in the universe being the same. A five yard penalty should be five yards, not 4.5 - 6.5.

That maybe how it appears from the stands, but we are trying to get the spot as close as to where the runner was down at.

As for the penalty, unless you are playing on a turf field, those "cute little "ACCURATE white lines that are so painstakingly painted on the field are not always so "ACCURATE". So we have to step it off. For example, the 3 yard line for extra points, have been anywhere form 2.5 to 2.75 yards from the goal line, not the 3 yard line. That is one reason why officials walk the field before to see if those "ACCURATE" white lines are "ACCURATE".

Thanks for answering my question guys. Ok, not to nit-pick here, but as far as the jersey goes - does that mean the inside back or collar of the jersey...or the jersey period?

 

#1. On the first one called on us, our player grabbed the back of the jersey in the middle of his back, probably between the shoulder blades or a tad lower...NOT the collar or the jersey or the undergear/shoulder pads at all...just the jersey.

 

#2. On the other one, our player did grab the back collar of the jersey with his left hand and the "sleeve" of the shoulder pad that hangs over the arm and pulled him down. My son was the one that did this one and I got him to show me exactly where he grabbed the other player. With the rule stated above, I would now agree with this one being a horse collar because he did pull the collar of the jersey, but what about scenario #1?

Great question, Understand that what I say now, has no bearing on what happened last night. That being said, if the tackler pulled the runner down by the back of the jersey, and the runner's knee's buckled, then it was in my opinion a horse collar. Remember this penatly is to protect the runner. As an official we are trying to protect players from injury.

The Key to that rule and intrepretation that our crew uses is "subsequently pull the runner to the ground plus we look to see if the runner's knees buckle, if so in our judgment that is a horse collar. Hope that helps.

I think one class needs to be Private schools only, and I really don't care which class it is. But put LCA/ Lex. Cath. St. X, Trinty, etc., all in one class.