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I could be wrong but it’s not when the ball is thrown. It’s where the OL is when the ball crosses (or maybe breaks) the LOS. I just read the part of the rules. One I was incorrect it appears. One it having to cross the neutral zone. It reads a little strange. Two the expanded neutral zone is 2 yards not 3. It reads like when the ball is released the official then checks due to the fact players can cover a lot of space.

The hashmarks for college and pro were changed to help scoring/passing game. The NFL game is pretty much played in the middle of the field. College hashes are about 2 yards inside the HS hashes. By keeping the ball more in the center of the field it helps divide up the space better for teams to throw.

I believe now only one state plays HS football with college hashes and goal posts. In some states when they play on college or pro fields they switch out the goal posts. Switching things like goal posts and/or hashes I don’t think is very feasible for HS programs. That is forcing schools to shell out a pretty good amount of money. I’m not sure how Massachusetts handled it when they made the switch from modified NCAA rules to Fed rules. I’m not even sure if they used NCAA goalposts. The goalposts at a college should be able to be taken down and replaced/switched out. The hashes can also make a difference in general.

Thank you for your service to the game. There are a few professions people believe they can do but they won’t do. Teaching, coaching and being an official are three of them. People want to complain about all three and yet they don’t want to pick up a whistle or step into a classroom. There are some unique personalities that are officials. There are some that could be better. It’s also a very difficult job. There is a reason college and pros have use of instant replay. Thank you to all the individuals that are officials and take the time so our kids can play a game.

That game was slightly different. There was 11 seconds left and I believe a 5-6 point lead. I agree with not taking the safety in this game. My comment was more just if you’re going to take a safety the Baltimore approach would have been a valid option. Sneak the ball best case game over. In most people’s head worse case is a safety. One thing for sure is coaches across the state will be making sure they cover this every year on O and D.

In the Super Bowl they took a safety by snapping the ball and purposely holding the entire time. It prevented the defense from getting to the ball running more time off the clock.

The only way I see taking a safety is to pull a Baltimore Ravens.

Anyone know how much time was on the clock and timeouts left?

The defense gave up less than 29 points. One of those scores came of a blocked punt return. I’m truly asking this out of interest. What blown assignments did you see? I could see saying that early on in pass coverage.

I can’t comment on HHS team speed. I know this Scott Co team is slower than their more recent teams. Now some might not agree with that. They didn’t have the speed they had with Hamilton, Martin, Bronson and the last time they played HHS. Now they will fly to the ball on defense. They come off the ball extremely well. They just don’t currently have the same Scott Co speed they’ve had. Now that will change over the next year or so. HHS was the faster of the two teams across the board. They had the speed to get guys deep. They didn’t really give up big plays due to speed.

The HHS defensive game plan was pretty good. They took away quick pitch and belly sweep for the most part. The made power bounce. The guys running open on play action I’m going to guess was an eye discipline thing. That even got sorted out for the most part. I’m guessing here but I think HHS was cross keying in the secondary. That would explain how the filled so well on belly sweep. What hurt them was Belly which eventually started to roll. That and whatever their adjustment was to motion from the wing because later in the game Scott Co would motion wing away and run power back toward the TE. There was also a heavier dose of HB on the same side as the TE than normal.

I tried to explain this in the thread leading up to the game. The defense is tough and physical. When HHS attacked the safeties and went at a faster tempo it caused problems. They did have more success on the ground then I expected. Faster tempo and things might of been different. Especially since Scott CO’s D was on the field a lot early. Once Scott Co settled in and stopped doing some of the less traditional stuff things were more consistent on for them. They aren’t as fast as former Scott Co teams but those body blows start to wear on you. The kind of freak play on the safety and fumble right before half hurt. I don’t understand faking the pass to the wing after handing off on Belly. You will never throw that pass. Once Scott Co showed they were willing to throw it opened things up more. HHS did a very good jump of making Power bounce. Past the first time they ran Belly Sweep HHS did a very good job against it. Good job of getting their DT rotated in to keep guys fresh there too.

It looked like the center snap it but the QB wasn’t ready. It was almost like they thought they called a time out or something. Scott Co has also been lucky not to get flagged on their motion at least three different times. They’ve let HHS hang around which looks like it’s going to come back and bite them.

I could be wrong but I believe LCA followed a similar model. They brought Rains in and he started coaching the kids in MS. Then just continued to move up. So the LCA group was coached from MS all they way till they graduated by Rains (the first full group to go through that is). Like I said I could be wrong but I believe that was their approach.

Don’t watch the RBs. Watch the OL. That helps. If you can soft focus then you can find the ball. Now on the field that’s a lot tougher and the keys on their offense are slightly different than your typical wing-t. Scott Co is a very physical team. It’s not a sometimes thing for them but an every year thing for them. I’m not saying HHS lacks physicality. Until the past four years they had to be built to go through the Male, St X and T and recently Douglas. You better be physical and able to bully back if you have to go through those teams.

FD can throw the ball and they can throw it well enough to win games. They do a good job of formationing, shifting and motioning to get what they are looking for. The best defense they’ve played against is their own everyday in practice. Across the board it might be the best defense they’ve had there. The safety play is extremely impressive and they for sure have some dudes up front. They are better on O and D than they’ve been in the past. That isn’t about stats as much just being harder for teams to prepare for. It’s going to be interesting to see how it all plays out Friday.

Playing or even coaching against it doesn’t mean you understand it. The footwork and timing of it is hard to replicate. The Scott Co version is not the same as what Tubby gave the masses so many years ago. It’s not the hybrid version that has more southern roots. It’s going to be a good game to go see. The real question is how soon before kickoff to get there and how is parking?

He was a starter as a freshman so he has experience. Running their offense isn’t exactly taxing for a QB once they get the footwork down. As someone mentioned before about how many state titles they’ve won. When your road to a state title goes through Trinity, Male and St X that is a tough road. Douglas being in their district and playing districts in the first rounds of the playoffs hasn’t helped either.

Scott Co is almost exclusively 100/900 which is the formation commonly associated with the offense. They do vary it a little but it’s probably less than 10%. So you end up with 9 gaps to defend while they are technically still balanced. As soon as you add a lead blocker, a puller, leave a guy unblocked (quick pitch and jet) or a combination of those you get out gapped. Add in the fakes and you can get out gapped really fast. That doesn’t get into how your coverage fits with all of that. Defensively they aren’t complicated but they are good. It might be one of the better defenses across the board that they’ve had in 4+ years. Safety play is better and the front 7 is solid. If HHS can attack the safeties that is a good starting point. Scott Co doesn’t bring a lot of pressure typically and they get under routes well. Historically if either you have a very good running QB or can attack the safeties you can have success. Past that you typically need to just be better player for player.

In general most people would consider option where you are reading an unblocked defender. Different animal and takes a different approach. Scott Co isn’t trying to get outside on teams. They want to run Belly over and over again. Depending on how you you try to take that away will determine what they call. If you try to bring an extra defender presnap to the open side they come back with Power. If the TE/Wing backers are flowing to stop Belly you get tackle trap. If you tighten down on the open side you get quick pitch or you get flat wing motion and they keep running Belly. If you try to fold inside to stop belly you get belly sweep. Belly will look like ISO to many but it can bend back almost like a zone play. Down two scores isn’t the end of the world. Getting down three and things get tougher. The big thing is getting them behind the chains. That’s tough against them unless they get a penalty or there is a mishap some place.

Like others have said Scott Co is not an option team and never have been under their current staff. Scott Co version of the wing-t is different than your typical wing-t. They are open side based which is unusual. They are Belly based so the offense revolves around Belly. You’re going to see Belly, quick pitch, belly sweep, power to the TE/Wing side. They typically also run tackle trap but haven’t much this year. If HHS runs an odd you’ll get a based block version of trap too. You’ll get some shots off of playaction. They have run a little jet and jet action this year but it’s a very small amount. Some where in the first 4-8 plays you’re going to get something different. It might be a shift, PAP or run play that you haven’t seen before. Scott Co is extremely good at carrying out their fakes with speed. They come off the ball very quickly. They can go from huddle to snap very quickly. The run plays hit at a faster tempo than many teams are used to. With so many teams being gun based being under center all the time on defense is a little bit different animal. Scott Co keys on offense are also different than your typical wing-t team. They have never been big on running the QB in their system. Pray for whoever has to run scout team O this week because it will be the worse week of the season and one of the most frustrating weeks of their coaching career.

It appears there was an incident in the Taylor Co Marion Co game. Due to the events Marion Co has withdrawn from the playoffs.

They read the DBs. They adjust the routes

Screen, screen, run, flip. Flip has been a big play for Tennessee this year.

Bethlehem appears to now have a first round bye in the playoffs.