Re: offsides

"JayScott16" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >  >> Why did the NFHS enact this rule (killing the play on
> >   >>encroachment when  there is no contact), thus penalizing the
> >   >offense in this case? >
>
> The reason we were given at the time was a trick play.
>
> 1-10  A on their 20  QB calls signals, and someone from the defense
> jumps into the neutral zone, but does not contact. QB says "hey alright,
> we'll take five, " says to his center "give me the ball. " Center snaps him
> the ball, and the QB holds the ball out towards the Umpire, and walks
> it towards him. Then the QB takes off running. The first time someone
> tried it, in Minnesota, it worked for a 80 yard TD. The second time
> someone tried it, they needed a steam shovel to dig the QB out of the
> ground <g>.

Sorta like the Peyton "Monkey Roll".

This makes even less sense than the reason we were given at the time:
"No play should start with an infraction in Fed football."

I guess they forgot about Illegal Motion, Shift, Replaced Player who fails
to reach the sideline, etc.....


> In those bad old days, when I played and started officiating, the HL had to
> decide if there had been contact or not, so he had to stand just outside the
> end. Look at game films from that era-that's why you always saw the HL
> trying to get out of the way. This was long before the FJ, as he was called
> then, was moved to the line of scrimmage-in those days, if you had a 4 man
> crew, the FJ was 10 yards downfield on scrimmage plays.

How long ago was this, Dino?   :^D


> This was also before the "false start." Offensive linemen could jump into the
> zone as well, and if they got back, and were still for a full second, they were
> legal.

That's not a forest fire, it's your birthday cake.  :^D


--  Scott