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We Are Officially Musing: When Being Wrong is Right
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We Are Officially Musing. Wednesday, August 29, 2007. When Being Wrong is Right. Last year I officiated the best game of my football career. And I hardly remember anything except one play late in the second quarter. It changed my entire perspective on the role of the White Hat. Somewhere around 3:00 minutes left in the 2 nd. Quarter there was a sweep to the right sideline that went about 15 yards past the LOS. There was one hell of a late hit that the Line Judge correctly called. If a late hit in...We re...
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We Are Officially Musing: Youth Football Blues
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We Are Officially Musing. Tuesday, August 28, 2007. First, let me say I believe in youth sports. Many important life lessons can be learned by participating in sports. Often, these life lesson are not positive. When I first started to officiate Football I work both HS and Youth. I'll never go back to Youth ball again. As depressing as the All-Star game I mentioned last entry, Youth Football is grotesque. Most, and I would. All this does is show young boys a very poor way to get an officials attention....
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We Are Officially Musing: August 2007
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We Are Officially Musing. Wednesday, August 29, 2007. When Being Wrong is Right. Last year I officiated the best game of my football career. And I hardly remember anything except one play late in the second quarter. It changed my entire perspective on the role of the White Hat. Somewhere around 3:00 minutes left in the 2 nd. Quarter there was a sweep to the right sideline that went about 15 yards past the LOS. There was one hell of a late hit that the Line Judge correctly called. If a late hit in...We re...
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We Are Officially Musing: September 2007
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We Are Officially Musing. Monday, September 3, 2007. A Game Gone to Hell. I recently worked a game with a guy who was one of these black-and-white, stuck in the mud, tunnel vision neophyte pricks who whined all game "why can't every one just follow the NFHS. Because some of us actually understand that the game is not about rules and procedures. You need to be able to adapt or you have no place in this game. Mechanics be damned. If he wants a specific procedure to be followed during a given situation,...
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We Are Officially Musing: A Game Gone to Hell
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We Are Officially Musing. Monday, September 3, 2007. A Game Gone to Hell. I recently worked a game with a guy who was one of these black-and-white, stuck in the mud, tunnel vision neophyte pricks who whined all game "why can't every one just follow the NFHS. Because some of us actually understand that the game is not about rules and procedures. You need to be able to adapt or you have no place in this game. Mechanics be damned. If he wants a specific procedure to be followed during a given situation,...
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We Are Officially Musing: All Star Game Lacks Any Sparkle
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We Are Officially Musing. Sunday, August 19, 2007. All Star Game Lacks Any Sparkle. Last month I was asked to work the so-called County All-Star game. I once thought this was an honor believing I was being recognized for my high caliber. I only agreed to work this year's game if we could use NCAA mechanics and use this game as a training exercise. This seemed like a good idea since four of us are CCFOA. Candidates. All agreed and we decided to use seven-man mechanics. Even more challenging for me was tru...
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