re: LHSAA week 10… brackets announced Sunday morning

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IW while ball is in end zone uncovered?

They 100 percent called it an IW. But I’m thinking maybe it wasn’t really an IW because the ball was dead the moment it broke the plane by being knocked into the end zone by players in the field trying to secure the loose kick?

Maybe wrong explanation but right result?

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The ball was never possessed by R before it reached the goal line, there for it is a DEAD ball and a TOUCHbACK at that point- if a whistle was blown then(which there was no whistle until much later in the play(which is not an actual IW but a delayed whistle). There was NO whistle while ball was anywhere near goal line. An IW would have led to several different scenarios depending on when it was blown - none of which would have placed ball at 20.

do you know the white hats signal for an IW?


someone that doesn't know the kicking rules, did not see ball cross goal or misconstrued something they heard may have thought it was an IW. but an IW would have led to a completely different scenario after said call.

What also could have happened was either Back, side or field judge or umpire could have said was that an IW(because they are not watching ball on a kickoff and neither is white hat under this years mechanic.
The way a whistle gets blown on a play like that when the crew realizes it should have been killed often appears as an IW, it sucks when a kid gets hurt on a play like that