Rules+: Referees Earning Our Stripes

Michael Barrett
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The Rules+ podcast provides weekly advanced study into NCAA football rules, mechanics, and philosophies for high school and college referees who are members of the Austin Football Officials Association. Whether you're an active official, passionate fan, or casual supporter, you can eavesdrop on what officials talk about in working to improve their craft.

  1. Moments of Terror Part 2: When Good Plays Go Bad

    11/20/2024

    Moments of Terror Part 2: When Good Plays Go Bad

    Listen if you dare to three scenarios in which "routine" plays blew up and tested the officiating crew to handle suddenly challenging rulings: plays involving illegal touching of a punt, a spike play to stop the clock, and a fake punt that didn't fake out the officiating crew.

    37 min
  2. Moments of Terror: When Good Plays Go Bad

    10/16/2024

    Moments of Terror: When Good Plays Go Bad

    Trick plays are tricky enough to handle correctly, but how about "routine" plays that blow up and test our mechanics and rules knowledge? In this episode I cover three challenging scenarios during try downs and two plays from college games that may have ripple effects the rest of the season: the late substitution foul by Oregon against Ohio State and the successful onside kick by South Carolina against Alabama executed by using a drop kick.

    27 min
  3. Friday Night Tricks or Treats?

    09/26/2024

    Friday Night Tricks or Treats?

    I continue to share important clarifications and observations from NCAA rules secretary Steve Shaw in his weekly video reviews and bulletins. In this episode I discuss the swinging gate and other trick plays as well as late-game scenarios that can present tricky situations as well.

    36 min
  4. Raising the Curtain: Early-Season NCAA Quizzes and Bulletins

    09/05/2024

    Raising the Curtain: Early-Season NCAA Quizzes and Bulletins

    Now that the curtain has raised on the 2024 season, NCAA rules editor Steve Shaw has already issued important bulletin clarifications, including a new provision concerning a perceived loophole in the 10-second-runoff protocol. Keep up with the latest interpretations and clarifications as the Rules+ podcast monitors CFO weekly updates.

    35 min
  5. More Peeking Behind the Curtain: 2024 NCAA Replay Casebook, Part 2

    08/28/2024

    More Peeking Behind the Curtain: 2024 NCAA Replay Casebook, Part 2

    In this episode I take one more peek behind the curtain of the college football replay booth to look at guidelines from the NCAA Replay Case Book for judging four more play situations: when a ball carrier is down, when a ball carrier is out of bounds, when a safety or touchback has occurred, and when indicators of targeting are present.

    29 min
  6. Peeking Behind the Curtain: 2024 NCAA Replay Casebook

    08/23/2024

    Peeking Behind the Curtain: 2024 NCAA Replay Casebook

    We don't have replay during Texas high school football games, but we can peek behind the curtain of the replay booth for college games by consulting the NCAA Replay Casebook. In this episode, I pull back the curtain for guidelines in ruling on fumbles, plays at the goal line and pylon, blocks by the kicking team during an onside kick, and forward vs. backward passes.

    19 min
  7. Back to the Future: 2024 NCAA Editorial Changes

    08/11/2024

    Back to the Future: 2024 NCAA Editorial Changes

    Complete your pre-season rules-study preparation with this episode's review of the oft-neglected editorial changes and points of emphasis for 2024. See how 7 of the 20 editorial changes listed on FR-6 will impact how we do business this season.

    40 min
  8. Getting Redding for 2024: Chapter 12, Loose Ends

    08/01/2024

    Getting Redding for 2024: Chapter 12, Loose Ends

    This episode wraps up our pre-season preparation based on the 12 chapters of The Rogers Redding Study Guide to NCAA Football Rules as chapter 12 addresses a few "loose ends and other stuff" about situations we may not see often but that we would like to be able to handle if they do occur, including inadvertent whistles, down counting errors, and myths about muffing a loose ball.

    41 min
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The Rules+ podcast provides weekly advanced study into NCAA football rules, mechanics, and philosophies for high school and college referees who are members of the Austin Football Officials Association. Whether you're an active official, passionate fan, or casual supporter, you can eavesdrop on what officials talk about in working to improve their craft.

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