Alright so yesterday I
had a very
interesting game for football. I was the Line Judge in the game. And it was a very back and forth
game with
50 MPH
gusts coming from the south the
WHOLE game. It made for a very interestin
g game. We had a very rare ending to the
game. At the end of the 4th quarter the score was 21 to 21. The visiting team got the ball first in OT and scored, and made the field goal. Making the score 28 to 21. Now the home
team gets the ball. They are on the 16 yard line and need to get to the 8 yard line, and its 4th and 8. They obviously have to go for it, a FG does nothing for them
. QB runs a boot leg and is
tackled in front of the Head Linesman who comes crashing in and demands the ball, he places it as his feet which is the end of the run. We all realize that this is too close to call a first down or short of the first down thus meaning the game is over. So we call for a
measurement. If they get the first down the game continues, if
they didn't then that means the visiting team WINS the game! Out come the sticks. We
stretch the chains and we are a
whopping 3 INCHES short!!!! The game is over and ended on a measurement. Thank the
lord we had a police escort to our locker room.
Craziest end to a game I have ever
worked!
