High school football questionable call?

I'm guessing that one of the officials seeing the fair catch signal was ready to kill the play and blew his whistle too early. This called an "inadvertent whistle."

The rules are very clear that if an inadvertent whistle happens during a legal forward pass or a legal kick (the ball was still technically a "kick" because no one had actually secured possession yet). The only option is to replay the down.

I'm sure that with all of the crowd noise at the time, most people in the stands did not hear the whistle. That only makes things more confusing for the fans.

Yes, it's a crappy deal. Especially for the team that recovered. Inadvertent whistles are the cardinal sin of football officiating.

That was a fumble and a bad call on the referee. The referees sometimes do not see all actions. That is when the coach can step in and challenge their bad calls. Yeah I would have at least gone with a 1st down kicking team if all else.

Kicking teams ball. Unless there was a flag like offsides or something that would negate the play and rekick marking off the pentalty, but if there was no pentalty then bad call. If you think thats bad then listen to this.

I am a high school coach and last week we played a team that is all white. My school is a mix of black white, and other races. All game my players get called the N word by the other players. Then when my DB hits a player hard near there sideline the opposing coach says "You hit like a B i t c h" well my big black LBer did not like that and walked towards the bench and gets this sayed to him by a COACH " Get Back to the huddle Ni..." So my LBer is mad, but turns around and says to his own team "Lets GO, LETS GO" the official called unsportsmanlike on my guy. It was like this ALL game and we have filed a greifence. REFS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would guess that there was an inadvertant whistle. Sometimes crap happens, and the only thing you can do is replay the down.

Cmow5, I don't buy that. I played on a mixed team, and when we played all white teams that used the "N-word" on us, it was to bait us into doing something that could be penalized. The kid had no business approaching the opponent's sideline, and he should have been flagged. If you want to make a statement about race, win the game with dignity, and let the good ol' boys leave licking their wounds.

Bad call, its a fumble it and the punting team should have had a 1st down.

I'm guessing Hochuli was reffing. It should be a fumble and the kicking team got robbed.

I'm guessing that the coach of the receiving team got some advice from me..

that was a terrible call. that is a fumble for sure. once it was touched by the receiving team

This call is so obvious it makes me think there must have been another problem. Are you sure the refs didn't blow the play dead before the ball was snapped?

first down kicking team.