Frank Rossi
@FrankRossi • 6,962 subscribers
Attorney in NYS. Adj. Law Prof. at UMiami. @D3FBHuddle Co-Host. Flag f'ball ref. Mayor of the Village of Ballston Spa, NY since 4/2022.
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The ending of the DePauw Football Playoffs run is tough to swallow even as a fan with officiating experience, but I have to say after examining the video, the call, by the book, is correct. For those that missed the ending, you'll see what is an illegal shift that automatically converted into a false start because the team never came to a 1-beat (or 1-second) stop at any point after McCahill slipped short of the goal line. What to watch for in the slowed down version of the alternate angle is the point when the final player comes to "rest" and the immediacy of the snap. The slowed down version is 25% of real speed, so you can see the immediacy of the snap when a beat was required to occur between the set of the team and the snap. Indeed, this is, by the book, an illegal motion that converts to a false start, which requires a 10-second runoff or a timeout (which DePauw no longer had). Again, it's tough to watch this scenario end a game, but Johns Hopkins Football wins. Tremendous season, DePauw -- hold your heads up high. In The (D3FB) Huddle #d3fb
Frank Rossi127,452 views • 1 year ago
3:52 3rd: Targeting on Falcon Football overruled as not being with the crown of the helmet. You make the call here. From this angle, it does look like the crown was involved. Bay Harvey is OK on the sideline. Johns Hopkins Football trails 41-34. In The (D3FB) Huddle #d3fb
Frank Rossi42,180 views • 8 months ago
On 4th & Goal from the half-yard line, Josh Ehrlich barely makes it to the goal line, but it is TD Susquehanna Football for a 24-21 lead over Bethel Football. There are 35.8 seconds left after the kickoff, and Bethel has no timeouts from their 27. In The (D3FB) Huddle #d3fb
Frank Rossi71,217 views • 1 year ago
We will have a new National Champion this season. Zac Boyes comes up short of the Springfield Football 1 on 4th Down, and Drew Heenan kneels down in victory formation to send Springfield to the Quarterfinals, 40-28 over SUNY Cortland Football. In The (D3FB) Huddle #d3fb
Frank Rossi69,111 views • 1 year ago
A number of you have asked about the call at the end of the 1st Half of the Bethel Football game at NCC Football in which there was a potential fumble/TD wiped off the board for Bethel that eventually led to no score by the Royals. The full play and a breakdown of issues with the call are in the video below. To be clear, though: 1) It appears that the receiver did not possess the ball at or past the NCC 8, which was needed for the 1st Down (the officials gave the ball to Bethel at the 8 after the overturn, awarding a 1st down). 2) It seems like the wing official was marking forward progress but may not have blown his whistle. It is unclear how he affected the overturn decision in the first place. What is clear is that the officials on the field awarded a fumble and TD, meaning they did not rule forward progress had been stopped. As a result, this aspect of the play is NOT reviewable by rule, as it is a judgment call in real time. 3) No TD should have been awarded before the review in the first place, as the ball clearly was fumbled to the lineman, and fumbles on 4th down in college football can only be advanced by the fumbling player. The ball would have been marked at the spot of the fumble in that case. 4) The officials missed a clear Roughing the Passer call, as the NCC defender went for the Bethel QB's legs while he was in his passing stance. This would have been a half-the-distance and automatic-first-down foul. If this play was called correctly in the first place, it should have been called dead with forward progress stopped at the 8 1/2 yard line and the Roughing foul pushing the ball to the 4 1/4 yard line, 1st & Goal Bethel, with the clock stopped due to penalty. No matter what, though, the Roughing penalty would have ensured Bethel had the ball closer to the goal with 16 seconds left (when forward progress stoppage should have been called). In The (D3FB) Huddle #d3fb
Frank Rossi28,468 views • 8 months ago
A number of people have reached out to us on In The (D3FB) Huddle to understand whether or not the “incomplete pass” call that led to an Alma College Football OT game-winning TD vs. Hope College Football was the right call. It was not, and I explain why in-depth here. #d3fb
Frank Rossi32,982 views • 11 months ago
The emotions of Bethel Football Head Coach Mike Mike McElroy were clear during the postgame press conference — heartened by his team’s fight, but frustrated by the way the end of the game was handled. Here he is in his own words after Susquehanna Football won 24-21. In The (D3FB) Huddle #d3fb
Frank Rossi51,928 views • 1 year ago
The kicking unit rushed onto the field for 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗟𝗣𝗛-𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 to kick the game-winning FG - Kyle Ihle was good from 34, just tucking it in over the left upright. The final Johns Hopkins Football attempt fails, & the celebration begins. RMC defeats JHU, 39-36, in an epic #d3fb Quarterfinal.
Frank Rossi69,224 views • 2 years ago
I’ve said it before to In The (D3FB) Huddle, and I’ll say it again to everyone - Jerheme Urban is one of the top coaches in the country at ANY level. Trinity University Football shouldn’t have even been a visit for me in the #d3fb Playoffs because they by all rights shouldn’t have been here in the first place. After the loss to Centre, they were done this season, except Coach Urban and his staff and team leaders decided to make sure the youth would get maturity this year despite the bad start. And somehow, he coached this group to another playoff berth. If you can’t appreciate how amazing this run was for Trinity, you don’t understand football — period. In this video, Coach Urban goes out of his way to thank us for the coverage of a tremendous game, and I share my thoughts on the 2024 Tigers’ run. Once again, I wasn’t let down by my visit to San Antonio — thanks to EVERYONE that made it special once again.
Frank Rossi40,948 views • 1 year ago
Postgame In The (D3FB) Huddle Interviews (AMCAT Football After Their 35-28 W at Plymouth St.), with Fr. QB Niko Boyce, Fr. WR Ka'Marion Thomas (Ka’Marion(kam)Thomas), So. DB Jihad brown, So. LB Jaiquan Torrence, & Head Tanner Kingsley. Anna Maria College Athletics #d3fb
Frank Rossi21,123 views • 10 months ago
I always find it humorous when people who religiously follow one team and generally act like the other 240 D3FB teams don’t exist turn what is a compliment & discussion related to their team into a “slight” on their team. Case-in-point: our discussion about the workhorse performance by NCC Football RB Donovan McNeal on this week’s Crunchtime episode of In The (D3FB) Huddle. Nevermind that we provide pretty much the most in-depth recaps of NCC games by unbiased entities providing recaps because we still provide plenty of highlights and review of teams that win playoff blowouts. We are supposed to apparently apologize for raising national awareness of a player like McNeal - well, here's a preview of our discussion about McNeal, NCC, John Carroll Football, and more that will appear on our Friday show with Ryan Cavanaugh, your ESPN+ Color Commentator for the JCU/NCC Semifinal. Ryan shows exactly what he'll bring to the table Saturday from the booth in this piece of our discussion.
Frank Rossi16,886 views • 8 months ago
