Poor Georgia Tech

If not for cut blocks, chop blocks, high-low blocks and leg whips, I couldn't have played the single wing game 55 years ago. Of these, I think the cut block should remain legal, as long as it's head-to-head. If we take away the cut block, we might as well put a skirt on every player and start playing flag football.

If you disagree, go back and look at the beautiful roll-cut block by Roderick McDowell that protected Tajh Boyd's right side on 4th and 16 against LSU.

D-linemen are getting bigger and bigger and without a cut block, I don't see much hope for a RB to keep a 325+lb DT or 250+lb DE away from his QB. Whether at the line, in the backfield or on the edge, a cut block is the great equalizer that makes a defender respect his (often) smaller opponent. He has a choice of whether to jump the blocker, back up or get into him before he can get low..... pick your poison.

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As far as I know the ACC officials don't make up their

Jul 23, 2016, 8:25 AM

own college rules. Here is the only thing that has changed in blocking blow the waist and they don't seem to have hardly changed:

9. Blocking Below the Waist (Rule 9-1-6) FR-89
Changes to paragraph a: (New language is in bold italics)
“a. Team A prior to a change of team possession:
1. The following Team A players may legally block below the waist inside the tackle box until they leave the tackle box or until the ball has left the tackle box: (a) players on the line of scrimmage completely inside the tackle box and (b) stationary backs who are at least partially inside the tackle box and at least partially inside the frame of the body of the second lineman from the snapper.

2. Except as in paragraph 3 (below), players not covered in paragraph 1 (above) while the ball is still in the tackle box, and all players after the ball has left the tackle box, are allowed to block below the waist only if the force of the initial contact is directed from the front. “From the front” is understood to mean within the clock-face region between “10 o’clock and 2 o’clock” forward of the player being blocked.

3. Players not covered in paragraph 1 (above) may not block below the waist toward the line through the original position of the ball at the snap until the ball carrier is clearly beyond the neutral zone.

4. Once the ball has left the tackle box a player may not block below the waist toward his own end line.”
Comments: Simplifies and clarifies the rule. Note that the “low-blocking zone” is no longer defined, and everything is in reference to the tackle box. Also clarifies the rule regarding the crackback block.

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But can they block below the waist?

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Justin Thomas from the shotgun?

Someone needs to block Paul Johnson below the waist...

PJ = fired mid-season

You gotta almost know that this is PJ's last season. They're

That gimmick should have never taken place @ GT

For real. PJ's scheme has probably helped us recruit better

Don't bother holding for an hour to talk to Walt. He will do

Is this the first year that this stance has been taken at

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