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WATCH: California high school refs fooled by play, embarrassingly costs team a TD
By Adam Spencer
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When you run a trick play that’s so good even the refs are fooled, you know it was a good play.
Sadly, the refs also have the power to cost you a touchdown by blowing an inadvertent whistle, as was the case for Centennial in California on Friday night. With No. 2 Centennial facing off against No. 3 Mater Dei, the refs made one of the most horrendous calls you’ll ever see.
As you can see in the video below, the refs blow the whistle when the person they think has the ball gets tackled. However, the quarterback had kept the ball and was going to score a touchdown:
**When your play fake is so good, the ref blows it dead before taking it for a touchdown ?@Cen10Football | @CIFSS pic.twitter.com/OJv4AsVPkV
— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) November 17, 2018
Instead, the ball was placed at the spot where the whistle blew, and the touchdown was taken off the board.
Centennial ended up losing 48-14, so it didn’t really matter, but this early momentum-killing mistake by the refs really changed the flow of the game.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
