Pregame Cheat Sheets (Mechanics)

5-Man MSOA Cheat Sheet. Print this out and carry it with you to every game. Makes an excellent pregame sheet.

4-Man MSOA Cheat Sheet. Print this out and carry it with you to every game. You never know when you might have to use 4-man mechanics.

7-Man MSOA Cheat Sheet. We use this in the post-season and in the few games we work during the regular season when we have a chance to use 7-Man mechanics.

Single page pregame. An abbreviated pregame template.

MSOA Full Pregame Checklist. Used by referees to run the pregame meeting.

Instructions for Clock Operators. NFHS publication that summarizes clock procedures.

Rules Assistant

Below is a link to a ChatGPT model focused on linking a scenario with the corresponding rule(s) and case book scenarios. You can post several scenarios at a time. The AI will do its best to identify the rule and sometimes a case book scenario that relate. It is pretty good about the rule (90%ish accuracy) and not so good with the case book scenarios (30%ish accuracy). This will not tell you the answer to a test question. But in most cases it will help you find the rule and you can look it up yourself.

If the AI responds that nothing was found, or if you think it got the rule wrong after looking it up, ask it to check again.

https://chatgpt.com/g/g-682a905ee5a88191bf47d7346cf89b6c-nfhs-football-rules-assistant

Penalty Report Sheets

Clock / alternate officials use these to keep track of game penalties and events. Use the List of Fouls document for the abbreviations to use on penalty report sheets.

Sub-Varsity

5-Man

7-Man

List of Fouls