Highlight: Cheboygan's Dawson Granger

September 13, 2012

Cheboygan junior Dawson Granger showed some great focus and hops as well in pulling down this touchdown pass during his team's Week 2 game against Marquette.

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Below, Cheboygan quarterback Damon Proctor finds the 6-foot-3 Granger in the back of the end zone. The Chiefs fell to Marquette 34-21, but are 2-1 this season.

Be the Referee: Intentional Grounding Change

By Sam Davis
MHSAA Director of Officials

August 23, 2022

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

Below is this week's segment – Intentional Grounding Change - Listen

New this year in football is a change to intentional grounding.

What’s staying the same? A quarterback in the free block zone – who throws a pass to an area with no receiver nearby – will continue to be flagged for intentional grounding. That’s a five-yard penalty and loss of down.

So what’s different? Now … a quarterback outside of the free blocking zone can legally throw the ball away as long as the pass lands past the original line of scrimmage. This used to be flagged for grounding, but is now legal.

In fact, this rule doesn’t just pertain to the quarterback. Any passer, outside of the free blocking zone, can throw the ball away as long as it lands past the line of scrimmage.