October 15th, 2011 at 12:44 PM ^
I believe chop blocks are legal as long as the two offensive lineman are not next to each other.
October 15th, 2011 at 12:48 PM ^
I believe only when the guy being chop blocked is already engaged with another blocker
October 15th, 2011 at 12:52 PM ^
I think they are mostly cut blocking. chop block is when a dlineman is engaged high and gets cut low which is the illegal one.
October 15th, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^
Cut block (Legal) - 1 on 1 block where OL cuts the legs of DL
Chop block (Illegal) - 2 on 1 block where first OL engages DL, and second OL cuts his legs.
MSU is "cut blocking" on the edge to seal, it is on the OLB (or CB) to fill the void in the instance.
October 15th, 2011 at 1:15 PM ^
Do all the good teams do this, or is there a counter to it?
October 15th, 2011 at 2:08 PM ^
good olines will generally want to keep their linemen on their feet to block on the second level.
October 15th, 2011 at 2:27 PM ^
Usually teams cut block on the backside of a play, so like the DE cant run the play down from behind. Its not real common to see it on the front side.
October 15th, 2011 at 5:01 PM ^
No. The refs at the college level have a hard time at calling it. They are, however, easy on the illegal man down field (for screens and pass options).