Is this normal behavior for a ref?

There were no substitutions going on whatsoever

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Do refs normally run in to stop a snap?

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When the offense substitutes yes

Alabama would not have won a single game this season had it not been for game police running interference for them.

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You also aren't suppose to break the huddle with 12 men either.

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There wasn't a huddle.

There was no huddle.

Rules

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Maybe your offense doesn't huddle, though. In that case, lining up with 12 gets the play blown dead before the snap. Defenses get a little more leeway, as they can line up with 12 without penalty, but they have three seconds to get the extra guy to run off the field. On offense or defense, if the ball is snapped while a guy obviously trying to get off the field is not yet on the sideline, that's also an illegal substitution penalty. No matter how you earn it, illegal substitution is a five yard penalty.

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The same ref that ran in to stop the snap puts his head down as if he is upset.

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Normally they are happy because they helped bama, so no this isnt normal. He is going to get an earful from his bosses in Tuscabirmingham....

So, you don't watch too much football I guess?

It happens multiple times every game when a team goes no huddle.

Since your link goes to the beginning of a 36 minute highlight reel (right-click, copy video URL at current time too hard?), I'll guess at the play to which you're referring and assume you had the audio down during the play because Verne & Gary even explained the entire sequence of events.

When the sequence started, contrary to your assertion, Bama did not have too many men on the field. They attempted to sub in Jacobs for Harris.

The rules say the defense gets a chance to sub if the offense does, so at that point, the ref runs to the ball to prevent a snap. As I said above, it happens multiple times every game involving a no huddle team.

The problem, was that Harris thought the play clock was running down and tried to wave off Jacobs. Jacobs either didn't see him or didn't understand because he continued on. Once he got in between the hashes, Bama was guilty of an illegal substitution (not too many men on the field) and was correctly flagged at that time.

For future reference, you might want to drop $12 and get this book



so you will better understand what you're watching.

Eta - disregard the link part. Chrome goes to the right place, but IE threw up for some reason.

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It is normal for them to give them time, but A&M's D was set. There was no reason for him to do that other than trying to help Bama. Just more examples of how they help them out

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It doesn't matter if the D is set or not. They will always run up to stop the snap every time the offense subs. If the offense has 12 guys on the field how can you say the D is set when they don't know who the offensive players will be?