Ok , serious question about Ga Tech chop blocks

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I know UGA fans have complained about it in the past but that was total bullshite.

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Every team GT plays complains about it.

If you are facing the opponent you can chop them.

Read the rules of football.

It is my understanding that a cut block is legal within 3 yards of the line of scrimmage which is where that block occurred. It is not an illegal block. We keep having this discussion but it's a legal block or it would be called. It can not be done if the player is engaged with another player nor can it be done down the field.

Take your whining elsewhere. We already kicked your best team in decades with it squarely in the arse.

Did anyone get injured dumbfrick?

Who got hurt on Tennessee from it?

You're more likely to blow out a knee getting rolled on by conventional blocking.

I'm probably making a mistake by assuming this is a legitimate question, but here goes. In theory, what Georgia Tech uses are cut blocks not chop blocks. The difference is that chop blocks are illegal while cut blocking is perfectly legal. As defined by the NCAA rulebook, " A chop block is a high-low or low-high combination block by any two players against an opponent (not the ball carrier) anywhere on the field, with or without a delay between blocks; the “low” component is at the opponent’s thigh or below." As such, blocking low is not illegal unless it is part of a combination block.

There are some other exceptions with low blocking like a player coming from outside the tackle box to block low on a player, but those aren't the issue at hand here.

You are for the most part correct. Chop blocks are illegal. Cut blocks are legal. Every team teaches cut blocking on run plays. We do it more which causes people to get frustrated but it is legal in both CFB and the NFL and is widely used.

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You are for the most part correct.

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I'm genuinely curious what part was not correct since I quoted the NCAA rulebook's definition of a chop block. Was there an exception or addendum that I missed?

In HS, my team played a smaller, shitty team that had a reputation of always chop blocking. I was encouraged by other players to counter the chop block by falling with an elbow and planting it directly into the middle of the back of the chop blocker. It's illegal if caught but it gets the point cross. Even had a player of ours get thrown out of the game but he def wasn't the only one to do it.
One thing I always hated was people going after the knees.