and yeah, that's still illegal.

I'm not in favor of making that a legal block. I would say that for the most part when the fanboys whine about playing Navy (it's their Super Bowl, we can't play them over midterms, we can't play them after or before a tough game, their style is so hard to prepare for, the veer!, cut blocks) they're not referring to clips like the one posted (which is an obvious foul) but rather the OL firing off at our DL's knees/ankles to try and cut block (which is legal).

The only issue I have with cut blocks is when it comes from the side, at least a whole man over (not from a shade). That should be illegal and is very dangerous, IMO.

The contact is not from behind.

makes that play okay in their coaches minds. Like I said, I'd be embarrassed if that was a player of mine or my son.

I think that is and pretty much has been for years a dirty block. I would imagine that they would acknowledge that. I honestly don't recall too many of those types of illegal blocks over the years. I might be mistaken. If we find that they do that shit all the time and they haven't been disciplined and we keep them on the schedule, truthfully that's on us.

Now, do they fire off and cut in the clipping zone (legal)? Yes. Does your defense need to be ready for that? Absolutely. Should a fundamentally sound defense stop that type of block with relative ease? Yes.