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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by Smiley
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I presume that you are refering to the "dead ball" signal. Gerald Austin (NFL Referee #34) is the CUSA FB official's supervisor. That is an NFL mechanic to indicate that the ball is dead inbounds and to start the 40 second play clock in the NFL, even though it is not necessary in NCAA or NF play. If you watch the CUSA officials, they use other NFL mechanics such as using their hat to indicate that a receiver has gone out of bounds on his own.
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Thanks. That's what it looked like. Just doesn't make sense when there is no 40-second clock.
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Why not? I think it's a great visual when watching film/TV. It says "the play is over."
Not all NFL mechanics are dumb and the NFL was using this LONG BEFORE there was a play clock that started with this signal.
--Rich
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I don't think the mechanic in and of itself is "dumb" (not my best choice of words, but oh well); I just don't think it looks too good when one official is doing it, and the others are not.