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REPLY: We actually used the U-under-the-post technique for a while, only on tries and FG attempts from inside the ten. Frankly, we liked it. Our U felt comfortable that he could see the snapper, take care of all his pree-snap requirements and still rule on the attempt. Then the state association told us to cease and desist--afraid that it would encourage roughing against the snapper that the U couldn't properly enforce. We didn't see it that way, but you just do what you're told.
The problem with the LJ under the bar is not just the 'pylon play' as much as it is that the entire sideline is exposed and uncovered. So any play near the LJ's sideline from a FG/Try formation requires someone's best guess. Another technique I've heard of being used is to have the wing official on the same side as the R go under. Sometimes it might be the LJ; other times, it could be the HL. But that way, the R is in a half-way decent, though not optimal, position to help out on the exposed sideline.
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Bob M.
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