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Old Wed Oct 17, 2001, 08:01pm
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Originally posted by devdog69
The case book play you quoted does not, IMHO, support your position that this "shift" is illegal. I have seen this and did not/will not call it. I do not understand how going from a two point to a three point stance can be interpreted as "simulating the start of the play".
The key here is the original statement that the linemen were in a two-point stance, and set for about a second before they moved.

As I see it, the "GO," combined with the sudden movement from a still position, is a false start. Back five, repeat down.
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