Mon Sep 21, 2009, 09:42am
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 15,783
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SamG
Speaking as a fan, I don't understand what happened Saturday night during a game...
4th down. K team punts the ball and it trails OOB ~R25 yard line. Flag gets thrown ~R35. WH comes out and this is his announced explanation...
"Delay, receiving team, sideline warning. 1st down" (the 1st is for the receiving team).
Now, it is possible some of R's offense might have come onto the field a second or so before the whistle... they were definitely in the "coaches box" if not on the field, so we understood the sideline warning. When we saw the flag we thought a coach said something to an official. What could cause a "delay" penalty DURING play?
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Just an extraneous delay signal. The only place a delay signal is in the middle of a sequence is failure to wear required equipment (caught prior to the snap).
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