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Old Sun Oct 11, 2009, 05:31pm
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Originally Posted by LDUB View Post
Now the rule says not more than 4 backs so there is no need to know how many linemen there are.
And previously, if you had more than 4 backs, what did you know about linmen? You knew how many linemen there were, if 11 men were on the field. So the method of counting backs was just as effective last year as it is this year.

Here endeth the lesson.
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