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Originally Posted by LDUB
Counting the backs is the college mechanic because the NCAA rule deals with a maximum number of backs not a minimum number of linemen.
You can count 4 in the backfield, it works most of the time. But eventually the R is going to have the count wrong and there will be 4 backs and 6 linemen. You might go 50+ games without the R counting wrong but it will happen, it is only a matter of time.
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Of course they could have the count wrong, but the Referee is not the only one counting the offense either in college. That is what the Umpire is for too. I am not talking about a one in a million scenario; I am talking about the best way to get a consistent count. Even the wings have to look around players to count properly. The mechanic should be to cover the most common situation, not the very unusual. And I have not seen many times where the Referee and Umpire could not count. Not only this, they are verifying the count with each other.
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