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Old Fri Nov 11, 2011, 08:26am
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
Anybody "veteran" enough to remember the lack of action rule? As I remember it, back in the later part of the twentieth century, when behind, the offense had to move the ball past the old twenty-eight foot hash mark. When behind, the defense had to come out to create a closely guarded situation. The officials had to state loudly, "Play ball", to the team responsible for forcing the action.
Oh yes.... It was funny to see them scramble to get matched up.
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