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Old Tue Sep 08, 2015, 03:55pm
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Canadian football had that provision for if team A was playing short long before NCAA had it, and even before I saw the Canadian rule I thought that's how it should be. Somebody a long time ago conceived it as a minimum on the line instead of a maximum in the backfield, when it's clear the latter was the effect they wanted.