"The Book" and first time as R

[Smitty]

Here in North Texas, we don't count players - we do have each coach check the book and sign their name under their roster. That way if anything ends up wrong, it's on the coach because they had an opportunity to fix it before the game. We also don't seem to care about the 10 minute rule (however in other states I've worked, this was enforced more strictly). We typically go check the book at about 8 minutes and if it isn't ready we check it again a couple minutes later.