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To me it's a sign of a good crew when I hear one whistle end a play the vast majority of the time. And vice versa. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
We don’t echo whistles. We DO mirror “stop the clock.”
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I will at times do that on an obvious first down without a whistle. I don't want the crew mirroring my wind, though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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Last night the timer came to our locker room. Has been doing it a long time. Nice guy.
I warned him that my wind after a first down inbounds could be really quick -- maybe a second after the clock stops if the ball is inside the hash marks. Then I found myself winding....and winding....and winding..... At some point the timers will catch on, but I am not changing our mechanics. They need to adapt to us, not us adapt (forever) to them. |
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I just wanted him to be watching. He wasn't, not all the time. It's quicker, though, than when I had to give a RFP whistle/signal. |
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Lighting: (Some a lot better than others). Height of the "PressBox": (Higher is usually better) Team Box Area: (Wing officials blend in & disappear in front of Team Box) Uniforms: Conversion to Black pants (from white knickers) was a God send, BUT, they make officials a lot less easily identified.) Signaler's location: Signals given from close to &/or the far side of the mass of player humanity, can be totally invisible to the Press Box. Whereas signals given from empty space apart from congestion are FAR MORE visible. (not always possible, but worth considering) Sideline Signals: (BOTH sides, officials disappear infront of, or behind Team Box areas. Repeating T/O wing signals by U, BJ or R are VERY helpful. Time signalling: When signalling, when possible watch the clock, and keep signalling until it stops As I'm sure most understand, once the ball is snapped, all sorts of things start to happen, and the view from the Press Box is not the same, or as specific as the one seen on a TV screen. Some fields offer a LOT BETTER "seeing", than others, and the only one that matters is the field YOUR GAME is being played on, so adjustment may be necessary. |
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Lighting: (Some a lot better than others). Height of the "PressBox": (Higher is usually better) Team Box Area: (Wing officials blend in & disappear in front of Team Box) Uniforms: Conversion to Black pants (from white knickers) was a God send, BUT, they make officials a lot less easily identified.) Signaler's location: Signals given from close to &/or the far side of the mass of player humanity, can be totally invisible to the Press Box. Whereas signals given from empty space apart from congestion are FAR MORE visible. Sideline Signals: (BOTH sides, officials disappear infront of, or behind Team Box areas. Repeating T/O wing signals by U, BJ or R are VERY helpful. Time signalling: When signalling, when possible watch the clock, and keep signalling until it stops As I'm sure most understand, once the ball is snapped, all sorts of things start to happen, and the view from the Press Box is not the same, nor as specific as the one seen on a TV screen. Some fields offer a LOT BETTER "seeing", than others, and the only one that matters is the field YOUR GAME is being played on. |
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Lighting: (Some a lot better than others). Height of the "PressBox": (Higher is usually better) Team Box Area: (Wing officials blend in & disappear in front of Team Box) Uniforms: Conversion to Black pants (from white knickers) was a God send, BUT, they make officials a lot less easily identified.) Signaler's location: Signals given from close to &/or the far side of the mass of player humanity, can be totally invisible to the Press Box. Whereas signals given from empty space apart from congestion are FAR MORE visible. Sideline Signals: (BOTH sides, officials disappear infront of, or behind Team Box areas. Repeating T/O wing signals by U, BJ or R are VERY helpful. Time signalling: When signalling, when possible watch the clock, and keep signalling until it stops As I'm sure most understand, once the ball is snapped, all sorts of things start to happen, and the view from the Press Box is not the same, nor as specific as the one seen on a TV screen. Some fields offer a LOT BETTER "seeing", than others, and the only one that matters is the field YOUR GAME is being played on, so adjustments may be necessary. |
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I don't know what NCAA's reasoning was circa 1970, but I might guess that they were thinking team A should not be losing (or taking) time off the period clock when they couldn't see the line to gain. Yeah, it's dumb -- they knew it was first and ten/goal, what more could they need -- but it's all I can think of. The more cynical thought it was just to get in more scoring (or more plays) in the contest against pro football for popularity with audiences. |
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