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Rich Fri Oct 29, 2004 03:53pm

Quote:

Originally posted by mcrowder
It's called the swinging gate, and they'd BETTER line up with the linemen, and not the ball, or the snapper would either snap it quickly to QB who throws it to a back behind the rest of the line (who often scores), or the snapper snaps it diagonally (legal in FED?) to a back behind the rest of the line. And they'd better not forget to keep 2 or 3 players home with the ball, or they snap it and the QB goes in untouched.

Used most often on XP, but I've seen it occasionally on other plays, especially after a timeout.

Sure, but ALL the linemen matching up?

Of course in the play we had the QB threw a screen to the snapper beyond the line and the other coach (winning by 46 points) was screaming for an ineligible downfield, which of course didn't happen. The play gained about 5 yards and there was one more attempt at this before the game ended.

PSU213 Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:51pm

Quote:

Originally posted by mcrowder
It's called the swinging gate, and they'd BETTER line up with the linemen, and not the ball, or the snapper would either snap it quickly to QB who throws it to a back behind the rest of the line (who often scores), or the snapper snaps it diagonally (legal in FED?) to a back behind the rest of the line. And they'd better not forget to keep 2 or 3 players home with the ball, or they snap it and the QB goes in untouched.

Used most often on XP, but I've seen it occasionally on other plays, especially after a timeout.

Well, they better put some people with the ball since the snapper is eligible.


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