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[BoomerSooner]

Just to comment on the "play to the whistle" point that was brought up. I made the mistake saying most officials. This was a generalization that I've made from my experiences outside my own crew. I've worked with crews that have acutally said "play until the whistle", but in my normal crew's captain's meeting we tell them to "watch for the play being dead i.e. player obviously down by contact or OOB and incomplete passes, but if you are unsure to be aware of ongoing play until the whistle." Regardless of what we say though, alot of coaches coach play to the whistle which I agree can be stupid and dangerous.