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Sun Oct 22, 2006, 11:54am
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UC 9-5-1d
A defensive player cannot use....."disconcerting acts or words prior to the snap in an attempt to interfere with A's signals or movements.
I think it's pretty clear when the defense is trying to confuse things when they use their voice. But what are some of the things that you've seen or called which would fall under the category of "disconcerting acts?" 
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Mon Oct 23, 2006, 08:33am
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Barking like a dog.
Yelling "Hut, Hut, Hut."
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Mon Oct 23, 2006, 08:43am
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B is free to call their own signals, yell instruction to ecah other, stomp their feet, etc. They are under no obligation to maintain silence for A's cadence. However, if B is calling Hut! Hut! or anything that that mimics A's cadence, then they are guilty of USC.
You can usually stop this with a warning to the defense.
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Mon Oct 23, 2006, 09:04am
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I think sj is looking for disconcerting "acts" specifically, not "words".
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Mon Oct 23, 2006, 10:08am
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Although the rule mentions a diconcerting act, I really don't think there is such a thing. I've been officiating a lot time and I've never seen act that would interfere with A's signal calling. I mean if Team B is doing the wave, A might find that annoying (as would I) but it should not bother their cadence. Team A's signal are verbal so how can an act affect that?
Last edited by Jim D; Mon Oct 23, 2006 at 10:15am.
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Mon Oct 23, 2006, 10:16am
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The "act" is in there to prevent the lawyer-coaches from saying, but my noseguard was BARKING - that's not a word!
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