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JasonTX Jim, the title of this thread... Tue Dec 12, 2006, 11:54am

Jim D Thanks. Imaging Al Michaels... Tue Dec 12, 2006, 11:57am

Smiley If it's that close, don't you... Tue Dec 12, 2006, 01:15pm

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Tue Dec 12, 2006, 01:15pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonTX

Jim, the title of this thread should have been Sunday Night football. During the Sunday night game there was a situation where they had to check to see where the down box was in relation two the five yard mark. It was 3 inches short, so the R announced they'd be 3 inches short of a first down. Al Michaels then started in on how the R would know they were 3 inches short without meausuring. Al had no clue on how that is determined.

If it's that close, don't you still have to measure? How do you know the down box is correctly placed? I think Al Michaels had a good question.

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