Ready for Play

[Ed Hickland]

Originally Posted by Scooby

Something that I heard (it may not be true) that in the Big Ten they expect the RFP to be blown 12-14 seconds after the end on the last play are there any guidelines like that in NFHS?

Not sure if it is a league expectation but a few years ago when he was still officiating Dick Honig stated that was his goal.

I personally like to shoot for no more than 15 seconds after the end of a running play, in fact, my crew slowed me down from an average of about 12 seconds. When you hustle and keep a consistent pace all game its enables the offense to get a tempo and you get more snaps.

[Simbio]

I say be consistent through the whole game, and echo what was said before "Hustle, don't hurry." No team should get a special priviledge.