Fake FG Question

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Originally Posted by jTheUmp

You think that's bad? All of the subvarsity around here is either 3-man or 2-man (yes, there are some smaller schools that will only pay for two officials for a JV game).

It's especially funny to me when coaches come up to me and say something like "My nose tackle is getting held on every play". To which I respnd "Coach, if you want the officials to see and call that, you need to have AT LEAST 3 of us".

I feel for you, having worked 2-man assignments, in the distant past, I understand the effect is little more than herding cats. With 3-man, moving around only serves to create different coverage gaps. After decades of listening to whining about what was missed on, or near, the open sideline, we tried shifting to the recommended "goal line configuration of R-L-LJ, which helps cover the sideline but creates a coverage gap in the middle.

It didn't reduce the whining, just changed it's focus.