A Long, Hurry-Up Night and the clueless coaches.

[Juxone]

Originally Posted by Forksref

Where did you find the 1.8? I contend that all coaches, at every level, should be required to take the rules test and pass it. Then, they would be issued a card verifying such. At pre-game with the coach, you ask to see his card. If there is no card, you inform him that he is not qualified to talk about any rules with you that evening and that you will ignore any attempt to do so.

Best suggestion I have heard for a rules change in years!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tom.OH]

Rev, I think you underestimated.
You had CLUELESS coaches. At least you will have something to laugh at this off-season!

[Texas Aggie]

Not sure why you called the false start. Is Fed different from NCAA in this?

In NCAA, if its a clean shift, it doesn't matter what the QB says and would never matter what they did last play or the entire game. Now, if it simulates the start of a play by one or more players, then yes...

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Not sure why you called the false start. Is Fed different from NCAA in this?

Fed's rule, which has been discussed extensively here & elsewhere, is so expansive re false starts that theoretically team A shouldn't be able to derive any benefit from having a snap count. It's written in such a way that any surprise they get in the timing of the snap is at the sufferance of the officials. Fortunately they allow pretty much all the traditional pre-snap suspenseful stuff.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Not sure why you called the false start. Is Fed different from NCAA in this?

Not in this case. I take Rev's comments to mean that they were using the "snap down" with the hard shift to simulate the start of the play.

[Reffing Rev.]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Not in this case. I take Rev's comments to mean that they were using the "snap down" with the hard shift to simulate the start of the play.

Exactly...

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by Juxone

Best suggestion I have heard for a rules change in years!!!!!!!!!!!!

Be careful what you wish for. Providing any coach with a card certifying that he ACTUALLY might be as smart and knowledgable as he has ALWAYS been convinced he is, might not be as beneficial as you think.