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[romegajacket]

http://www.macon.com/169/story/846782.html

If someone has already posted about this, please excuse my post.

This rule is new to me as I've never heard anything about it.

Has this rule been in place very long?

What is wrong with faking a play to run another?

If this is illegal, why attempt any play that would throw the opponent off guard?

Why not just announce to the defense what play we're about to run?

 

[gth816f]

http://www.macon.com/169/story/846782.html

If someone has already posted about this, please excuse my post.

This rule is new to me as I've never heard anything about it.

Has this rule been in place very long?

What is wrong with faking a play to run another?

If this is illegal, why attempt any play that would throw the opponent off guard?

Why not just announce to the defense what play we're about to run?

This has been discusses to death. Let me summarize for you: yes, it was illegal, BY NCAA RULE, because the play was designed to utilize the substitution process itself(the physical act of substituting players) to confuse the opponent as to which 11 men would be on the field for the play. The majority of people think that this is a stupid rule and even if it's not, it's too subjective to enforce properly(as we saw in our Clemson game.)

Personally I like the rule, but also think it is tough to enforce. To me it's like how you can't break the huddle with 12 men; the defense should be concentrating on stopping the offense, not figuring out which 11 are actually part of it.