![]() ![]() The game was more or less decided in the 4th quarter when home team offense false starts again. If I hear it, it's a 15-yard penalty." The future Rhodes Scholar on the DL (everyone knows the smart linemen play on offense) then tells his teammates, "OK guys, stop doing it." I was actually pissed because I now knew the home coach was right, but I wasn't able to pick up on it. Nothing jumped out at me unusual, but I tell the defensive linemen, "if you are doing what he said you are doing, you need to stop immediately. Home coach is going nuts saying they were calling their signals. Offense does recover it for a loss though. QB in shot gun and ball is snapped when he's not looking. Late in the 2nd quarter home team is driving to get within one score. It's really hard to pick up on that in the middle especially with both teams calling out several different things pre-snap. In the first half I got a complaint from the home coach saying the defense was barking their signals causing his OL to false start. The underdog team though stepped up and made it a good game. Several years ago working a playoff game between district rivals although one team was much better than the other. Love to hear some anecdotes from coaches, fans, officials, etc., about experiences with this rule. Team B players who are stationary within one yard of their line of scrimmage are prohibited from making quick non-football related movements in an obvious attempt to draw an offensive player into committing a foul.” However, defensive players are not permitted to feint a charge to provoke Team A linemen into moving. The defense is allowed to shift to either side or from lineman to linebacker or vice versa. Also, linebackers or defensive backs who run toward the neutral zone attempting to time their blitz with the snap are not in violation. ”Team B cannot use disconcerting acts to induce a false start by Team A. dead ball foul on the offense for a false start.Noted football officiating authority George Demetriou, in the 2019 edition of Redding’s Study Guide to NFHS Football, says this about the rule: If the covering official does not judge that to be B1’s intent, it is a 5 yd. dead ball foul on the defense in (b) if the covering official judges B1’s charge to be for the purpose of inducing a false start. In response to B1’s charge, offensive lineman A (a) doesn’t move, or (b) flinches. He stops just short of entering the neutral zone. behind his line of scrimmage, runs toward the line of scrimmage. While A1 is calling signals DB B1, starting from a position 8 yds. Here’s a play from the 2020 Preseason Guide: ![]() Most are aware that the defense is not allowed to attempt to confuse the offense by calling out in a way that mimics offensive signals. “No defensive player shall use disconcerting acts or words prior to the snap in an attempt to interfere with A's signals or movements.” But it’s a real thing, and it does happen. Even if you’ve been a high school football fan for many years, you may never have seen this called. One of the new rules this year is that the penalty for the foul “disconcerting acts” has been reduced to 5 yds. ![]()
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