January 4, 2021 · 6:00 AM

Chess ‘n checkers

You get one guess which one Todd Grantham was playing.

Damn, you know Monken’s gotta be licking his chops over the rematch.

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25 responses to “Chess ‘n checkers”

  1. munsonlarryfkajim
    January 4, 2021 at 6:23 AM

    Damn. I didn’t play a lot of football but you’d think that knowing which receivers are eligible receivers would be defense 101

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  2. Hogbody Spradlin
    January 4, 2021 at 6:35 AM

    Even if Grantham’s troops knew the rules about covered receivers and flankers, he’s so bad at getting signals in that they wouldn’t have been able to get organized. Always has been. Remember our guys waving frantically when they didn’t know the call?
    Lincoln Riley’s shell game woulda made Bill Belichick proud.

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  3. armydawg
    January 4, 2021 at 6:42 AM

    I hate to show my ignorance here, but how do you determine who’s eligible or not?

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    • Hogbody Spradlin
      January 4, 2021 at 6:47 AM

      I’m probably gonna step in it here, but:
      — one eligible number, at the end of the line or split out, is eligible.
      — any eligible number behind the line (flanking or backfield) is eligible
      — anybody on the line, eligible number or not, who is inboard of the split end (covered up) is not eligible

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      • Hogbody Spradlin
        January 4, 2021 at 6:49 AM

        A rule that you just know was made by a committee. Sigh.

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      • Remember the Quincy
        January 4, 2021 at 7:03 AM

        Hogbody, what is an “eligible number?”

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        • Hogbody Spradlin
          January 4, 2021 at 7:08 AM

          Another thing I could be wrong about, but jersey numbers in the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s are not eligible receivers. That’s why you see linemen wearing them. A team can notify the official that an ineligible number is eligible on a particular play.

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          • gastr1
            January 4, 2021 at 8:06 AM

            That was nicely explained, Hogbody. Only thing to add, I think, is that the offensive line must have a minimum of seven players. Subtracting the two ends, that means a minimum of five ineligible receivers on any given play.

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            • Hogbody Spradlin
              January 4, 2021 at 8:24 AM

              And that rule has its genesis in the early 1900’s. The outlawed football for a few years because of several deaths from offenses using wedges with arms locked. The cure was as you said, at least seven on the line.

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              • Hogbody Spradlin
                January 4, 2021 at 8:25 AM

                I bet the pointman in those wedges was a tough SOB. Defenses having guys get a head start and fly at him. No fask masks, no mouth guards. Wuh!

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              • Russ
                January 4, 2021 at 9:01 AM

                Just read “Ghosts of Herty Field” and they talk about Von Gammon being killed in the Virginia game in 1897. Like you said that and other injuries caused the changes.

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    • Hogbody Spradlin
      January 4, 2021 at 6:51 AM

      The basic scheme used until about the 80’s was three receivers: split end, tight end, and flanker. It was invented by our own Wally Butts.

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      • armydawg
        January 4, 2021 at 6:57 AM

        Thank you, all. I appreciate the coaching up. You’d think after 50 years of watching UGA football I would know things like this but it’s never too late to learn.

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        • Remember the Quincy
          January 4, 2021 at 7:02 AM

          I’m right there with you, armydawg. Been watching football a long time, but only in the last few years have I changed where my eyes focus as a play progresses.

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      • Russ
        January 4, 2021 at 9:03 AM

        He was an offensive genius. If not for WW2, we would have dominated the 40’s. As it is, we still were pretty strong from 41-48 (minus the war years). I guess his schtick got old or something. Not sure how to explain the 50’s.

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    • eethomaswfnc
      January 4, 2021 at 8:32 AM

      Pretty good description for both the college and professional games here:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eligible_receiver?wprov=sfti1

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  4. eethomaswfnc
    January 4, 2021 at 8:39 AM

    Most of the time something like that is a screw-up by the offense resulting in an illegal formation or an ineligible receiver downfield penalty. The fact OU used all of that to create a personnel advantage is good stuff.

    All of that requires a linebacker or a safety to notice it and make the adjustment, or someone in the box needs to be yelling for a timeout when they see it with no adjustment.

    Unless it happens right in front of the Florida bench, that’s almost impossible to see from the sideline.

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    • Russ
      January 4, 2021 at 9:04 AM

      I agree, ee. That usually results in an ineligible downfield. Pretty crafty by Riley to intentionally use that.

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      • Down Island Way
        January 4, 2021 at 9:15 AM

        After a couple of “hey coach their d hasn’t adjusted to that formation yet” head set conversations, the OU hc said “can’t believe this is gonna work”, then it did…FU dc will not let you down, no matter how bad it makes them look…then the FU hc said “i need to learn that formation”…film at 11…

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  5. 69Dawg
    January 4, 2021 at 12:39 PM

    I remember the good old days when lineman had to be at or behind the LOS if a pass was thrown. Also there used to be a penalty for helping the runner, now we just have college football rugby after every running play. How the morons who write the rules can think that this scrum is not dangerous is beyond belief.

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