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Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:51 am
by seeahill
Say the offense is in the shotgun: why does the QB always stomp his foot?

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:52 am
by Holland Oates
Signal to put someone in motion or it's part of the count. Center may not be able to hear him so it may be a signal to snap the ball.

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:50 am
by seeahill
Sounds right. Thnx.

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:12 am
by The Venerable Bogatir X
seeahill wrote:Sounds right. Thnx.
And when you hear "Omaha! Omaha!" that means the QB's cabin is on fire.

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:23 am
by Turdacious
Ask the question in a couple more forums.

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:16 am
by Protobuilder
Ed Zachary wrote:Signal to put someone in motion or it's part of the count. Center may not be able to hear him so it may be a signal to snap the ball.
Do you not know what a secret is?

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:47 am
by seeahill
Signal...
Not the same thing as a secret.

Nuance.

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:09 am
by Mickey O'neil
What Ed said. To let the center know he can snap the ball.

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:34 pm
by seeahill
Posted this on two different forums. I can explain.

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:44 pm
by Protobuilder
seeahill wrote:Signal...
Not the same thing as a secret.

Nuance.
Do you know how many teams are going to need to have a new signal now that their secret is out?

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:52 pm
by bigpeach
seeahill wrote:Say the offense is in the shotgun: why does the QB always stomp his foot?
Spiders all over the field.

Re: Dumb football question...

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:26 pm
by Kazuya Mishima
seeahill wrote:Say the offense is in the shotgun: why does the QB always stomp his foot?
Because it's no longer politically correct for a white man to shout "Ungawa, Ungawa" at 10 jungle apes in order to get them to do something.