Football Heroes.

Xmastime memories:

Watching all the Super Bowl hoopla, I was just reminded of my high school days. Unlike pro qbs, the signal calling at our level was "down! set! go!" and we're off. The one "go" being called in the huddle as "on one", ie soon as you hear "go" start moving your ass. Now, if you wanted to be fancy and keep the defense on their toes, you'd go on two: "ready! set! go! go!" But. Our line being so fucking stupid, my brother could never call a play on two, cause we'd fucking jump offsides. Like clockwork. Once a year, first game of the season he'd try to call a play on two, but of course "down! set! go-" bam! we're running into each other while he has his hands on his hip, shaking his head in disgust. So from then on, always on one. Which I'm sure opposing defenses caught onto, which of course helped lead us to all those 48-6 (not as close as the score indicates) bludgeonings. Christ. 

Looks like NFL teams are better at this than we were:

Audio coverage of sports keeps getting better, and if you listen closely during NFL games, you may have noticed that starting the play on hut one, hut two or hut three has gone out of style. Since last season, Aaron Rodgers has started plays with the command "green 18!" This season, Joe Flacco and RG3 have been snapping the ball on "set!" Tom Brady starts plays with "alpha alpha!" or saying nothing, just lifting his knee. Eli Manning starts plays with "Omaha, hike!" What's going on is that with so many NFL teams embracing the no-huddle, there is no moment in which to communicate the snap count to players.

How 'bout that?