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.
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.
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