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Michigan lined up in a 10-man centipede formation again
SB Nation ^ | Oct 22, 2016 | Rodger Sherman

Posted on 10/23/2016 6:19:41 AM PDT by Leaning Right

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The Wolverine Centipede is a pre-snap temporary formation, and is meant to cause confusion. It's something different, that's for sure.


1 posted on 10/23/2016 6:19:41 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

Them boys like standing behind each other.


2 posted on 10/23/2016 6:20:38 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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To: Leaning Right

A bit misleading. If you play the video you can see the QB calls the play as he walks along the formation. They then break into a traditional formation. Essentially, it’s an atypical huddle.


3 posted on 10/23/2016 6:22:04 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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Essentially, it’s an atypical huddle.

Yep. That's why I noted in my post #1 that it was a temporary formation. But I guess it would cause a bit of confusion in the the defense, which was the goal in the first place.

4 posted on 10/23/2016 6:28:40 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: BlueStateRightist

The result of this line-up was...?


5 posted on 10/23/2016 6:31:07 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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“The result of this line-up was...?”

Touchdown.


6 posted on 10/23/2016 6:31:42 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: Leaning Right

Oy. Saw this last night and thought I needed a butterfly netting! Now that I know I wasn’t hallucinating, gotta say, I love stuff like this!


7 posted on 10/23/2016 6:40:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: Leaning Right
human centipede.
8 posted on 10/23/2016 6:49:30 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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Gay pride


9 posted on 10/23/2016 6:54:49 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup (When the MSM wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
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To: Leaning Right

Centipedes? You mean they all belong to /reddit/The_Donald?


10 posted on 10/23/2016 7:04:40 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Leaning Right

This is Bill Belichick’s fault...lol


11 posted on 10/23/2016 7:09:48 AM PDT by Geronimo (Voting for Hillary is the political equivalent of coprophagia...)
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To: Leaning Right

Is that Michigan or Penn State?


12 posted on 10/23/2016 7:09:58 AM PDT by Mashood
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At 2nd-and-2? I would hope so. They probably could have lined up backward and scored from there.


13 posted on 10/23/2016 7:11:03 AM PDT by IronJack
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Who cares...

After a prof their tweed he feels empowered to flunk anyone on campus who is a Trump supporter, why should we not just turn out backs.... You have no idea of the hostility on that campus for those that exercise intellectual diversity. I can't talk about an example I know, I wish I could....

Conquering Hero's? what a farce, they want to make it all about "politics" good, I don't have to send my kids their, by their blue and maze shirts, or watch them on TV...

14 posted on 10/23/2016 7:11:10 AM PDT by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
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Who cares...,/i>

Well, I'm guessing that someone who enjoys trick football plays might care. That's why I posted it. For me, not everything is political. But as they say, your mileage may vary.

15 posted on 10/23/2016 7:24:51 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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But you can’t snap the ball from that formation.

RULES EXPERT QUESTION: I thought I knew the rules pretty well but there was a play in the Virginia/North Carolina game I don’t understand. Virginia lined up in an apparent field goal try, then shifted out: 2 guys shifted to the right, the “kicker” stood still, the linemen shifted way left, and the “holder” shifted to the left behind the linemen. They snapper picked up the ball and flipped it to the “holder” on the left. Then the snapper went out for a pass and the “holder” threw it to him for a touchdown. I didn’t know the snapper could receive a pass under any circumstances.


16 posted on 10/23/2016 7:27:10 AM PDT by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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The guy on the end of the line can receive a forward pass.

So, if the snapper is at the end of that side of the line, he can catch the football.

But numbers? Thought centers needed to be 50’s so they were identified, regardless of line position. Ends are 80’s and 90’s, blockers are 60’s and 70’s for the same reason. So you can tell who is eligible to receive.


17 posted on 10/23/2016 7:31:10 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: BlueStateRightist

18 posted on 10/23/2016 7:34:20 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The Confederate Flag is the new "N" word.)
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To: grey_whiskers

“Centipedes? You mean they all belong to /reddit/The_Donald?”

You’re there, too?


19 posted on 10/23/2016 7:54:34 AM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: grey_whiskers

“Centipedes? You mean they all belong to /reddit/The_Donald?”

You’re there, too?


20 posted on 10/23/2016 7:55:08 AM PDT by ebshumidors
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