[Husker] why

[gscratch1 at comcast.net]

"Now the line judge will signal with 
his arm when there are 7 guys on the line, so the OT should be watching and 
move up if the line judge does not signal. 

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Do you mean that the line judge will indicate before the snap that he is about to call an illegal formation?  I have never noticed this (guess I was never watching for it) 



< HonestQuestion> On this subject: is there a reason why the number of men in the backfield is limited?  If you thought that having nine men simply surround the quarterback was a good idea, why shouldn't you be allowed to do so? 

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Glen in IL