Comments on: How will moving the umpire to the offensive backfield change NFL games? http://www.sqiweb.com/moving/moving/how-will-moving-the-umpire-to-the-offensive-backfield-change-nfl-games Moving House ideas and information Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:47:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Rob B http://www.sqiweb.com/moving/moving/how-will-moving-the-umpire-to-the-offensive-backfield-change-nfl-games/comment-page-1#comment-2105 Rob B Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:42:59 +0000 http://www.sqiweb.com/moving/moving/how-will-moving-the-umpire-to-the-offensive-backfield-change-nfl-games#comment-2105 There may be more holding calls only because the umpire is not going to have to worry about what is going on around him, especially on runs or short passes to the middle. He's also not going to have to get to the line of scrimmage on pass plays. The one thing I want to see is how they will get him out of the way when a QB scrambles or there is a reverse. You may see some runners try to use him for a pick the way receivers have used him for a while. You are wrong on some of your assumptions: Only the Line Judge and Head Linesman call offsides. They or the Referee or Umpire may call a false start though. Delay of Game is the Back Judge as he's watching the play clock and the snap. But everyone can call a face masking foul.<br><b>References : </b><br>15 years officiating HS and NCAA football. There may be more holding calls only because the umpire is not going to have to worry about what is going on around him, especially on runs or short passes to the middle. He’s also not going to have to get to the line of scrimmage on pass plays.

The one thing I want to see is how they will get him out of the way when a QB scrambles or there is a reverse. You may see some runners try to use him for a pick the way receivers have used him for a while.

You are wrong on some of your assumptions: Only the Line Judge and Head Linesman call offsides. They or the Referee or Umpire may call a false start though. Delay of Game is the Back Judge as he’s watching the play clock and the snap. But everyone can call a face masking foul.
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15 years officiating HS and NCAA football.

]]> By: Bill http://www.sqiweb.com/moving/moving/how-will-moving-the-umpire-to-the-offensive-backfield-change-nfl-games/comment-page-1#comment-2104 Bill Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:37:59 +0000 http://www.sqiweb.com/moving/moving/how-will-moving-the-umpire-to-the-offensive-backfield-change-nfl-games#comment-2104 They will be looking at the same thing just from the other side now. I think it will be good since they will no longer be in the way of passes and WR's running routes.<br><b>References : </b><br> They will be looking at the same thing just from the other side now. I think it will be good since they will no longer be in the way of passes and WR’s running routes.
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]]> By: Will http://www.sqiweb.com/moving/moving/how-will-moving-the-umpire-to-the-offensive-backfield-change-nfl-games/comment-page-1#comment-2103 Will Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:27:59 +0000 http://www.sqiweb.com/moving/moving/how-will-moving-the-umpire-to-the-offensive-backfield-change-nfl-games#comment-2103 No Quack There is an Umpire in football. There is also a referee, head linesman, line judge, side judge, back judge, and field judge. Do a little research next time quack. Anyway, It should affect the play calling that much. Thankfully he will be out of the way now.<br><b>References : </b><br> No Quack There is an Umpire in football. There is also a referee, head linesman, line judge, side judge, back judge, and field judge. Do a little research next time quack. Anyway, It should affect the play calling that much. Thankfully he will be out of the way now.
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]]> By: Quack http://www.sqiweb.com/moving/moving/how-will-moving-the-umpire-to-the-offensive-backfield-change-nfl-games/comment-page-1#comment-2102 Quack Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:22:59 +0000 http://www.sqiweb.com/moving/moving/how-will-moving-the-umpire-to-the-offensive-backfield-change-nfl-games#comment-2102 I think you're missing something fundamental of the game of football. They're called referees, not umpires.<br><b>References : </b><br> I think you’re missing something fundamental of the game of football.

They’re called referees, not umpires.
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