tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post9214797268667991038..comments2023-10-31T08:24:26.150-07:00Comments on The Wizard of Odds: The New Facemask RuleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-48104705395129414052008-02-19T02:33:00.000-08:002008-02-19T02:33:00.000-08:00Agreed with anonymous. I didn't even notice it wa...Agreed with anonymous. I didn't even notice it <I>wasn't</I> a 90/10 split until he pointed it out. Might want to improve the scale on that graph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-54961896450474166092008-02-18T09:57:00.000-08:002008-02-18T09:57:00.000-08:00i think this won't be a good thing in the end. Ju...i think this won't be a good thing in the end. Judgment Calls that used to go the way of a 5 yarder will not be dropped as often as we'd like to think. I just think that we'll see an increase in the 15 yard variety as ones that would have been meh... "5 yarder just to be safe" last year will now be flagged as a 15 yarder. because a ref doesn't want to let one like that slide. <BR/><BR/>i think the jury will be out on this till we see it in actionThree N Outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425649206607569851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-24493711412635870252008-02-18T09:14:00.000-08:002008-02-18T09:14:00.000-08:00that is really a terrible chart. upon first glanc...that is really a terrible chart. upon first glance 2006 looks like a 90/10 split between the 5 and 15 yarders. if you're going to make a bar graph, make it <I>legible</I>. sheesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-50157417283899555132008-02-18T06:26:00.000-08:002008-02-18T06:26:00.000-08:00"Deciding between a five and 15-yard penalty was o..."Deciding between a five and 15-yard penalty was often a judgment call and the new rule eliminates a gray area for officials."<BR/><BR/>If I understand the new rule correctly, then it does not eliminate the judgment call. It just shifts it to whether or not to call the penalty in the first place, rather than which version of the penalty it should be.Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07713988433215125181noreply@blogger.com