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It is NOT unless X has an inelidgible # (supposed to have 5 with ineligible #s).

This is in High School football.

The formation itself is legal, U can't be eligible. In federation rules you need 5 men on the line of scrimmage with numbers between 50 and 79, 7 on the LOS total. In addition, in order to receive a pass a player must be eligible by formation AND number. Since he is covered he is ineligible by formation and you wouldn't have enough people with ineligible numbers anyway, assuming x is also an eligible number.

Not up on all the high school rules these days. At our level, if an elgible number is covered by another elgible number it is not a legal formation and a penalty is assessed against the offense. This happens most often when a TE is covered by a flexed WR.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

Can anyone explain to me the reasoning behind so many formations being considered illegal? Seems like it could severely hinder the games evolution.

Shouldn't it be the Defensive Coordinator's job to defend anything the OC can throw at him? I'd be interested to hear everyone's take on this.

But isn't that one of the biggest elements of football. Strategy? Preparation? Preparing to out think and out smart your opponent? I understand it's a team sport and it's about the players and not the coaches. But as a football player on Defense your goal is to stop the player in the opposite jersey in front of you at all costs obviously without causing intentional physical harm and such. On Offense your job is to score simple as that. So why not make it more interesting why can't I see 3 Lineman covering 1 Receiver and 4 guys on the line in front of the QB with 2 Running backs behind him. Coach Easton himself has said it, you stop thin line formations by blitzing and blitzing some more. So it's not like it is an impossible task to defend or develop a scheme to stop any formation. That's just my opinion and all.

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Originally posted by: WDeister
But isn't that one of the biggest elements of football. Strategy? Preparation? Preparing to out think and out smart your opponent? I understand it's a team sport and it's about the players and not the coaches. But as a football player on Defense your goal is to stop the player in the opposite jersey in front of you at all costs obviously without causing intentional physical harm and such. On Offense your job is to score simple as that. So why not make it more interesting why can't I see 3 Lineman covering 1 Receiver and 4 guys on the line in front of the QB with 2 Running backs behind him. Coach Easton himself has said it, you stop thin line formations by blitzing and blitzing some more. So it's not like it is an impossible task to defend or develop a scheme to stop any formation. That's just my opinion and all.

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We do not need to tear up the rule book to be creative, here is what you described drawn up within the current rules:


.......Y.G.C.G....................T.T.X
..............Q...........................Z
..............F
..............H

Check out what Wes Ellrod (or Karjaw from this board) does with formations. Part of the fun, IMO, is drawing up plays and formations in accordance with the rules that everyone must adhere to. I guess you could play chess where any of the pieces can go in any direction, but is it still chess?

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Originally posted by: CavemanWe do not need to tear up the rule book to be creative, here is what you described drawn up within the current rules:


.......Y.G.C.G....................T.T.X
..............Q...........................Z
..............F
..............H

Check out what Wes Ellrod (or Karjaw from this board) does with formations. Part of the fun, IMO, is drawing up plays and formations in accordance with the rules that everyone must adhere to. I guess you could play chess where any of the pieces can go in any direction, but is it still chess?

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The version of Chess you just described was invented by Bobby Fischer to break away from the predictability of high level Chess games.

Scheme is important, but players make the plays--and football is about the players on the field, period. I always tell players who dream up some "fantastic" play that works every time in Madden that although being innovative is great--there is not much innovation left. It's all re-working what's been done before--because it worked the first time! Urban Meyer's offense isn't anything new--it was being run in some form or another by countless teams decades ago. I like your comment Buice, that scheme won't win you anything, but it sure can lose it. Well said.