How do the play-calling signs in college football work? | Just Curious

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  • čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
  • College football fans have likely noticed large signs held up by assistant coaches and filled with symbols, images and memes. Sam Borden dives in to figure out how this trend began and how, exactly, it all leads to effective play-calling.
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Komentáře • 48

  • @DerrickW30
    @DerrickW30 Před 5 lety +31

    The first time a couple of the ESPN hosts saw their faces on those cards, they had a good laugh about it on SportsCenter.

  • @nahhfam7678
    @nahhfam7678 Před 5 lety +7

    If you wanted to get unnecessarily fancy here’s another; Center wears a visor which allows the coaching staff to use a laser from a tripod to beam the reverse image to the player. For the player, the image would be flipped when it hits the surface of the visor, protects the players eyes and makes it impossible for opposition to see the information.The visor would not go on QB due to preference of QB being more in important that other players. Pay me again.

  • @giantkiller56
    @giantkiller56 Před 2 lety +6

    0:29 The Detroit Lions logo calls for the play where the team collectively decides to suck, lose the game, and break the hearts of millions of fans. Set, hike!

  • @zakarysouza465
    @zakarysouza465 Před 4 lety +40

    College: "Run Beyonce here."
    NFL: "Alright we're gonna run 'twins right switch left 37 banana flip wildcat x2 x2 on 3 ready break"

    • @waviiboiitrey6
      @waviiboiitrey6 Před 4 lety +1

      Zakary Souza yooo facts 😂💯

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      @OscarMike-ns5ub Před 4 lety

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  • @ItsTimeSportsShow
    @ItsTimeSportsShow Před 10 měsíci +3

    I'm only here because of the University of Michigan scandal.....

  • @nahhfam7678
    @nahhfam7678 Před 5 lety +9

    Here’s another; an enigma style principal where the each message uses a unique cypher for each message. The problems with signs being that need for decoys or other trickery, this alleviates that issue and can constantly change, meaning any effort to read the calls a meaningless exercise. An example would be based around an agreed upon key number that can change at any point in the game. This key number dictates to the players which number they should actually read for the play. This bit of easy mathematics also means that playsheets dropped by players are not readable as without the key there is no way to know what is coming. A simple example of it in action would be; Say you have 100 plays, every 20 plays is a new formation for 5 formations total. Each play is allotted a number that is convenient for the players to remember ie the 60s are all Trips formation plays. The key number changes at what point a player reads. So you could even have a single number such as 42 being shown which would be figured out once you show the same number again. However the key number is never spoken on the field and is only relayed on sidelines or in timeouts. In this incident the key number could be +20, meaning the actual play would be 62 which as we know is a Trips formation play. A single stage cypher is difficult enough to figure out and impossible to predict due to its ability to change at anytime, but you could easily add another layer which is what is usually employed ie another group of numbers being held up where the players would know ahead of time. Its a system used to make codes more difficult to break and would not be too taxing on the players to learn.

    • @fudhater8592
      @fudhater8592 Před 2 lety +1

      "This bit of easy mathematics"
      LOL you just confused 99% of all football players

    • @nahhfam7678
      @nahhfam7678 Před 2 lety

      @@fudhater8592 this is the system we used at a professional rugby club so I think you can manage an easier version.

    • @fudhater8592
      @fudhater8592 Před 2 lety

      ​@@nahhfam7678 Somehow you mistakenly got the impression I'm defending football players

  • @nahhfam7678
    @nahhfam7678 Před 5 lety +6

    Board with angled slits with lights around the edge. You can have the actual play written down which only a huddled offence can see from the field, look any further to the side or more distance and the light would obscure the view/render photography useless with glare. Pay me.

    • @17rbrendan
      @17rbrendan Před 4 lety +1

      works well for huddle offenses, what about no-huddle?

  • @Lex-gc9zs
    @Lex-gc9zs Před 5 lety +9

    Bellichek would never put on a vr headset he does his stuff old school

  • @chrisrose4769
    @chrisrose4769 Před 3 lety +9

    No wonder qbs struggle when they get to the NFL lmao

    • @slickrick7455
      @slickrick7455 Před 9 měsíci

      Not the pac 12 qbs

    • @DuragAllDay
      @DuragAllDay Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@slickrick7455Jets, wait. Panthers, wait. 49ers & USC Legend Sam Darnold.

  • @ambitionzazaridah4363
    @ambitionzazaridah4363 Před 5 lety +9

    That picture in thumbnail only tells the truth about me

    • @MrGenexxx
      @MrGenexxx Před 5 lety +2

      I don't even know where this meme came from. Were you crying for real in that photo?

    • @KxngKUDA
      @KxngKUDA Před 5 lety +2

      @@MrGenexxx that was I think when he lost his first finals

    • @damionbennett8372
      @damionbennett8372 Před 5 lety

      King Kuda it when he won his first ring with the heat

    • @KxngKUDA
      @KxngKUDA Před 5 lety

      @@damionbennett8372 right, my bad

    • @HN5023-j7p
      @HN5023-j7p Před 5 lety

      @@MrGenexxx It's said that LeBron cried after Miami lost to the Bulls on 2011-3-7. Heat were swept by the Bulls in the regular season that year.

  • @markramos307
    @markramos307 Před 9 měsíci

    Let me yell at the clouds: try a huddle. College football broadcasts by the big media conglomerates are painful to watch as it is. I watch games on my DVR, skipping commercials and halftime shows. For me, it's the best way to watch games on TV.

  • @quileutewolf2867
    @quileutewolf2867 Před 3 lety

    Did you know that Ronan high school was doing this before any college

  • @matt8749
    @matt8749 Před 5 lety +6

    Any one to start a colab CZcams channel

  • @KNG1000
    @KNG1000 Před 5 lety +7

    What this Does mean? Lol

  • @HN5023-j7p
    @HN5023-j7p Před 5 lety

    I love the video picture of this video.

  • @SuicideStarboyy
    @SuicideStarboyy Před 10 měsíci

    So does college football not have coordinators sitting in the booth up top then like in the NFL?

  • @OscarMike-ns5ub
    @OscarMike-ns5ub Před 4 lety +3

    Uhhhh billion dollar business (college football) can't put radios in the helmets 🤔🤔🤔🤔

  • @Antbeast23
    @Antbeast23 Před 10 měsíci

    Man sign stealing is bs like every team does it allow helmet communication

  • @juanguevara4231
    @juanguevara4231 Před 4 lety

    the underdog

  • @joesmith-or3wx
    @joesmith-or3wx Před 3 lety

    College football sign. ???

  • @morefiction3264
    @morefiction3264 Před 3 lety

    Lame questions. ESPN sucks.