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Instead, the Utes looked like they did not even belong on the same field as the Ducks, getting beaten up and down both lines of scrimmage in a 37-2083 loss in the Pac-12 Conference championship game.
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While their appearances in the "Granddaddy" of all bowl games in the previous decade were all about flashy offenses, these seventh-ranked Ducks used grit and timely domination at the lines of scrimmage to defeat No. 11 Wisconsin 28-27 in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday.
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A line of scrimmage is parallel to the goal lines and touches one edge of the ball where it sits on the ground prior to the snap. In American football, the set distance of the line of scrimmage between the offense and defense is , the length of the ball. In Canadian football, the set distance of the line of scrimmage is , more than three times as long as the American line. Under NCAA, and NFHS rules, there are two lines of scrimmage at the outset of each play: one that restricts the offense and one that restricts the defense.
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However, it is not uncommon for a wingback to be outside the tight end in an I or other formation where the opposite end is split. In the power I formation, instead of the wingback shown above, there is another deep back in the traditional halfback position. That position in the power I is probably called "halfback" more than any other name. In the triple I, where all the backs are in one line perpendicular to the lines of scrimmage, one could hope for the backs to be called quarter-, half-, full-, and tailback in order of depth, but various names are probably used.
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Offenses and defenses continued to adapt to the increases in forward passing favored by the rules. Below is diagrammed a 3-4-4 (or simply "3-4") defensive formation and an offensive formation it might line up against across the lines of scrimmage, as popular beginning in later portions of the 20th century: FS SS CB CB OLB ILB ILB OLB __________________E_______NT______E___________________ WR T G C G T TE QB WR RB RB Beginning with the defensive line, one notices a slight departure from previous nomenclature with the position labeled "NT". Why not simply "T"? The superfluous designator "middle" when the defense was playing with an odd number on the line less than seven, as in "middle guard", was discussed above.
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