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re: Is Tiger Stadium the only stadium with 5 yard number increments in CFB?
Posted on 8/26/22 at 2:18 pm to GumboPot
Posted on 8/26/22 at 2:18 pm to GumboPot
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Though others have mimicked this through the years, LSU appears to be the only major college which currently (2021 season) paints numerals in increments of 5 yards on its field for football games.
LINK / LSUsports.net explanation of it
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Posted on 8/26/22 at 2:24 pm to lilkibbi48
I read somewhere that in the early days of football, the rule was three downs to get five yards, so the fields were marked in five-yard increments. When the rule changed to four downs to get ten yards, everybody else went to ten yard markers. LSU stayed with five.
I can't find the article to corroborate, so I could be lying.
Edit: The rule changed in 1912, so that part is true.
LINK
I can't find the article to corroborate, so I could be lying.
Edit: The rule changed in 1912, so that part is true.
LINK
This post was edited on 8/26/22 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:57 pm to lilkibbi48
Always enjoyed listening to John Ferguson calling the games on radio when I was growing up.
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