re: Ole Miss replay is on right now and Jaxson Dart was still 1 yrd short on the 4th down play

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Dirty little ref secret. When you get a first down, they don't mark the ball exactly where you went down, they round to the yard line and reset the sticks. The line to gain for a first down is always coincident with a yard line, never in between.

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correct. I said the same thing in another post.

I like this change because it means almost no measuring is required, which slows the game way down, and it makes it easier for the refs. If a ref thinks a ball carrier got to the yard line, it's a first down. The ref make a quick decision to keep the game moving.