Back in the early part of this centuary I was the game clock operator at a D-III school. An even older gent set next to me and kept the stats on an ole' yellow notepad. My second year at the helm, a spiffy new control board arrived for me and a computer for stats for my ole' friend. He looked at it
, announced : "F@#& THIS" and departed from the pressbox. The AD quickly went into action :
(1) 4 softball players arrived, one would help me with the ancillary stuff, one would (wo)man the stats computer, while the other two would spot the O and D players.
(2) It was clear that they were not football experts, per the following chat....
ONE GIRL : "What's a tackle
?"
ANOTHER GIRL : "I used to date a tackle in high school
"
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN : "The player that pushes the runner down is the player that makes the tackle
!"
ALL GIRLS : " OH, we see
"
.....during the game, all I heard from all four was : "NUMBER TEN HAS THE BALL....AND NUMBER SEVENTY PUSHED HIM DOWN"
There were 5 home games that season. I lived to tell about it
.The following year, two guys that had played HS football showed up. They didn't chant on each play.