At Line Judge. Counting defense. 9, 10, 11, 12 again. 9, 10, 11, 12
Blow whistle, throw flag for illegal participation. Back Judge says, "No there are only 11" I explained, "You had one behind you that didn't get counted and he left the field"
White Hat calls the Head Linesman over ..... "How many on defense?" Head Linesman says "11" "OK, I'll pick up my flag and wave it off."
Head Coach taps me on the shoulder and says "Ya caught my knucklehead that slipped in behind the Back Judge didn't you?" Now I'm a little miffed.
Halftime we are going into the locker room, door closes behind us ....I say "OK, even the coach admits he had 12 on the field, how did we screw up?"
Head Linesman says "OK. I wasn't counting, so you lost at Rock, Paper, scissors"
Needless to say, after the tongue lashing from our White Hat ....... we all count on every play.