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Offline TampaSteve

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Observer?
« on: September 26, 2016, 06:46:37 AM »
To my understanding in year's past an 8th man, in full uniform (with maybe a jacket on) would follow the game on the sidelines and in essence step in should someone get hurt.
Now that conferences are using 8-man crews has the extra guy gone away?
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Offline Andrew McCarthy

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Re: Observer?
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2016, 08:19:55 AM »
Not sure about other conferences but I know the Big Ten still has an alternate who is stationed with one of the replay headsets.  He comes in if someone gets hurt.
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Offline bossman72

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Re: Observer?
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2016, 11:30:50 AM »
That is the Alternate Official.  I believe the power 5 conferences all have alternates.  Some of the other conferences don't have alternates (Mountain West for example).
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