Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a recent TidBit about the Reverse Center. Click here to listen, or subscribe to Pigskin Dispatch wherever you get your podcasts.

The reverse center saw its most recent use by Syracuse in 1941 and involve having the center face toward the backfield when snapping the ball. It was one of a long line of football creations that comes to be viewed as an innovation or oddity, depending on its level of acceptance.

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Football Archaeology

Innovation or Oddity? The Reverse Center

Coaches have exploited loopholes in the rules to obtain a competitive advantage since football began. Other coaches saw opportunities within the rules that others had not recognized or were unwilling to implement. The two can be challenging to tell apart at the time, with some innovations, such as Fritz Crisler's platooning system, changing the course o…

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6 months ago · 1 like · Timothy P. Brown

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