re: refs make clemson game to appear rigged

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Please explain. In which case, why did they call it off-sides and not illegal formation?

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I can't get a picture of it on my phone right now but if you go back and watch the video you'll see on the far side of the field there are only 3 players lined up. There must be a minimum of 4 players lined up outside the kicker on each side for the formation to be legal. There also may not be any players lined up outside the nine yard mark and the last player on the near side was lined up outside of the 9 yard mark which is what drew the illegal formation penalty I believe. I'm not sure why the announcer mistakenly called an offsides penalty, but I've spoken with someone who attended the game and he said they corrected the call over the loudspeaker after.