I know it doesn't really matter, but after the first full football-watching weekend, there's one small item that I would like to bring to the attention of football commentators everywhere:
There's no 1/2 yard line.
Or 1 foot line.
Or 6 inch line.
Or, really, anything else without a line.
It's not that hard.
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What's that yellow stripe across my TV, then? I'm a math teacher, so technically we should call it a segment, since by definition a line is infinite in both directions.
Is this what you want?
"The Sooners are now on the 6-inch segment."
An interesting point, but we both know that the yellow/red lines don't exist on the field, and don't even exist electronically unless by random chance the first-down happens to coincide precisely with the spot of the football.
Really, of course, what I want is "Touchdown, Sooners!" And I've been pretty pleased with that one so far.
In other cases, though, I'd like something along the lines of ". . . and down 6-inches short of the goal line!" It's not really too much to ask, is it?
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