[martyup]

I've seen it penalized before but it is a difficult and subjective call for officials.  There are lots of legitimate reasons for a defense to be barking out plays and adjustments pre snap so an official must gauge intent.  It must not have been too blatant Saturday or we WOULD have seen laundry on the field by the sixth false start call.

The idea that Stanford is mimicking snap counts is out there - I just saw an otherwise dull interview with UCLA center Sott Quessenberry where he was asked about it.

There's a lot of pre-snap trash talking going on in college football.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGw7gTve6cQ

[martyup]

I've seen it penalized before but it is a difficult and subjective call for officials.  There are lots of legitimate reasons for a defense to be barking out plays and adjustments pre snap so an official must gauge intent.  It must not have been too blatant Saturday or we WOULD have seen laundry on the field by the sixth false start call.

The idea that Stanford is mimicking snap counts is out there - I just saw an otherwise dull interview with UCLA center Sott Quessenberry where he was asked about it.

There's a lot of pre-snap trash talking going on in college football.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGw7gTve6cQ