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Teams that "White Flagged" a drive

Nittanyfarmer

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Sep 16, 2017
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Listening to the Northwestern/Iowa game and Iowa ran a straight ahead run play on third down for no gain and the announcers stated that "Iowa just white flagged that drive". When did announcers started coining that phrase? Would a coach call plays just to end a drive because they think they can't make the first down?
 
our opponent tonight white-flagged several drives in the second half last week,
teams do it all the time on 3rd and long
 
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