It didn't particularly matter in the end of the game, as the Yeti came out on top 41 to 30 against the Baltimore Hawks in Week 6 this year, but it was just a sloppy game overall by the refs. After calling two previous false starts against the Yeti, all the players were extremely aware of the snap count and not moving until the ball had first, so for receiver Cole Maxwell to be called for a false start with 8 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter was absolute nonsense. It's hard enough for a receiver to get a false start penalty anyway, seeing as how they need to watch the ball because it's almost always too loud in the stadium to hear the quarterback's cadence calls, so for two of such penalties to be called was really unlikely (the first false start was against aging superstar receiver William Lim)
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