# BobT

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobt/38784>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 29, 2000, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobt/38784 "2000-10-29T02:47:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![system\_hoser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@system\_hoser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system_hoser)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobt/38784/1 "2000-10-29T02:47:33Z")

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A quick question for anyone to answer: how many yards to you add to the line of scrimmage to determine the length of a field goal attempt?

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**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobt/38784/2 "2000-10-29T03:13:38Z")

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1. 10 for the endzone and 7 for the snap.

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**Author:** ![system\_hoser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@system\_hoser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system_hoser)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobt/38784/3 "2000-10-29T03:24:26Z")

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Thankyou Nanook. I always forget the number of yards.

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobt/38784/4 "2000-10-29T03:26:53Z")

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My only question is why is this thread titled BobT?

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**Author:** ![system\_hoser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@system\_hoser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system_hoser)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobt/38784/5 "2000-10-29T03:33:58Z")

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He said in an earlier thread that he answers obscure football questions. This question may not be all that obscure, but I thought I might get a fast answer from him by using his nick.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobt/38784/6 "2000-10-29T06:27:00Z")

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BobT answered the very first question I posed to the SDMB, long these many months ago.

But it wasn’t about football. It was about “Law and Order.”

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**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobt/38784/7 "2000-10-29T13:48:10Z")

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BTW - sometimes you add 18 - on long FG attempts sometimes the holder lines up 8 yards back, since the kick will have a lower trajectory. Reduces chance of hitting the snapper in the ass.