[PaintsvilleTigerfan]

Not exactly, I stated that if it were off, then it would have been off by more than a yard. I have not viewed the film, and I was on the other side of the field, but I gave the benefit of doubt to your coaching staff that something must have been off because of how vehemently that protested the measurement. Coaches just don't react that explosively unless they believe something was bad wrong. However, only marking off seven yards for what should have been a fifteen yard penalty, cost the Tigers the first down. Had they marked off the proper penalty yardage, this controversy would not have transpired.
If the kids running the chains moved them, then that is unacceptable for a number of obvious reasons. This is a dadgum good young football team that wins on the merit of its performance. If some shenanigans took place then, not only was it an injustice to LC, but it serves as an insult to our fine young men as well. They work hard and play very well, and do not want or need any crooked activities to aid their victories. Hopefully, these two teams can meet again, and settle it like it is meant to be: with civility, honor and athleticism on the greatest battlefield of them all, the football field.

The refs control the chains when you go out for a measurement. You have a little marker on the chain that you put right in the middle of a yardline that has all of the yardlines on it, you set for a specific yardline so that there is no possibility of them screwing it up that is why there is a ref in the middle of the chains when they bring them out all he has to do is put that marker down in the middle of the corresponding yard line and stretch them out from there. For the guys running the chains to effect the measurement they would have to move that marker with no one seeing, and then move the chains back a yard before the measurement even started. Because if the ref saw them move that marker they would be thrown out. I have seen that happen before. The uproar probably came from fans not knowing exactly how it works because most people don't know about the yardline marker thing ( I would love to know its actually name) and assume the measurement relies on the ref walking a straight line.