Why do they yell "Blue 32" when they play American Football?

Question

Yes..I saw it on a movie and I was wondering what it meant.

And...I'm when I say "they", I'm refering to the players...

Answer 1

When you hear a quarterback yell anything at the line they are calling out "audibles". An audible can be anything from a small change in formation to a completely different play. He may even call audibles that do nothing at all, just to attempt to confuse the defense. 'Blue 32' could mean any range of audibles for any particular team, but the number and color combo usually relates to changes in route patterns and rushing holes.

Answer 2

Football Movie Blue

Answer 3

Blue 32 can easily be red 54, it is simply a call to keep the defense honest. If you didnt say blue 32 or black 28, when the qb finally did say it the defense would pick up on it, and know that you were running an audible or hot route or anything of the sort.

Answer 4

Usually its just within the cadence of the offense before the snap of the ball. A quarterback may change the play within the cadence and the defense would not detect it. Here's an example :

QB calls play in huddle "Flex left 16 option on One". He gets to the line and notices the defense is shifted to where the play should go. He gives the following cadence :
"Down, Set, Blue 32, Blue 32, Hut"
He has changed the play to 32 dive. My old HS team used a dummy color to keep cadence and not change play. It just part of the gamesmanship within the game.

Answer 5

Blue "color" 32 "number" is used by the quarterback to tell others such as receivers to audible their play. Thus changing the play pattern and not the whole play. An audible is often called by the quarterback when he doesn't like the play call after getting a look at the defensive formation.

Answer 6

The best way to learn the rules of the football is to watch lots of games on Television. And don't listen to John Madden. Ever. He will confuse the sh%$ out of you. I have followed football for 20 years. Madden confuses everyone including himself. It wouldn't hurt to befriend someone who knows all about the game. And when you start playing Madden, learn how to call audibles and hot routes at the line to exploit the defensive formations.

Answer 7

It's a snap count. The QB in some offenses, will yell out a color and a number before the center snaps the ball. Usually these colors and numbers are meaningless, but sometimes they are used for audibles (changing the play).

Answer 8

Probably because it was in the script.. blue 32 is and audible as you know by now from previous answers most of the time if you hear blue 32 its nonsence though my team used states insted of colors to change the play

Answer 9

It's a code for a specific person to go somewhere in the field, there's blue 32, red 26 and the like....

Answer 10

they usually dont say it. they say it usually only when they are doing a "no-huddle" play, so "blue 32" is basically the code of the play. if for example "blue 32" is a WR STREAK so in the huddle the QB would say "WR STREAK" but if it were a "no-huddle", he wouldnt want the defense to know what play its going to be, so he just yells "blue 32".