"omaha"
Does anybody understand why they use this call before the snap? Is it just something different than going "hut 1, 2, 3"? Or does it specify something?
Usually it's followed by "here-we-go" instead of "hike".
Not an answer, but from Stanford last year:
by PMan 
, The Banks of the Spokane River, Saturday, April 04, 2009, 12:14 (6262 days ago) @ Jay
Turn up the sound and listen to Clausen...
Link to video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1075660408968896801
I'm not sure, but here's what I think:
It means go on my first or second sound. It's pre determined in the huddle. So when Verducci says "second sound" he means go on "go". To my ear, it sound like "Omaha... set go!" and the lineman go off of it.
I don't know why it's different than the Hut Hike system, but I assume it is.
straight from the ND playbook
by Spesh 
, Los Angeles, Saturday, April 04, 2009, 12:13 (6262 days ago) @ PaulM
Omaha: the QB may call "Omaha" as the offensive unit is breaking the huddle. This means the 40/25 second clock is running out and we must get to the LOS quickly. Any shifting or movement called in the huddle is OFF and you should align in what would be the finished formation. The ball will be snapped on the 2nd sound - "Blue Go".
Would that help the defense quite a bit?
by Jeff (BGS) , A starter home in suburban Tempe, Monday, April 06, 2009, 09:09 (6260 days ago) @ Spesh
Knowing that the offense is always going to go on the second sound after "omaha" seems like it would give the defense a head start on the play. Maybe when the clock is winding down, it doesn't matter as much, but I would think you'd want to mix that up a bit.
I thought I remeber from a Patriots playbook
by ReginaldVelJohnson , Monday, April 06, 2009, 09:54 (6260 days ago) @ Jeff (BGS)
that was posted somewhere that there are dummy Omaha calls. Only certain sounds are "live" after Omaha, or something like that. I could be way off though.
Most likely a tribute to omahadomer
by Jeff (BGS) , A starter home in suburban Tempe, Saturday, April 04, 2009, 11:51 (6262 days ago) @ Jay
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I thought maybe it was a Warren Buffett reference
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Or Marlin Perkins of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
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"As I observe from the helicopter above,
we see Jim grapple with the alligator as it's mate sneaks up from behind. Jim is on the edge of danger here. But Jim is smart as a policyholder with Mutual of Omaha he's less worried."
Always loved how casual he was when Jim was near
by scriptcomesfirst , Monday, April 06, 2009, 05:08 (6260 days ago) @ Gator77
death. Of course, after a young Marlon Perkins wrestled that Anaconda, chances are he said, "hell with this, I need to find some gullible flunkie for this crap."