Rookie Question regarding Bumpers

[Kubisiak4207]

We have a very important question about bumpers. See the attached pic if you are having trouble imagining what I am about to describe.

We have our bumpers ready to go on the sides and back. However, we have a problem with our front bumpers. We read the FRC 2012 rules as requiring 8 inches of bumper total on each side of the robot. Thus, we thought we could simply put four inches of bumper (8/2 = 4) in the front of each of the wheels two wheels sticking out the front of the robot. However, as we are rereading the rules, we think that the rules may require 8 inches of bumper on each corner of the front face, leaving only a 10" opening for balls to enter the robot.

Since we are a rookie team, we don't have any experience with bumper rules (or any of the rules for that matter). Any help would be greatly appreciated.