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Making a Running Back by Committee Work For Your Fantasy Football Team

This article will explore the newest twist for fantasy football owners - the running back by committee (RBBC). In the past, most NFL teams have had one feature back who received approximately 30 carries a game. The thinking was that a runner needed that many carries to establish a rhythm and run effectively. Today's game has changed. The RBBC situation is now so common almost all teams utilize it. The thinking is that the RBBC allows backs to stay fresh. In addition, the RBBC is often implemented with a bruising power back and a quick scat back runner; a combination intended to keep the opposing defense off balance by switching up running styles.

What does this mean for fantasy football? In past years, fantasy football was completely dominated by the running back position. A good RB was a lock to touch the ball multiple times a game as well as to score more TDs than every other position. With the RBBC, that is no longer true. So what is one to do? Is it best to draft the entire committee or spread your RBs around in hopes that you draft two high performers? Lets explore the options:

The Home Run Strategy - Draft the Best RBs Regardless of RBBC Scenario
PROS : If you do not have to deal with injuries great, you have an excellent shot to win your league. You will have the most valuable player in the RBBC from different teams.
CONS: While you may have come into the season with the best RB on two different teams, if one goes down to injury you can quickly find yourself in a tough situation.

The Anti-Wall Street Risk Adverse Strategy
PROS: Here you try to draft an entire team's committee. If one of the players gets hurt you instantly have a feature back.
CONS: If there is not an injury you are stuck with part time production from two players for the season.

The Ace Rothstein Strategy - The Educated Bettor
PROS: This strategy says you draft players who are second in the committee, but play alongside another player with a history of injury. Ideally you would be to try to get one feature back and pair him with a number of #2's who have a realistic chance to step in at some point in the season.
CONS: The risk here is that the #2, never becomes a #1.

Like investing, the strategy you choose to employ should be based on your level of comfort with risk. We recommend the Ace Rothstein theory, as the #2 that becomes a #1 is often the breakout story of the year come playoff time.
Having fully explored the RBBC situation there are still a few old school running backs who dominate carries and do not need to worry about having carries or even worse goal carries stolen.

non RBBC RBs
All-Day AP
Turner the Burner
MJD
Matt Forte
S.Jackson
C.Portis
K.Smith
R.Grant

The other 24 NFL teams use some form of the RBBC. To summarize, following the Ace Rothstein theory we would target one of the eight backs listed above, then go after a WR and QB and finally look to pair your RB with a number of second string RBBC backs who run alongside an injury risk.

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NFL Preseason Football Betting Advice

Betting preseason football is a lot different than regular season football. The methods used to handicap regular season NFL games do not work most of the time when used to handicap a preseason game. Let's take a look at what things you should look at when handicapping NFL preseason football.

One thing you must know is the coaches. Some coaches do not care whether their team wins or loses in the preseason. Their objective is to evaluate the talent level all the way to the very last roster spot. Then there are coaches who are trying to instill a winning attitude in their team and they will put an emphasis on winning the preseason games. Obviously, you have a good betting situation if you can find a coach trying to win going against a coach who is more interested in seeing what his third- and fourth-stringers can do.

Also, do not pay too much attention to the starters. In the preseason, the starters will be out of the game well before the outcome is decided. Starters generally only play a quarter or two, if at all. Most coaches view the second-to-last preseason game as the "dress rehearsal" for the regular season. In that case, the starters may play up to three quarters. In any case, the starters will usually not decide a preseason game.

Pay attention to what the coaches say. This only holds true in the preseason. Read the team's local paper or team website to find out what the coach's plan is for the game. It is important to find out who will be on the field in the fourth quarter when the game will likely be decided.

Make sure you know what the quarterback rotation will be for each team. You could find an advantageous position where a veteran quarterback will be playing in the second half against third- and fourth-string defensive backs. On the other hand, a rookie quarterback playing in the second half is a disadvantage to you. Many times, the rookie quarterback is trying to learn the offense and is also not used to playing against the speed of NFL defenders.

Try to find good situations to back a team. For example, you may come across a game where one coach is planning to play his first and second string for most of the game, while the opposing coach is planning to play mostly third and fourth stringers. Also, look for teams that have started 0-2 straight up and are playing their third preseason game at home, especially when the coach has taken some criticism for the team's poor start in the local papers. That is usually an excellent spot to back the home team in need of a win, especially when they are facing a team that doesn't have the same motivation.

NFL preseason football betting can be a very profitable time if you understand you cannot handicap these games the same way you would handicap a regular season game. Use the advice above as a set of guidelines for your preseason football betting and you should see an increase in your bankroll before the regular season kicks off.

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Football Themed Party Decorating Ideas

Decorating for a football themed party with family and friends can be fun, simple, and relatively inexpensive. When deciding which decorations to go for, think ahead about the teams playing in the game. You might want to decorate one side of the room with one team’s colors and the other side with the opposing team’s colors, that way guests can choose the side they support for some friendly competition at your party.

A piñata is a fun decoration that allows guests to become involved in a fun and sometimes hilarious activity. Guests can let out their energy after the game by picking up a bat and taking a swing at Super-bowl-fun.com’s football piñata. Also, colorful confetti is a great way to add a little glitter and glam to such a rugged, male-oriented sports party. Noisemakers can be placed with each place setting at a table as a decoration. Later, they’ll come in handy when your team scores that winning touchdown.

You’ll easily learn that your decorations can be functional as well as decorative! The staple meal at most football events consists of beer, chips, and easy finger foods. Themed paper cups, plates, bowls, and napkins can be purchased with football graphics and team logos, and paper products allow for easy cleanup and no damage to your dishes with a rowdy crowd.

Purchase kits online for your football themed party, enabling you to make your party entirely customizable. Team specific decorations will impress your friends and get them excited about the sport and the game they came to watch. Some activities for the kids can double as decorations by having a coloring contest. This is also a fun way to keep the children busy. Remeber to enjoy your event and so will your guests!

Mrs. Party... Gail Leino is the internet's leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies, using proper etiquette and manners while also teaching organizational skills and fun facts. Super Bowl Party Supplies, party planning tips, interesting facts to help complete your event.

Youth Football - Why Being Different Leads to Championships When Coaching Youth Football

Being Different Pays When Coaching Youth Football

While youth football and college football are worlds apart in many ways, there certainly are some similarities. How many of you are following what Paul Johnson is doing at Georgia Tech this year? Many "experts" said Johnson's Flexbone option attack would never work at the big DI level. Never mind that Johnson was hugely successful with this attack at Georgia Southern, winning two Division IAA National Championships and going 62-10 in six seasons there. Never mind that Johnson then went to Navy and using the very same offense, guided Navy to its first winning season in 14 years. His teams went 45-29 at Navy, which is a miracle turnaround compared to the 72-148 record compiled by his 4 predecessors. Mind you Navy has some serious personnel constraints due to their Military Academy status and the fact the kids have to meet very high academic and character standards as well as serve 4 years in the Service once their college playing days are over, Oh yeah, by the way, we are at war.

Georgia Tech and Paul Johnson

In Johnson's first season at Georgia Tech, his team is on the cusp of winning an ACC Title and is at 9-3. He is doing it with the exact same offense he ran at Southern and Navy, the option. He is doing this in his very first season with a team that was recruited to play a completely different offense. His quarterback is not an option quarterback, his linemen aren't option linemen. Heck his starting left offensive tackle started the season as a slot back and has never played the line at any level of football, even in his Pee Wee days. Georgia Tech also has very high admission standards that other schools aren't constrained with. Did any of you see Tech just blow out Miami and all the top talent the Hurricanes had amassed on defense, or how about the 45 points they put on SEC power Georgia last week? What Johnson has done is nothing short of amazing.

What Does This Mean for the Youth Football Coach?

But the question is why is he so successful and how can I use that information to my advantage when I'm coaching youth football? One huge reason his teams are so successful no matter where he goes is; Johnson runs a system no one else runs anymore. Teams just aren't used to defending the option. Miami and Georgia, both teams loaded with High School All-Americans and Rivals top 10 Recruiting classes, looked completely lost against Johnson's offense. These college defenses are used to seeing the spread offense or versions of it nearly every week. The defensive schemes and techniques they use to shut down the spread teams are much different than what you use to effectively play a well executing option team.

In fact some of the read and react concepts a 3 technique defensive tackle uses to defend the option are 100% contrary to what this player has learned and practiced for in the last 9 months. So you get one week to retrain that defensive tackle to "forget" what he has learned the previous 9 months and to react perfectly to his option reads in split second real time. Oh yeah lets not forget that you also have to retrain your force and alley defenders as well and remember Tech does throw a descent play action pass when you least expect it as well. That is why you see Georgia Tech going on drives where they get plays of 2 yards, 5, 8, -1, 8, 3,2,2,7, 2, 50. The defense just has a heck of a time staying perfect with their reads being done in split seconds, using techniques and schemes they use for just 1 week per year. Just one wrong read and boom it's a huge gain or 6 points.

Execution

Another thing Johnson's teams do is execute. Against Miami, Tech ran the midline option at least 22 times, in one drive sequence they ran the same midline option play 3 times in row. In the Tech and Miami games about 90% of Techs offense was the true triple option, midline and a little bit of rocket to keep the edges honest. Yes, just 3 football plays but the execution was flawless, the downfield and perimeter blocking was incredible.

Player Talent Available

Johnson also is a realist. At Navy and Georgia Tech, is he really going to be able to recruit the best passing Quarterbacks in the country? You know the 5 star kid being recruited by USC or Texas ? Is he really going to get a kid like that to go to Navy or Tech? How about that 5 star 300 lb Offensive Lineman? Is he going to get that kid over LSU or

Oklahoma? Heck at Navy they wouldn't even admit a 300 lb kid. So Johnson chose a system that allowed him to be successful with the grouping of kids he was realistically going to get.

Here in Nebraska the Huskers are set to play on January 1 in the Gator Bowl. Who does this team NOT want to play? I guarantee you it is the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets. Even with a month of preparation time, NU would much rather face another spread attack, We love the option here in Nebraska and we love to watch Johnson's offense, but we definitely do NOT want to see it being run against us.

Applying This to Your Youth Football Team

What does this mean to the local youth football coach? Should you shuck your current offense and sell out to an option attack? I'm not sure. I coached Nebraska style "I" option football for 7 years at the youth level. We did fairly well for 4 of those 7 seasons, winning 2 League Titles. But when I didn't have a smart and athletic Quarterback and a difference maker at Tailback, we struggled ( really need to have 2 good Quarterbacks in that offense). I just couldn't count on having that type of talent every year when I coached non-select teams. I also didn't want to practice 5 nights a week anymore, we wanted to go to a 3 nights a week format.

What Johnson's offense means to you is you should consider running something that you have the talent and time for as well as something that is different than what everyone else in your league is running. It means you should perfect a handful or complementary series based football plays that put the defense in conflict. It means you don't run 40-60 plays in some disjointed playbook. These are some of the main reasons we run the Single Wing offense with our youth football teams. Less than 3% of youth football teams are running this offense. Your opponents just are not used to defending this attack and some of the unique series or blocking schemes we use like the full spin, half spin, wedge, jet, traps etc Most youth football teams have lots of "I", Pro, Spread, "Multiple" and even Wishbone or Double Wing teams, but how many Single Wing teams do you see? Very very few. It's a series based offense based on putting a defense in conflict and execution, it isn't an offense that relies on great talent making huge plays.

So all the "experts" and naysayers have been proven wrong so far about Paul Johnson. That "%$3&' won't work in big time DI football, they said. You don't see the pros run it they said. Same goes for the Single Wing, we are seeing it with more and more High School teams as well as of course Florida and Mississippi in the SEC and of course now in the NFL with the Dolphins and Ravens. Hopefully the Single Wing won't get too popular, because how effective can you really be running what everyone else is running unless you have the very best players? How much fun would that be? It would all be about recruiting or drafting players and very little to do with coaching.

Dave Cisar-

Dave is a Nike "Coach of the Year" Designate and speaks nationwide at Coaches Clinics. His book "Winning Youth Football a Step by Step Plan" was endorsed by Tom Osborne and Dave Rimington. His personal teams using this system to date have won 90% of their games in 5 Different Leagues.

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Fantasy Football Tips and Tricks for Chicks

Depending on what hour of the day you're reading this, there are 10 days, 3 hours, 50 minutes, and 45 seconds left until the 2008 NFL draft. Ladies, now is the time for us to act! If we're really going to give the men a run for their money this fantasy football season, it's time for us to start doing our homework now.

Draft date is an important day to pay attention to when you're beginning to make decisions that will affect your fantasy football team, so be prepared on April 26th and 27th to host a "girl's night" in front of the TV and see which football player is going to what team. This information will be extremely helpful to you when you begin planning your women's fantasy football team. (Plus, you get to see the football players run around in their tight pants and who doesn't love that?)

Women fantasy football owners are becoming more and more prevalent in an otherwise male-dominated realm of fantasy sports. It's scary to get out there and play with the big dogs, I know. But recently I've found the entertainment value and the excitement that can be had while playing fantasy football and I want to be a part of that regardless of the fact that I'm a chick! Chicks can play fantasy football just as well or better than men can and this season we're going to prove it.

Don't worry if you're clueless about fantasy football; I'm going to teach you all you need to know! The second step is preparing for your league's draft. There are a few ways the draft of your league can happen.

• Electronic Draft -- This is how almost every fantasy football league drafts nowadays. Everything is done in cyberspace! You can decide just how lazy you want to get with it, however, as there are websites that give you information only, all the way to websites that will completely manage your team for you. Just how e-lazy do you want to be?



• Social Draft -- Meet at a girlfriend's house and make a day of it. Invite all the women who'll be participating in the women's fantasy football revolution and plan a party! "Experts" suggest you leave out the alcohol so you'll be focused on the draft, but us chicks know that fantasy football should also be fun! Just make sure to have everyone's cheat sheet handy and you can draft from that. (More about cheat sheets and other tools you'll need later.)



• Destination Draft -- Easily my favorite type of draft, this one usually involves getting on a plane and flying to somewhere warm and breezy. Destination drafts are more like a fantasy football draft pick and vacation combo. You and your posse of girls will really turn some heads at a sports bar in Vegas, sitting around waiting to pick your perfect fantasy football team. Doesn't that sound like fun?

Then, get yourself ready to win. Watching the NFL draft is a great next step because you'll start to familiarize yourself with the powerful players you'll want to put at each position in your fantasy football team. Not only will you hear the names of some of the top NFL draft players, but you're likely to pick up a few statistics about their skills. If you really want to do this, join me in the women's fantasy football revolution! It's going to be an awesome ride and now's the time to get on.

Start here to learn more about the first step, selecting a fantasy football league.

Diana Nielsen maintains Fantasy football tips and tricks for chicks and scrapes together a living as a freelance writer so check her out for all your personal and professional writing needs.

Football - Special Teams

If you're a big football fan, probably one of the most frustrating things you can watch in a game is when two teams are going at it, head to head, evenly matched, no score, both defenses doing their job and then suddenly a kick off is returned 100 yards for a touchdown because a guy on special teams missed an easy tackle. The game is lost because of somebody who is on the field maybe a total of 2 minutes in a 60 minute contest. It's enough to make you pull your hair out of your head.

The truth is, special teams don't get the recognition they deserve. They aren't glamorous like a high powered offense with a star quarterback like a John Elway. They aren't in the spotlight like a famous defense led by somebody like Lawrence Taylor who was probably one of the greatest middle linebackers to ever play the game, with all his drug problems. No, special teams don't get all the glory like the other guys do, but they sure get all the blame when a kick off is returned for a touchdown, or they fumble on their own kickoff return. Special teams are under such a microscope that their coaches often lose their jobs because of big blunders on the field.

Special teams have a lot of duties to perform. They return kick offs and punts and on the other end of the spectrum, they kick off after they score and punt the ball when they don't. So many kickers have had careers ruined because of a missed field goal attempt or a blocked punt. Just recently in the playoffs a kicker missed 3 easy field goals that would have given his team the victory. Instead they went down to a bitter defeat.

Everybody has their theories as to why special teams are sometimes so dreadfully awful. One theory is that enough attention isn't given to them during training and practices. Another theory is that they just don't get enough playing time during a game and therefor don't have enough time to really get their heads and bodies into the game. Still another theory is that these guys really aren't that good. That's why they're on special teams. If they were better players they'd be on the starting offense or defense.

The truth, if there is a truth to this problem, is that it's probably a combination of all three things. Let's face it, the offense and defense is what drives each team so much more time has to be given to them. Plus, since special teams aren't on the field as much, you wouldn't give as much attention to them. As for their heads being in the game, there is no denying that these guys don't get to play as much. It's kind of like a pinch hitter coming off the bench in baseball. It's not an easy thing to do. And as far as special teams players not being the best on the field, while it is true that some players double on offense and special teams, this is the exception and not the rule. Sadly, your special teams players are not your top players.

Whatever the reason, there is no denying that many a game is lost because of special teams play. But isn't it great to watch when a special teams player wins a game for you?

Michael Russell

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Flag Football Domination - 10 Ways to Destroy Your Flag Football Opponents

Spring is here, and with it the long awaited thaw and return of football. But before you stumble blindly into another mediocre flag football experience, check out ten ways to dominate the league this year:

1. The Pitch

If your league calls the ball dead when it hits the ground (and most do), you absolutely must take advantage of the lateral - it can turn a loss of yards into a touchdown. Every play, your players should be thinking pitch.

2. A Powerful Rush

Don't make the mistake of using "leftover" players as rushers. Instead, use your best athletes to rush - it will pay off. A nasty rush can completely neutralize a QB and demoralizes the opposing offense.

3. Adjustments

A flexible team is a winning team. Spend time planning so you're not trying to invent your strategy on the field. Here are some things to develop:

- A plan for an overwhelming rush (releasing blockers, quick passes, pitches)

- A plan for a team that doesn't rush (QB sneaks, two-move routes)

- A dominant defense (zone or man, blitzes, audibles)

- A plan to handle a fast, shifty QB (extra rushers,

4. A Good Playbook

Nine times out of ten a good scheme will beat raw athleticism. You need organization and plays. If you're not inclined (or simply don't have time) to create an entire playbook, try a site like Flag Football Ninja.

5. Simple Rotations

If you have a big team, game-time rotation can become utter chaos. Figure out an efficient, organized way to substitute players through. Avoid team politics by spreading the talent around the rotation instead of having your "starters" out first. A backup squad with no playmakers is useless to put out on the field at almost any point in the game.

6. Defense

Defense wins championships. Generally, teams of 5 or fewer should be playing a man-to-man defense unless the field is small. A zone can work with a bigger team. Every defense will have its weak spots, but giving the QB too much time is unacceptable. So send your rushers as often as you can, and use the blitz aggressively to keep the QB on the run. Also, a zone with completely fall apart if your defenders don't stick to their spots.

7. Timing

This, unfortunately, requires practice. But if your QB can master a handful of routes (or even a couple), throwing just as the receiver cuts, you can build a championship offense. A QB who can pair accuracy and timing can't be stopped.

8. Rhythm

Everyone wants to huck it deep. While there is much to be said for having some long plays in your arsenal, by and large, you will fare much better with shorter, consistent plays. A relentless short game will wear down the defense much more effectively than a few long plays, and successive completions batter the opponents psyche as well.

9. Experiment early

Regardless of how good your scheme is entering the season, you will be better if you adjust after each game. Each team has its own chemistry. Building on the concept of flexibility, try as many plays and schemes as you can early in the season, but by playoff time you should have distilled down what works best for your team. After a few weeks of regular season play, you should know what works and what looked better on paper than on the field.

10. Flag Pulling

Nothing is more important in flag football than being able to pull the flag. Again, nothing is more important in flag football than being able to pull the flag. This sounds dumb, but time and time again, short dump passes turn into touchdowns because of missed pulls.

Try the following:

· Don't Wait Flat-Footed: If you wait for the ball carrier to pass at full speed while you flail and swipe at the flags, you are setting yourself up for disaster. Instead, meet the ball carrier as early as possible, and move with the ball carrier while you pull the flags.

· Get in the Way: Most flag leagues do not allow (much) contact. That is why it can be especially helpful to stand in the way of the ball carrier while trying to pull the flag. They can't bull you over; they have to go around. This slows them down and gives you more time to pull the flag.

· Pursuit: If everyone on your team pursues the play, you will win more games. You'll have fewer breakaways because if one guy misses the flag, another is right there.

Follow these tips, and you'll be on your way to your own championships.

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Reach Blocking in Youth Football

Even as a High School player who loved to block, the reach block was very difficult for me or my team mates to execute, we hated it. You will find the same is true for your youth football players. Why do you think the technique is taught so the offensive player gains OUTSIDE leverage on the defender by swinging the offensive players hips to the outside? Why not have a blocking scheme that allows your players this outside leverage and angle every play without having to take an outside drop step and without having to have very quick feet and hips swung into the proper position?

Reach blocks on interior linemen are doable if the line splits are tight and the defenders are not too wide. But in youth football, blocking the end man on the line of scrimmage (EMLOS), usually a defensive end, is near impossible for most tight ends. In youth football, the play every team is trying to defend is the sweep, so EMLOS players line up and play wider than the High School, College and Pro teams and the youth EMLOS player is very conscious of not being reach blocked. That is something even poorly coached youth football teams work on quite a bit. Hence that is why most reach blocks in youth football on the EMLOS player that is half-way disciplined, fails.

On the other hand, the easiest block in youth football is the down block. This is a tactic that has your offensive linemen blocking the next man down to their inside, often over their offensive team mate. Even the weakest offensive linemen on most teams can make this block. Momentum is always in the same direction and all we are looking for here is to stop penetration, no movement on the defender is required.

Using this scheme, the EMLOS player is usually pinned in (Pin Block), by an easy block by a running back positioned in the slot or wing position, outflanking the EMLOS player. The “Pin” block can even be executed by a motioning player from the other side of the formation that comes across the formation and then when the motion man is just to the outside shoulder of the EMLOS, the ball is snapped and the EMLOS player is flanked and easily blocked by the motion man. Some youth teams even use a crack block to accomplish this, by motioning a back from very wide on the playside to block the playside EMLOS player. This is often a devastating block, but requires very good timing and a requirement that the motioning player does not block the EMLOS player in the back or below the knees.

I coached a reach blocked sweep for 9 years, it worked well when we had a very athletic and aggressive tight end and a blazer at tailback. But when teams widened their defensive ends or we didn’t have that stud tailback and tight end, the play failed. After going to a down and pin scheme 6 years ago, the play has been very consistent regardless of talent.

When coaching youth football well, you want to put your kids in situations where they have the best chance of succeeding. Reach blocking is one technique most youth football teams probably want to avoid.

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Dave Cisar-

Dave has a passion for developing youth coaches so they can in turn develop teams that are competitive and well organized. He is a Nike "Coach of the Year" Designate and speaks nationwide at Coaches Clinics. His book “Winning Youth Football a Step by Step Plan” was endorsed by Tom Osborne and Dave Rimington.

With over 15 years of hands-on experience as a youth coach, Dave has developed a detailed systematic approach to developing youth players and teams. His personal teams to using this system to date have won 97% of their games in 5 Different Leagues. His web site is: Football Plays

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Following Your Football Team by Coach

If you're thinking about following your football club around the UK (or if your season is going really well around Europe) then chances are you'll need to travel by coach. If you're in a large group of friends, or part of a supporters' club or association, then coach travel is the best option by far. There are coaches available to suit supporters of every budget, from Premier League through to Conference, all offering the best and most luxurious way to travel around Britain and Europe. All feature reading lights and reclining seats, curtains, air conditioning and tinted windows and excellent bathroom facilities, and many now come with newer luxuries such as fridges, drinks machines, DVD players and even fitted sleeping quarters, plasma screens and games machines. With bars and lounge areas set aside for socializing, coaches almost certainly offer a more relaxing and jovial mode of transport than plane, train or car, with none of the intrusiveness or security hassles, and with the added advantage of the coach and coach driver taking the strain of the journey and leaving you to drink, sing and watch the world go by as you travel.

Add to this flexibility the fact that the coach will be waiting directly outside the stadium when you leave, and the fact that coach travel is friendly to both your wallet and the environment, (coach hire offers the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per passenger compared with car, plane or train) and there really is no other choice when organizing your football away-days. Whether it's a luxury coach with all the trimmings to watch the FA Cup Final or a Champions League match on the continent, or even just a high quality minibus to watch a cold rainy Conference play-off, the only way to travel is by coach.

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Making a Winner In Youth Football, Analyzing Your Previous Season

Making Changes In Systems in Youth Football

After every season most good youth football coaches try to figure out ways to improve their teams or coaching methods. Most take time to reflect a bit at this time of year on the past season.

Most of us ask ourselves;

Did I do a good job?

Did my team do as well as they should have?

Did we meet our goals as defined before the season started?

Where are areas we didn't do very well in?

What could I have done differently?

Should I be making any changes?

Once that is done, we figure out where our deficiencies were, prioritize the deficiencies as they relate to reaching our goals and then search out solutions to address said deficiencies. I'm not talking about adding in additional football plays, I'm talking about doing an assessment and review of the season.

Here are some things we are doing in 2008:

Changes We Made In The Past

Back in the 90's I coached the only way I had ever known, "I" formation power and option football. We picked up a small shotgun spread package as an augment to our "I" and we ran a simple base 5-3 on defense. We ran the same offense and all the same drills I had run as a youth football player in the late 60's and in the 70's as a High School player. We even did a few of my old College drills for good measure. Unfortunately, our offensive production was always tied directly to the levels of talent we had and often the size of our offensive line.

When we had great talent and some size, we won and won often. When we didn't, we were average or worse. On defense when we started our best 11 on defense and didn't sub on defense, we were usually in most games. But when we did sub to get some of those two way starters a breather or get our weaker kids some snaps, we would struggle. Of course when we played the best teams, we wouldn't do very well.

Insanity

You know what they say about people that do the same thing over and over again, but expect different results don't you? That is often the classical definition of the word "insanity." Unfortunately it seems is if many of our fellow youth football coaches suffer from this player decimating affliction. They keep doing the same old thing year after year while ending up with same frustrating poor or choppy results. In my first few years of coaching youth football, I went through the above post season assessment. My answer was always that I needed better football players as the solution to my problem. My thoughts were that all I needed was a better x player, better y player, kids with more motivation, more size etc etc. It was always the kids fault, I just needed a "good team" and we would do well.

What turned my head away from that "lottery" mindset was that in the league I coached in then, the same teams with the same coaches won year in and year out. Some years these teams had talent, but often the talent levels they had were very average. Within the organizations that were consistently winning, there were specific head coaches within those organizations that always won, no matter what team they took. Humbly, I came to the conclusion that coaching and scheme really mattered in youth football and I needed to make some changes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". Wise and humble people make changes to what they do if what they are doing is not yielding the results they want. One would hope that goes for those coaching youth football as well.

Changes We Are Going to Make in 2008

I'm now in the process of doing research to fix areas of deficiency in our program. I'm working to develop better methods of communicating with my coaching staffs. I feel we are not leveraging the talents of each coach as well as we could or utilizing the unique skill set each of our coaches innately has as a human being. I'm looking for answers everywhere; from great coaching legends to the captains and innovators of American Industry. We are also leaning too much on our coordinators to do all the basic reads, adjustments and game planning. There has to be a more effective and efficient way of doing things than we are doing today.

As our organization has matured, we now have a few guys that have some experience under their belts and we are getting a few knowledgeable new guys into the program. We want to use their input where it makes sense while making sure that all our kids are "maxing out" on the unique skill set each of us coaches bring to the table. This is a big change from when we first started and had a lot of skeptical rookie "daddy" coaches. While we probably do a better job of this than most youth football teams, we want to be the best at it, that is our standard. One of the great benefits of speaking at all the Nike and Mega Clinics is I get to sit in on other speakers sessions. I get to see (research) how various successful High School and College teams do things. I've been fortunate to hear coaches like Bobby Bowden, Pete Carroll, Jim Tedford and Les Miles as well as top High School and Lower Division College coaches. Maybe more importantly I get to talk to thousands of youth coaches at these clinics and of course through e-mail as well.

By doing a better job in this area our kids will have a better experience, get better instruction, be better prepared and have more fun. Coaching youth football is about X's and O's but it's also effectively and efficiently communicating with your players and your coaches. This is a neglected area in most programs that should reap big payoffs. I assure you we will figure out how to do it better and share that information with you once we have proven it works and have all the bugs worked out.

Other Big Change Stories

Many coaches look at their goals, do research and come up with alternate solutions to reach those goals. Many of you think of Tom Osborne as "Mr. Option Football". Well that really isn't him at all if you look at his history. He was brought in by Bob Devaney to spice up the passing game of Nebraska in the 1960s. Bob Devaneys Unbalanced T formation running teams of 1967 and 1968 had struggled. Those teams complied back to back 6-4 seasons that included a homecoming day 12-0 loss to lowly Kansas State in a game NU had just 1 first down. Osborne, relying on his prior NFL receiver background, brought in a spread passing attack and "I" formation base running attack and dumped the run 90% of the time T formation.

Spread Passing Attack

Osborne recruited future NFL quarterbacks, Jerry Tagge, Dave Humm and Vince Ferragamo to lead these offenses and NU threw the ball. In 1970 NU was a 50% run 50% pass team, and were split pretty much down the middle from 1969 to the late 70s. NU won National Titles in 1970 and 1971 using this "spread passing" system. Johnny Rodgers even won the Heisman Trophy in 1972 as a receiver at NU. But while Osborne's 1970 and 1971 team had won National Titles (both teams had incredible defenses), his teams in the mid and late 70s were getting beat every year by Oklahoma and often didn't fare well in Bowl Games. While NU's teams were winning 9-10 games every year, that wasn't the goal, the goal was to compete for National Championships.

Change to Option Football

Osborne studied the landscape of college football and in 1980 he decided to make a colossal change to option football by recruiting Fort Worth Texas native Turner Gill. Not only would Gill be NU's first option quarterback, he would be NU's first starting black quarterback. Osborne had done a detailed statistical study of the offensive production of college football and it's correlation to wins. He looked at the kinds of kids he had available locally as well as the type of kids he could recruit nationally and decided to take the then risky plunge into option football.

Change Yields Big Results

In the early 90's Osborne also made huge changes on defense. He went to an attacking 4-3 with smaller and faster players, a huge change from the 50 bend but don't break strategy of the previous 20 years. Most of you know how the story ends, over 250 wins in 25 seasons, 3 more National Titles and named to the College Football Hall of Fame. Would Osborne be where he is today if he hadn't made the big change to option football in 1980? I doubt it and certainly the Nebraska Football legacy would have been a much different one.

While I don't compare to the worst of College coaches, let alone one of the best, we made a similar wholesale change a number of years back. Eight seasons ago I decided to move to the Single Wing Offense and a much different practice methodology, a 180 degree turn from what I knew. We went from having up and down seasons to going 78-5 and consistently winning and retaining nearly all my players. Had I stayed with what I knew before and just recruited or hoped for better players or added a few more football plays, no doubt we would have been suffering with the same up and down results. The kids are better off for it and I know I am too.

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With over 15 years of hands-on experience as a youth coach, Dave has developed a detailed systematic approach to developing youth players and teams. His personal teams to using this system to date have won 97% of their games in 5 Different Leagues. His web site is: Football Plays

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College Football - Week 11 - Only 5 Unbeaten Teams Left, Iowa Ends Penn State's BCS Title Hopes

There are only 5 unbeaten teams left in Division 1-A football and Penn State is not one of them. The 5 perfect records belong to Alabama (10-0), Texas Tech (10-0), Boise State (9-0), Utah (10-0) and Ball State (9-0).

Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions went to 9-0 and climbed to No. 3 in the AP Top 25 Poll before taking a trip to Iowa Saturday (11-8-08) and losing to the Hawkeyes 24-23 on a 31-yard field goal with a second left.

Daniel Murray, who had not made a field goal since Iowa's season opener and had lost his job to a freshman, finally got a second chance. Murray had handled the kickoff duties but when it came to windy game conditions and a need for experience, coach Kirk Ferentz tapped Murray.

Murray drilled it down the middle and Iowa's freezing fans went berserk, flooding the field in wild excitement. It happened because Penn State blew a 9-point lead in the 4th quarter. Iowa won the last quarter 10-0. The Hawkeyes were aided by Shonn Greene's 117 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns, and Ricky Stanzi's 15-of-25 passing for 171 yards.

The victory was Iowa's biggest in years, and its first against a Top 5 team since 1990. The Hawkeyes improved their record to 6-4, becoming bowl eligible. The Hawkeyes' 4 losses this year have been by a total of 12 points. Last week they lost to Illinois on a 46-yard field goal with 24 seconds left. This week was their turn to win with a last-second field goal.

Penn State's chance to compete in the national championship game evaporated. The kiss of death for Penn State was the fact that Iowa was an unranked team, and Penn State was playing on the road. The Nittany Lions new goals will be a Big Ten title and a Rose Bowl berth on New Year's Day.

For the first time this season, all AP Top 25 Poll teams played, with 17 of the 25 teams winning and 5 huge victories among the winners that played other ranked teams. They included:

No. 1 Alabama on the road over No. 15 LSU in overtime, 27-21, with star quarterback John Parker Wilson scoring on a 1-yard sneak. The Crimson Tide had a chance to win the game in regulation play but a 29-yard field goal attempt by Leigh Tiffin was low and blocked.

LSU had the first crack in overtime but gave away even a shot at a field goal when Jarrett Lee threw his 4th interception and was picked off for the 3rd time in the game by Alabama's Rashad Johnson, who tied a school record in the process. The Tide nixed another field goal try, having already missed twice, and Wilson scored on the sneak to give Alabama a spot in the SEC championship game.

No. 2 Texas Tech at home over No. 8 Oklahoma State, 56-20, as the Red Raiders scored touchdowns on 7 consecutive possessions.

No. 7 Southern Cal at home over No. 21 California, 17-3, in an awesome display of defense. The win was the 6th straight for the Trojans who have outscored their opponents 231-23 since losing 27-21 as 25-point favorites at Oregon State. That's the Trojans, always losing a game to an unranked team, apparently they wake up late in Hollywood.

No. 10 Utah at home over No. 11 Texas Christian in a squeaker, 13-10. Utah had gone 9-0 and climbed to No. 10 by playing one of the weakest schedules west of the Mississippi River. The Utes are in the Mountain West Conference, and had they not played TCU they would not have faced one quality team worth talking about; they still face BYU in their final game.

No. 19 North Carolina at home over No. 22 Georgia Tech, 28-7, scoring 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter.

Twelve other Top 25 teams won against ranked opponents, including:

No. 4 Florida on the road over Vanderbilt, 42-14, as Tim Tebow threw for 3 touchdowns and ran for 2 more. The Gators clinched the SEC Eastern Division Title and will face SEC Western Division Title holder Alabama for the SEC Championship.

No. 5 Texas at home over Baylor, 45-21, as Longhorn Colt McCoy threw for 5 TDs and 300 yards. No. 6 Oklahoma on the road over Texas A&M in an easy rout, 66-28. No. 9 Boise State at home over Utah State, 49-14, as Kellen Moore threw for 362 yards and 2 TDs. No. 12 Ohio State on the road over Northwestern, 45-10, as Terrelle Prior threw for 3 scores and Chris "Beanie" Wells added 2 more on the ground.

No. 13 Missouri at home over Kansas State, 41-24, as Jeremy Maclin scored 3 TDs and racked up 278 all-purpose yards. No. 14 Georgia on the road over Kentucky, 42-38, getting the go-ahead TD on a pass from Matthew Stafford to A. J. Green with 1:54 left to play. No. 16 Ball State at home over Northern Illinois 45-14. No. 17 Brigham Young (BYU) at home over a 1-9 San Diego State team 41-12.

No. 18 Michigan State at home over Purdue, 21-7, as Javon Ringer scored twice and the Spartan defense made some great third-down stops. No. 24 Florida State at home over Clemson, 41-27, on coach Bobby Bowden's 79th birthday (yes, the guy is 79 and still coaching), and following the firing of Bowden's son Tommy as Clemson's head coach last month. No. 25 Pittsburgh at home over Louisville, 41-7, as the Panthers turned 4 Cardinal turnovers into scores.

The 7 losing Top 25 teams-besides No. 3 Penn State-that lost to unranked teams included:

No. 20 West Virginia at home to Cincinnati in overtime 26-23. West Virginia is one of those teams that can not stand prosperity, they have been in and out of the AP Top 25 all season. No. 23 Maryland on the road to Virginia Tech, 23-13.

For the 8 losing teams among the AP Top 25 this week, it is pretty much what legendary coach Lou Holtz said, "When all is said and done, more is said than done."

When the new AP Top 25 Poll came out Sunday, 4 teams were missing-West Virginia, California, Georgia Tech and Maryland. Replacing them were 2 new teams-No. 22 Cincinnati and No. 23 Oregon State-and 2 returning teams-No. 24 South Carolina (the Gamecocks left the poll after the first week) and No. 25 Tulsa (the Golden Hurricane arrived in the 8th week, were kicked out last week and returned this week).

In other games of note this week:

Boston College at home shut out Notre Dame 17-0 in their annual "Catholic Bowl" game.

An 8-2 Western Michigan team from the growing in stature Mid-American Conference hosted and beat Illinois from the Big Ten, 23-17.

A 4-5 Wyoming team from the Mountain West Conference hosted and beat Tennessee from the Southeastern Conference, 13-7. Could Tennessee sink any lower? Some fans had to read this result THREE times to believe it was true.

Hawaii beat New Mexico State 42-30 to even its record at 5-5 and one victory shy of bowl eligibility.

East Carolina became bowl eligible with its 6th victory, an overtime win over Marshall, 19-16.

That's it. That's all. I am out of here. Four more weeks and the regular season is over, then the bowl season surfaces and a few big-time winners will collect some major money for their football programs. A few of the bowl games will be great, we just don't know which ones.

Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley

Read my other detailed, knowledgeable, interesting articles on college football, including:
"College Football - Week 10 - In Just Two Years Nick Saban Has the Crimson Tide No. 1 in the Nation"
"College Football - Week 9 - Texas Handles Unbeaten Oklahoma State, and Penn State Whips Ohio State"
"College Football - Week 8 - Top 6 Teams Remain on Top, Led by Unbeaten Texas, Alabama & Penn State"
"College Football - Week 7 - Only 10 Undefeated Teams Remain - Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU All Lose"
"College Football - Week 6 - AP's Top 25 Welcomes North Carolina, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Ball State"
"College Football - Week 5 - 9 AP Top 25 Teams Lose, 6 to Unranked Teams, No. 1 USC, No. 3 Georgia & No. 4 Florida All Lose"
"College Football - Week 4 - 14 Teams Suffer Their First Defeat - Auburn, East Carolina, Oregon & Florida State All Lose"
"College Football - Week 3 - Let There Be No Doubt: USC Crushes Ohio State 35-3 and Is Clearly No. 1"
"College Football - Week 2 - East Carolina Smacks West Virginia, Upsets Its 3rd Straight Ranked Team"
"College Football - Week 1 - No. 24 Alabama Stuns No. 9 Clemson, East Carolina Upsets No. 17 Virginia Tech"

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Golden Girls (S6) - "Feelings" pt.1/3

Season 6 Episode 134: Dorothy receives threats after failing a football star which means he can't play in an upcoming football game. Meanwhile, Rose must deal with her dentist who she thinks fondled her during her last visit.



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France National Football Team - A Little History

France made their entry into the international field of Football in 1903. The team, associated with the French Football Federation, goes under the nickname "Les Bleus" (The Blues) in France. Today, France's football team offers a high level of competition in matches - but believe it or not, the team used to be very modest, one that some would consider an "easy game". Their first international match was versus Belgium, and was a tie game. In 1930, France's national team was one of the four initial teams from Europe that participated in the inaugural World Cup. Nonetheless, at that time, France's team was still looked down upon as an easy defeat. In the mid 1950's, France did see some mild success, for once not being at the bottom of the standings.

Their first true experience at being a huge success came at the end of 1984. From December of 1984 to April of 1985, France was ranked number one in the Elo ranking categorization of football teams. This success was held out fairly well, and met another high point from May of 2001 to May of 2002, when the team from France sustained a FIFA ranking of number one; today, this number one FIFA ranking means more worldwide, as FIFA is an internationally recognizable organization.

Perhaps most memorable for many people is France's win of the FIFA World Cup in 1998. Thirty two different teams, from five different confederations, competed through 64 matches. France won nearly every match that they competed in, and ended up taking the championship upon beating Brazil 0 to 3. Other awards given to the French football team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup include "Most Entertaining Team", and the "FIFA Fair Play" Trophy. The Stadium that the French Football team usually plays at is the "Stade de France", which was built in 1995 and opened during 1998. The construction of the stadium cost over 285 Million Euros. In fact, the stadium was built for the purpose of the 1998 FIFA world cup - it's both ironic and fitting that France would win the world cup at their own stadium the year that it opened. After the World Cup, the Stade de France has continuously been used for various football events, although for the majority of the year, the stadium is empty. The majority of events that France's team participates in at the Stade de France are won by the French team, partially owing to the home team advantage of having more frequent access to that field, as well as higher morale and support from the crowd.

France's team may still not be the most reputable team around, but from their humble beginnings they were able to rise into a team that is recognizable in many places around the world, and were even able to claim the glorious title of World Champions.

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For the Love of NFL Football Helmets

What can be cooler than wearing NFL football helmets? NFL football helmets just seem to have that extra oomph. The bright colors and elaborate, sometimes whimsical designs are guaranteed to win looks of admiration. They make great ice breakers and can come in handy when you are trying to score the phone number of a pretty lady.

Football fans want to wear the helmet of the teams they root for - right? For the most part yes; they will wear the helmet of the team or teams they root for. But there are a good number of fans who wear the NFL football helmets of teams they do not necessarily root for. Heck, there are a good number of non-football fans who will wear NFL football helmets for the sake of fashion.

It may all sound superficial but let us be honest with ourselves. Do you remember rooting for a team not because they were good but because they had the coolest looking uniforms? Ladies, do you remember screaming your lungs out to cheer the star quarterback not because he has skills but because he looks hot? The same thing goes for football helmets; if the design looks good, no matter how much the team sucks, people still gravitate towards the team's helmets. Of course, it would not hurt if the team ruled over Super Bowl. Still, a good design is a good design and it will appeal to people from all walks of life - NFL fan or not.

Fans can choose between authentic and replica helmets. Authentic helmets are, as the name suggests, the same helmets worn by professional players. The face masks are made of steel and the thickness of the padding conforms to league standards. In contrast, the face masks of replica helmets are made of plastic and the padding is made of Styrofoam.

There are a several major manufactures of NFL football helmets. The leading manufacturers of professional football helmets include Bike and Schutt.

Football is probably the only game that looks more painful than professional wrestling. Ironically professional football players were not required to wear protective helmets until the 1930s. Compared to the helmets of today, the early prototypes did not provide much protection.

The early football helmets were made of leather. Eventually the leather helmets were replaced with harness style helmets. Head related injuries prompted sports scientists and helmet manufacturers to improve the helmets further and the result is the NFL football helmets players proudly wear today.

The designs of the helmets do more than make a fashion statement; any design or logo change mirrors the growth and evolution of the teams. In the spirit of change, the NFL made it mandatory for all teams to have alternate or throwback uniforms. These uniforms should bear designs different from their primary team logo and designs.

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HS football finals to remain at LOS

The Indiana high school football championships will remain at Lucas Oil Stadium at least three more years under a sponsorship agreement with the Indianapolis Colts.



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Cross Blocking In Youth Football

The key to the cross block is making sure the two linemen working the cross block work well together. In most schemes, the outside offensive lineman attacks the inside players blocking target first, then the inside offensive linemen comes behind the outside offensive lineman to block the outside offensive lineman’s initial blocking target. It is important that there is very little depth gained by the inside offensive lineman, he has to mesh just off the heels of the outside offensive lineman, hence the need for great teamwork.

Obviously for the youth football lineman this is something you would not teach until they were very solid doing the base blocking techniques, know their base blocking rules and only after you have them set in positions. You would practice this against tall dummies with the two partners working with each other exclusively, making sure the head placement was on the inside of the defender for our inside offensive lineman and outside the defender for out outside offensive lineman.

Unlike other offenses we do not cross block on specific plays, but we do allow our players to cross block if we see it would give us an advantage and we make a specific call. When you want to cross block just add a “tag” to the play, something like “Creek or Cable” anything with a C in the front to let the 2 kids at the point of attack know they are going to cross block.

We rarely cross block and teach it based on the age and experience level of the kids. I had an age 8-10 team with about 50% veterans, that was a team cross blocking made sense with. Nearly all my 11-12 or 13-14 age teams learned to cross block as the season progressed.

This technique is also a nice change up for even your two wideouts like in our Mesh Formation. Stalk blocks tend to be as successful as the quality of the players performing them, cross blocks can foul up the keys of the defensive backs and provide your receivers with easy blocking angles even on wide sweep plays.

If you have the right age and experience level and your youth football team is progressing well with your base schemes, the cross block may make sense. Coaching youth football well means you have to figure out if your team meets the criteria or not.

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Dave has a passion for developing youth coaches so they can in turn develop teams that are competitive and well organized. He is a Nike "Coach of the Year" Designate and speaks nationwide at Coaches Clinics. His book “Winning Youth Football a Step by Step Plan” was endorsed by Tom Osborne and Dave Rimington.

With over 15 years of hands-on experience as a youth coach, Dave has developed a detailed systematic approach to developing youth players and teams. His personal teams to using this system to date have won 97% of their games in 5 Different Leagues.
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The 7 Laws of Football Quarterbacking

In all of my research, over a period of several years, the finest information I have ever read on quarterback leadership came from my friend Frank Carideo. The purpose of this information was to outline the process by which a quarterback was trained at Notre Dame, under coach Knute Rockne. This course of quarterbacking was as exacting in many respects as any collegiate course.

Coach Rockne had seven cardinal principles of quarterbacking that were preached over and over again.

1. A Quarterback must maintain a cocky air at all times.

a. You want your Quarterback to show other teams that he knows what he is going to do next—there isn't a bit of doubt in his mind about what he is going to do on the next play.

b. You want his facial expressions to indicate to your team and your opponents' team that he not only knows what he is going to do next, but that he is going to do it successfully, for all that they can do to stop him.

c. Be sure he understands that this is just an air. It is a role he is playing. It isn't himself that you want to be cocky; it is the Quarterback. You don't want your boys to be too cocky. There is a limit, and he must know it.

He might offend the members of his own team. His job is to irritate the members of the other team, not his own. You want that cocky air at all times—and on the practice field is one of the times.

2. You want a Quarterback with a clear, staccato voice. You want a voice that is forceful and decisive. You want it to be heard and to be understood when it is heard. You want it to be recognized by your own team as the command of one who is about to lead his army somewhere to a definite objective. You want it to be recognized by the enemy as the voice of one who is going to reach that objective with his army, no matter what might be done by anyone to stop it.

3. This third law is a variation of the first. You want your Quarterback to know what he is going to do next and to do it. You don't want him to show at any time, at any time whatever, that he is in doubt about his next move. And, you don't want him to show that he is worried or communicate any such feeling to his team. Stress this point—though we are beaten—and at times badly—we will never become demoralized.

4. The fourth law of generalship is a vital one: Observation, at all times, of the defensive alignment of the opposition. Have him observe at all times and ask himself the question: Who made the tackle? Also those that were not in on the tackles. Try to observe any glaring weakness in the defensive line or in the secondary. Especially on passes. Illustration on a charging half back and shooting line backer.

5. Choice of plays. Remember what plays have been going successfully and, of equal importance, those that have failed to gain ground. If plays gain ground they should be used until the defense shifts about to meet them. Then it will be time to resort to other plays. There is no law against returning to the successful plays later on if conditions warrant.

6. The sixth law comes into the field of generalship and strategy. At all times the Quarterback must keep his plays in sequence order. Some plays are to be used as checks, others as feelers. At times it may be necessary to sacrifice a play to make those that are to follow successful. This, of course, necessitates a quarterback's looking a long way ahead.

7. The seventh and last law is one of precaution. Whenever in doubt, your Quarterback should do one of two things. The most natural is to kick. The other is to call time out and ask the linemen for information regarding the alignment and characteristics of the defensive linemen. More often you will punt when in doubt. Punting is almost always the safe procedure.

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The Glory Years of the Green and White Michigan State University Football Teams - Part 2

"Biggie" Munn 1947 to 1953 - Two National Championships and the Best Winning Percentage Ever

Clarence "Biggie" Munn was an All-American at Minnesota before replacing Charlie Bachman. Despite getting waxed 55-0 by Michigan in his debut, he quickly logged a 7-2 record in his first of 7 seasons. By 1950 Munn had the Spartan program in the Top 10 nationally with an 8-1 campaign that included victories over No. 3-ranked Michigan and Notre Dame.

He would put together back-to-back 9-0 seasons in 1951 and 1952 to go 18-0 and win two National Championships as well as National Coach of the Year Honors in 1952, beating 3 nationally-ranked opponents-Penn State, Purdue and Notre Dame.

In 1953 he would go 9-1, beat UCLA 28-20 in the Rose Bowl and push his 3-year regular season record to 27-1 and his 4-year mark to 35-2 (a 94% won-loss record).

Munn ran Michigan State's unbeaten streak to 28 games before losing to Purdue 6-0 in 1953. In 7 seasons, his overall record would be 54-9-2 (an 85+% won-loss record, the best ever at Michigan State) and he would produce 18 All-Americans, including the great two-way tackle Don Coleman.

Following his coaching career, the legendary Biggie Munn would serve as MSU's Athletic Director for 18 years, building the Spartans into a nationally prominent program. He was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959.

"Duffy" Daugherty 1954 to 1972 - MSU's Most Popular Coach Wins Two National Championships

Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty became one of the nation's most popular coaches in the history of college football during his 19-year career as the Spartans' mentor. Daugherty was famous for his wit, personality and wisdom.

He became a great interview for sportswriters, coming up with quotes such as, "Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport" and "A tie is like kissing your sister" and "When you are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life and death. It's more important than that."

He was a guard and captain of his Syracuse football team, was an assistant coach to Biggie Munn when Munn coached Syracuse before coming to Michigan State, and followed Munn as his line coach. After being part of Munn's 2 national championship teams, he became head coach.

Daugherty's 1955 team went 9-1 and beat UCLA 17-14 in the Rose Bowl. His greatest teams came in 1965 and 1966 when he went 19-1-1, won 2 Big Ten titles outright and 2 National Championships. His only defeat during the 2 years was a 14-12 loss to UCLA in the 1966 Rose Bowl. He will be forever remembered for his monumental 10-10 tie in the 1966 "Game of the Century" when the No. 2-ranked Spartans faced the No. 1-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

No less than 8 of the players from the 1966 team were chosen in the NFL draft, including defensive end Bubba Smith, linebacker George Webster, halfback Clint Jones, flanker Gene Washington, offensive lineman Jeff Richardson, defensive backs Jim Summers and Charlie Thornhill, and kicker Dick Kenney. Daugherty produced 29 All-Americans.

Daugherty's overall record during 19 years was 109-65-5 (a 63% won-loss percentage).

He was named National Coach of the Year in both 1955 and 1965, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984.

After the 26-year run of Biggie Munn and Duffy Daugherty with 4 National Championships, the Michigan State football program pretty much went into the dumper.

It is true that after Daugherty, George Perles in 1987 would take the 9-2-1 Spartans to their first Rose Bowl appearance in 21 years, beating Southern California 20-17 to finish No. 8 nationally. Perles was the defensive line coach and defensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers "Steel Curtain" defense that led to Super Bowl titles in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979.

Despite turning around the MSU football program temporarily, Perles could not even sniff at the success of Biggie Munn and Duffy Daugherty. Since 1987 nothing much has really taken Michigan State back to the national prominence it enjoyed under Munn and Daugherty.

Michigan State's football fortunes are now in the hands of Mark Dantonio, the former defensive coordinator for Ohio State's 2002 National Championship team.

(Editor's Note: This is Part 2 of a 2-Part Series.)

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Read my other Spartan articles on MSU football, including "Dantonio Finally Arrives on the Big 10 Stage as Head Coach at Michigan State", "Michigan State Slams UAB 55-18 in Mark Dantonio"s Coaching Debut" and "College Football - Evaluating Three First-Year Coaches: Saban, Erickson and Dantonio".

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In the Beginning of Football

When football was invented in 1879 and the rules where designed by Walter Camp people had no idea that it would be one of the biggest sports we have now. There are fans all around the world that love to watch, yell, and scream at there TVS. People pay hundreds of dollars to go to a game just to be there in person to watch these people play. I really wonder if some footballs fans will ever really under stand what they are doing when betting on a game, losing money and fighting with friends over this GAME we call football. From when the game was first created by Walter he had no idea it would ever turn into what it is now. Walter got this vision of football from William Ebb Ellis who was a student at the rugby school in England.

In 1823 William Ebb Ellis was noted for picking up the ball during the soccer game and running with it, thereby breaking and changing the rules. In 1876, at the Massasoit convention, the first attempts at writing down the rules of American football were made. The first NFL league was created in 1920. I wish people would realize that it's not all about this fighting that we do over football. The game is about sportsman ship, pride strategy and having a good time. . I have gone to only one football game and wow it was amazing.

When you enter into a stadium there is like this whole new feeling that surrounds you and makes you just feel like yelling for your favorite team. On my way into the stadium I saw all these people that had traveled from so far away to come support there team. I really never thought of myself of a big football fan until my chest filled up with proud as I stood in the stands and stood up to do the national anthem and realized we where all there for one reason to cheer for the guys who bring proud to each and everyone one of our cities that we are from. I looked around and saw everyone in the team gear proudly supporting there team in there colors. I went to the game with my husband and he was there to walk me through and show me everything and he pointed out two guys there fighting and arguing over there team and threatening each other and I really didn't believe him until I stood up and looked over and these guys where actually fighting like this in front of there little children's eyes. How could you act like two children fighting and suppose to be adults and making no examples for your children. I was shocked and that's what I mean by the bad things about football people don't enjoy it for what it use to be its all about who is right, and who is stronger .My son has always wanted to play foot ball but do I really want him to grow up thinking its okay to act like this. Can't we have fun and play the game and support each other.

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The Longest Yard Hits & Take-downs (Football Boom)

Video I made of the hits and tackles from the film 'the Longest Yard' I put together in Windows Movie Maker Music Nelly - Boom The Nelly song "Boom" is property of the Universal Music Group 'The Longest Yard' is respectively owned by: Studio MTV Films Happy Madison Paramount Pictures Columbia Pictures No copyright infringement intended. This probably has made Universal/Paramount money if anything!



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College Football - Only 8 Teams Now Vie for BCS Title Game, Sagarin Reveals a New View of the Rivals

Following college football's 12th weekend of play, eight teams now become harder to ignore-Louisiana Tech, Kansas, West Virginia, Missouri, Ohio State, Arizona State, Hawaii and Boise State. All have only 1 loss except Kansas and Hawaii remain unbeaten.

Sunday night's (11-18-07) new AP Top 25 Poll showed LSU ranked 1st, Kansas 2nd, Missouri 3rd, West Virginia 4th, Ohio State 5th, Arizona State 7th, Hawaii 14th and Boise State 17th.

Monday's (11-19-07) new BCS Standings showed LSU 1st, Kansas 2nd, West Virginia 3rd, Missouri 4th, Ohio State 5th, Arizona State 6th, Hawaii 15th and Boise State 19th.

The AP Poll by sports writers and broadcasters has no affect on who will play in the national championship game.

The BCS standings determine the participants based upon a complicated formula from 3 components: the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Harris Interactive College Football Poll, and an average of 6 computer rankings, including the Sagarin Ratings. Each component counts as one-third of a team's overall BCS score in the BCS Standings.

All of that sounds pretty boring and it is, but do not underestimate the importance of the BCS Standings because millions of dollars are at stake. It is not just the BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans on Jan. 8, 2008 that generates huge payouts to the teams and conferences involved.

It is also 4 other official BCS Bowl Games as well: the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2008, the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 2008, the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2, 2008 and the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3, 2008.

The total payout from the 5 BCS games this year will be $85 million and the total economic impact on the 5 hosting cities is estimated at more than $1.2 billion.

The bottom line is that at least 10 teams in the top BCS Standings will play in these games. The champions of the 6 major NCAA conferences-the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big 10, Big 12, Pacific 10 (Pac 10) and Southeastern Conference (SEC)-are guaranteed a spot in 1 of the 5 BCS games. The other slots are up for grabs under a complicated set of qualifications.

One of those qualifications is that a team outside of the 6 major conferences that finishes in the Top 12 of the final BCS Standings automatically qualifies.

Knowing this salient fact you can better understand why Hawaii (at 15th place) and Boise State (at 19th place) are so upset about their current BCS Standings-neither is in the Top 12 despite Hawaii's 10-0 record and Boise State's 10-1 record.

Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Karl Benson spent most of the rest of his weekend trying to convince "everyone and his dog Spot" about the great win Hawaii had against Nevada, currently rated 97th by Sagarin among 119 Division 1A schools. Hawaii finally won 28-26 on a 45-yard field goal with 11 seconds left.

Given the polls and the BCS Standings no one was listening or believing a word Benson had said.

Given the 8 teams left in the hunt for a berth in the BCS National Championship Game, Hawaii and Boise State are bit players with no real chance at all. Thankfully, the two collide this weekend when Boise State travels to Hawaii for a showdown.

After the game, one team will rise in the BCS Standings and the other is likely to take an even greater drop out of sight and out of mind.

Both Hawaii and Boise State are great teams with great records and they both will get more attention when they start playing some decent competition. Sagarin rates Hawaii's strength of schedule (the quality of its opponents) at 153rd and Boise State's at 122nd.

Considering there are only 119 Division 1A teams you better believe these two teams have feasted on inferior talent at best and deserve what they get.

Of the 6 remaining teams, who along with Hawaii and Boise State are either unbeaten of have only 1 loss, at least 5 of the 6 have played considerably better competition in their quest to be in the national title game.

Arizona State (ranked 6th by the BCS at 9-1) has the best Sagarin strength of schedule rating at 26th. LSU (ranked 1st by the BCS at 10-1) is 27th, West Virginia (ranked 3rd by the BCS at 9-1) is 42nd, Missouri (ranked 4th by the BCS at 10-1) is 47th, Ohio State (ranked 5th by the BCS at 11-1) is 53rd, and bringing up the rear is Kansas (ranked 2nd by the BCS at 11-0) at 101st among the 119 Division 1A schools.

Has Kansas been playing a weak schedule to put together 11 straight wins? Yes. Kansas may end up playing the BCS National Championship Game and winning, but there is no mistake that Kansas has played an inferior schedule compared to its BCS competition.

Should Hawaii and Boise State be ranked where they are in the BCS? Probably not, given the level of their competition. Is Kansas overrated? Probably so. All three can make me more of a believer should they continue to win against better competition.

So I guess I am begging the question: Who has played the toughest schedule so far this season? Try the Washington Huskies, who are 3-7 on the year.

I seriously doubt that Kansas, Hawaii or Boise State would have the records they do if they had all played Ohio State, UCLA, Southern California, Arizona State and Oregon-all in their prime-as Washington has done.

That is why Washington is No. 1 in strength of schedule nationally and Kansas is 101st, Boise State 122nd and Hawaii 153rd.

Kansas faces Missouri this Saturday in a Big 12 North Division showdown. The winner will likely play Oklahoma or Texas from the South Division for the Big 12 title and a BCS berth to somewhere.

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Remembering Pat Tillman

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Irish Soccer Team - A History 1924-1988

The Irish team made its competitive debut at the 1924 Olympics and in the process they reached the quarter finals.

Between 1924 and 1936 the team competed as the Irish Free State and from then until 1950 the team was known as Ireland. After some confusion as the north of Ireland and the south were both called Ireland and the fact that players were playing for both sides FIFA intervened and after 1950 the team became known as the Republic of Ireland and this remains the case today.

After a troubled period in the 1960's, the Irish team regained respectability in the football world under the direction of Johhny Giles, only narrowly missing out on qualification for the 1978 World Cup.

Eoin Hand took the reigns for the 1982 World cup qualifications and again narrowly missed out this time on goal difference to France. Disappointing campaigns followed in 1984 and 1986 for the European Championships and World Cup respectively which ended his stint in charge.

The Republics greatest era came under the management of Jack Charlton 1986-1995, during his reign Ireland qualified for the 1988 European Championships in Germany, 1990 World Cup Finals in Italy and the USA 1994 World Cup. Not only did the Irish qualify but they left there mark on each championship they qualified for.

In the 1988 European Championships in Germany the Irish failed to advance from the Group stages but with only 8 teams in the competition Ireland finished a very respectable 5th. It also provided the Irish fans with the first but not the last great moment in Irish football. A 1-0 win against England with a Ray Houghton goal provided the Irish with their first memorable moment in a competitive championship.

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Lyon 5 5 Marseille CANAL + CANAL FOOTBALL CLUB FRENCH

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - The Babyfaced Assassin

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How to mix Basketball, football and gym, By Kraouvic

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nike video - football - elvis presley vs jxl - a little less

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NATA Heads Up (1 of 2)

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