Sunday, January 31, 2010

The Whackiest Trick Play in Youth Football

In youth football sometimes we do things for the long term benefit of the team that may have minimal short term benefits.

One of these things may be the trick plays we add to our football playbook near the end of every season. We will often put in a trick play or two in the last third of the season just to keep the kids interest levels high and to use as carrots for meeting certain football practice goals. We all know the kids get into a groove as the season progresses, which is good, but it can also get monotonous and crush a bit of the enthusiasm we like our teams to have. Adding a trick play in at this point in the season, whether it works or not, or even if you just run it once, is probably the wise thing to do.

You may have seen a “trick” play on the entry highlights of your DVDs that is not in the playbook part of the book. At the clinics I do, I always play a highlight reel before we start and during breaks. That play always seems to get even veteran coaches giggling and pointing.

Here is how we run that goofy football play that the kids love and beg for, the "flap-jack pass". It is a play we borrowed from Jeff Bayeral from the Menominee High School Frosh team:

Lining up in our traditional double tight set we snap to the fullback for what appears to be another fullback wedge play, our blocking back at the snap turns his back to the line of scrimmage and as the fullback passes the blocking back on his way to the line, the fullback hands the ball off to the blocking back. The fullback continues on a fake and plunges into the line. The blocking back once he gets control of the ball stays with his back to the line of scrimmage and just flings the football with 2 bands blindly over his back, end over end and with a fairly high arc. The receiver is a waiting left end that has run about an 8 yard slant. Since the “pass” is blind it needs to have a bit of an arc on it so the left end can run under it, as the pass is rarely right on target. The offensive line just forms a wedge but does not take the wedge downfield. We run this in goal line situations where the other team is expecting a wedge type play and the safety is playing up.

In 2006 we ran this play 4 times and completed 3, they were all extra point plays in games we had well in hand. The kids and parents were all smiles. Most trick plays have lost their uniqueness, they have been done and redone. The flap jack pass is one I really doubt ANYONE in your league will have seen before and unless they are playing your team, will not see again. Here is another youth football teams version of the play: flap jack pass. I have yet to figure out how to upload my own clips to youtube, sorry guys, our kids look better, you will just have to take my word for it if you don't have my DVDs yet.

While I’m not a huge fan of trick plays in youth football, this one served it’s purpose for our team. We do have 2 trick kickoff returns we will run to get a quick turnaround in games, the entire momentum of games often changes with big special teams plays right after scores. While we have trailed in just 6 games in the last 6 years and have not got to use these returns often, of the 12 or so times we have run these returns in the last 6 years, we scored on 5 of them.

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Dave is a trainer of youth football coaches nationwide. He has a passion for developing youth coaches so they can in turn develop teams that are competitive and well organized, while having fun and retaining players. His book “Winning Youth Football a Step by Step Plan” was endorsed by Tom Osborne and Dave Rimington. His DVDs and book have been used by teams nationwide to run integrity based programs that win championships. His web site is: http://winningyouthfootball.com

USC Football Statistics

Are you one of those who love to watch almost every match in the college football? For sure you know that one of the most interesting numbers in the college football is the statistics of the USC Trojans. The Trojans have showed several winning streaks and improvements in their numbers during the past years. Almost every year the Trojans have managed to deliver satisfying numbers except in 2003. Since then the Trojans have managed to beat their own charts for the previous years. As seen in the USC football statistics they experienced a fall in 2003 from high ranking 2002 figures but they have managed to regain good numbers in the following year.

The developments and the changes in the USC football statistics have caught the attention of most of the football enthusiasts especially the sports bettors in every football game. They USC statistics reflect all the possibilities that might happen in every football game. The consistency of the individual statistics of the USC players shows a strong college football team. But their team statistics usually show results that differ according to their opponents and the venue of the games. Whether home or away it affects the performance of the team. Sports bettors rely on these numbers and conditions to determine the team where they can place their bets.

When we talk about USC football statistics in this article, we are referring to the figures of the USC Trojans. There are two teams in the college football in the NCAA Division I-A that uses the USC name, the South California Trojans playing in the Pacific Ten Conference and the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Southeastern Conference. To avoid confusion we pointed out the use of the USC Trojans' statistics.

The study of the football statistics particularly the USC football statistics is not only limited for the sports bettors. The other teams especially the teams that usually face the Trojans during the elimination or conference finals also study these figures and numbers. The Trojan players and their coach also devote more of their time to review their own statistics. Through their statistics they can identify their weaknesses and they can address the problems that they have committed in their previous game. In this way they will not commit the same mistake again on their next game. They can also assess the development of their team through their annual team statistics and standings. Like what happened in their 2006 statistics. Their statistics for 2006 fell down and was almost the same as their 2003 performance. In the 2006 downfall they identified the turnovers as the main cause of the fall. They forced a few turnovers on their opponents that led to lower runs and points for their team.




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Saturday, January 30, 2010

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Top 10 Football Teams in London

There is much to see for those who are interested in football in London. Just to clarify for any readers of this article from outside the UK, football means the 'beautiful game', what is commonly referred to as Soccer around the world.

London has a proud tradition of famous football teams with much competition between them to be the top club. There are generally four or five London teams in the Premier League and there are many commentators who believe that this is one of the biggest obstacles to any one of them winning the league. A 'local derby' between two London football teams could produce an electric atmosphere and turn current form on its head they are so well contested.

Premier League tickets are sometimes difficult to obtain, but a bit of persistence often gets results. There are a number of ticket agencies that can get them for a price.

In the last decade, both Arsenal and Chelsea have each won the illustrious Premier League title twice and reached the final of the European Cup.

Here are some details about the top 10 football clubs in London and to avoid any accusations of being partisan, they are listed in alphabetical order:-

Arsenal

The Gunners, Arsenal have played in the top division of English football in consecutive seasons since the 1919-20 season. They have been champions on 13 occasions and achieved a unique record for modern times in 2003-04 season when they went the whole season without being beaten.

Arsenal have won the much coveted 'double' (league and cup winners in the same season) three times, in 1971, 1998 and 2002

In recent years they have moved to a new venue, The Emirates Stadium, with a 60,000 capacity. The Arsenal Museum is well worth a visit and is open every day.

Brentford

The Bees, Brentford Football Club are currently playing in Football League I. They were founded in 1889 and play their home games at Griffin Park their home stadium since 1904. Brentford's most successful spell came during the 1930s, when they achieved consecutive top six finishes in the First Division.

Since the War, they have spent most of their time in the third and fourth tiers of English football. Brentford have been FA Cup quarter-finalists on four occasions, and have twice been Football League Trophy runners-up.

Charlton Athletic

The Addicks, Charlton Athletic have seen better days. There halcyon days were in the 1930s and 40s. In recent years they have struggled after being relegated from the Premier League in 2005 and then from the Championship in 2008.

They play at The Valley just south of the River Thames in Greenwich. The club was founded in 1905.

Historically, Charlton's most successful period was the 1930s, when the club's highest league finishes were recorded, including runners-up of the league in 1937, and after World War II, when the club reached the FA Cup final twice, winning in 1947.

Chelsea

The Pensioners or the Blues, Chelsea Football Club was founded in 1905, and play in the Premier League. Chelsea have been champions three times (1955, 2005, 2006), and have won the FA Cup five times, the League Cup four times and the UEFA Cup Winners Cup twice. They reached the UEFA Champions League Final in 2008

Chelsea play at Stamford Bridge in West London and their ground capacity is 42,000.The Chelsea Museum is open most days and is well worth a visit for those interested in museums and football history.

Crystal Palace

The Eagles, Crystal Palace Football Club was formed in 1905. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where it has been based since 1924. The club is currently competing in the second tier, The Championship.

Crystal Palace's most recent successful period began in 1988-89, when the club finished third in the Second Division and were promoted to the First Division. Reaching the 1990 FA Cup Final only to lose the replay against Manchester United and finishing 3rd in the First Division in 1990-91.

Since then Palace have been relegated from and promoted to the FA Premier League on a number of occasions, their most recent relegation from the top flight was in the 2004-05 season. This is all despite the club being almost bankrupt in July 2000.

Fulham

The Cottagers, Fulham Football Club was founded in 1879, they celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2004, and are in the top tier of English football, the Premier League. Fulham are the oldest professional football team in London.

In 2009, Fulham had their highest-ever finish in the Premier League, coming 7th to qualify for Europe.

The club has produced many great British footballers including Johnny Haynes, George Cohen, Bobby Robson, Rodney Marsh and Alan Mullery and Jim Langley. They play at the historic Craven Cottage, their home since 1896, a riverside ground on the banks of the River Thames in Fulham.

Queens Park Rangers

The Hoops or just QPR, Queens Park Rangers Football Club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London. They currently play in the Football League Championship, and their honours include winning the League Cup in 1967, and being runners-up in the old First Division in 1975-76 and FA Cup in 1982.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club was founded in 1882, and its traditional colours are blue and white. Owing to its proximity to other West London clubs, QPR maintains long-standing rivalries with several other clubs in the area, the most notable of these being Chelsea, Brentford and Fulham with whom they contest what are known as West London derbies.

In 2007 QPR was taken over by Italian tycoon Flavio Briatore and rank among the top 10 richest sporting clubs in the world. Other major shareholders include Lakshmi Mittal & F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. So watch this space!

Tottenham Hotspurs

The famous 'Spurs' side of 1961, is still reckoned by many football enthusiasts, to be one of the best football teams in English football history. They achieved the 'double' which had not been achieved at that time since Aston Villa won it in 1897.

This has given recent Spurs' teams a lot to live up to. But Spurs have a long tradition of playing good football so there are many exciting matches at White Hart Lane especially with their close North London rivals, Arsenal.

In 1963, Spurs became the first British club to win a major European trophy - the European Cup Winners' Cup. In the 1970s, they won the Football League Cup on two occasions and were the inaugural winners of the UEFA Cup in 1972. In the 1980s, Spurs won several trophies: the FA Cup twice, FA Community Shield and the UEFA Cup 1983-84. In the 1990s, they won the FA Cup and the Football League Cup and in 2008, they beat Chelsea in the final of the Football League Cup. This victory means that Tottenham have won a trophy in each of the last six decades - an achievement only matched by Manchester United.

Spurs have planned a new stadium to be completed by 2012 and it is expected to be one of the best stadiums in the UK.

Watford

The Hornets, Watford Football Club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. They play in the Championship. The club was founded in 1881, and played at several grounds before moving to a permanent location at Vicarage Road in 1922, where they remain to this day. Since 1997, they have shared the stadium with Saracens Rugby Club. Watford have a long-standing rivalry with Luton Town.

The club is best known for two spells under the management of former England manager Graham Taylor. The first lasted from 1977 to 1987, when the club rose to the old First Division from the Fourth Division. Once in the highest division of English football, Watford finished second in the league in 1983, reached the FA Cup final in 1984 and competed in the UEFA Cup in the 1984-85 season.

The second period spanned from 1997 to 2001, when Taylor took the club from the renamed Second Division to the Premier League in successive seasons. Taylor is currently a non-executive director of the club, and honorary life president alongside Sir Elton John who owned the club during both of these eras and has continued a long association with the club.

West Ham United

The Hammers, West Ham United Football Club have play at Upton Park (Boleyn Ground), in East London since 1904 having been formed in 1895.

They featured in the first FA Cup Final to be held at Wembley in 1923 against Bolton Wanderers. The club have won the FA Cup three times: in 1964, 1975 and 1980. They have also been runners-up twice, in 1923 and 2006.

In 1965, they won the European Cup Winners Cup, and in 1999 they won the InterToto Cup.

Their players are considered an important factor behind England's triumph in the 1966 World Cup, as England's captain at the time was West Ham's Bobby Moore, and both goalscorers Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters were West Ham players.

West Ham currently compete in the Premier League, their highest finish in the Premier League was 5th in 1998-99.




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Interview With Youth Football Coach Dave Cisar

Here is the text of an Interview I did with the Single Wing Sentinel. The Sentinel is a great resource for Single Wing coaches as it showcases High School teams around the country that are running the Single Wing Offense.

10 Questions with Dave Cisar

Single Wing Sentinel: What drew you into coaching?

Dave Cisar: When I was growing up, the game taught me lessons that I used later in life in school and business. Had the game and coaching not been there and those lessons not been taught, I doubt that I would have enjoyed the success I did in those other areas.

I also attended several youth football games in various leagues in the area in the years prior to getting involved. It was appalling to see so many poorly coached teams and the lack of fundamental skills as well as lack of quality sportsmanship from so many of the coaching staffs. I knew many of these kids were either going to quit playing the game or never learn the same things from the game that I did.

SSW: Tell me about your first year as a coach. What were the results?

DC: A friend of mine had a son playing and invited me to assistant coach with him on an expansion team of all rookie players age 8-10. I was coaching the offensive and defensive backs on a staff of 5. I had very little input on the schemes or priorities, but that was fine, because I didn't have the experience or knowledge to make it work that first season. Most expansion teams of all rookie players lost every game their first year, we won 3.
The following year I was made head coach of that team and we went 11-0.

SSW: Why and how did you start using the "Single-Wing"? What have been the results?

DC: When I started my own program in inner-city Omaha in 1998, the Screaming Eagles. We had multiple teams in every age group and always coached one or two teams myself. We were playing in the best league in the state. This highly competitive league had teams in it that had won countless "Unlimited Select" National Championships in Daytona Florida .

This was an unlimited weight league with "running back" weights. Many of the teams selected their teams from over 200 kids, the remainder get put on "B" squads. Players like Eric Crouch and Dave Rimington played in our league the best of the best.

We just could not compete running our base "I" formation option football and be competitive in this league. Nearly every team was much bigger and in most cases faster than us as well. We had to make a change as our teams were not very successful in those early years. We needed a system that would allow us to compete with fewer kids, smaller kids and less athletic kids.

My first year running it was an age 8-10 team of misfits that no one gave a chance to do very well. We had just one player over 100 lbs. We went 11-0 and averaged over 30 points a game. The next year I took a "Select" age 8-10 team and we went 11-0 and averaged about 40 points a game. My first 6 Single Wing teams went 62-2 in 5 different leagues, with a different team every year but one.

SSW: Why would a coach use the single-wing?

DC: The way we run it, it gives teams that do not have size or numbers a chance to compete. We always have numbers advantages at the point of attack with double team blocks and easy blocking angles. We pull linemen too, so that gives us extra muscle at the point or attack and is fun for the kids as well.

The Single Wing is a team offense, one that involves all the kids and does not rely on one stud player to carry the team. Last year I had 12 different kids score touchdowns and my leading rusher has come from 3 of the 4 different backfield positions in the last 5 seasons. Unlike many offenses, you do not need a stud to carry the team at certain positions.

It's deception, power and just fun for the kids and it wins games. Our studies show teams that consistently lose, lose players. It is the single biggest reason kids quit playing youth football, because their teams are losing by big margins every week. The Single Wing helps us retain players.

SSW: How would you describe your style of coaching?

DC: I'm very well organized and I pay attention to details, sort of a perfectionist. My goal in coaching is to get our team and players to play to their God given potential, whatever that may be. So in essence we are playing against ourselves, not the opponent. I've had teams that played terrible and won 34-6 and I've had teams play great and lost 22-14. It's about playing to potential, the wins and losses will take care of themselves.

I'm also there for the other team. I care about those kids too, no need to embarrass others or turn anyone away from the great game of football.

SSW: What are the hardest parts of coaching?

DC: Getting players, coaches and parents to buy-in to playing to maximum potential. Playing poorly or less than what you are capable and still winning is not a win in my book. Conversely playing well and to potential and losing is not a loss in my book either.

Having to step away from the Omaha program was difficult, but since we are 90 miles away we had no choice. Unfortunately without me holding the coaches responsible for following the system, those following it have done very well, those that have not as expected have done poorly. As expected, the numbers are down up there. Up until 2004 when I was there all the time, our teams dominated.

SSW: What is your philosophy about coaching?

DC: Play to potential, play to win, coach all the kids and play all the kids. Reward the kids that are listening and working hard with more playing time, but find a time and place in the game for all the kids to play.

Be perfect with an integrated scheme that fits the grouping of kids you get each year. Teach rock solid fundamental football and don't waste practice time with things that have little if anything to do with football like cals, agilities or conditioning.

Delegate to assistant coaches, duties they can handle. Coach up the coaches and give them tools like detailed parameters and decision trees to make their job one they can have success with.
Have fun accomplishing your goals by being creative, you can often accomplish your goals much easier if you are having fun. Be a role model, you are one if you are coaching youth football. Be beyond reproach and practice "overt" over the top sportsmanship that you can be proud of 10 years after you hang up your whistle.

SSW: I know that you have completed a study on successful and consistently poor youth football programs across the country - what were some of the things you learned from this research?

DC: That could have been a book on it's own. It was a gut wrenching exercise in many ways, to see such poor coaching and seeing hundreds of kids getting turned off from football. From my business career I've always been able to learn what not to do from those at the bottom, the same was the case in youth football.

What I saw literally made me sick to my stomach. The consistent things I saw from the perennial losing programs: poorly organized practices, slow pace, lots of wasted time, lots of mindless non-football agility drills, lots of conditioning, lots of calisthenics, lots of full scrimmaging, lots of different football plays formations and stunts and lots of yelling. What I didn't see was: solid progression taught fundamentals, attention on WHO to block, precision perfect football plays or any kind of integrated offensive or defensive schemes.

SSW: You wrote the highly acclaimed book "Winning Youth Football", why?

DC: My own program in Omaha expanded to over 400 kids and I needed a way to teach 70 plus new coaches every year how to coach youth football. The information was available to our coaches in a binder format along with the coaching clinics I did for them.

It was my attempt at helping coaches help kids. Poorly coached teams drive kids away from the game and if kids are not playing, they can't learn the great lessons the game teaches us about perseverance, dedication, hard work, team work and compassion. It was basically a step by step recipe book for coaching a successful team and showing you how to have fun while doing it.

I had sent out over 100 copies of the binder free to coaches on the internet coaching forums when finally my wife said, no more, it was costing us a bundle. When I let coaches know I couldn't afford to send it out anymore, several offered to buy it along with my season games and my Single Wing Coaches Clinic Instructional DVD.

How we set the price that first sale was by asking the buyer how much he thought is was worth, and that was how we started. My wife didn't have any problem with that formula and we were "in business". The binder was then put into a more readable friendly book format and we added a DVD on Practice Management and Game Day Management as well.

We get a lot of personal satisfaction from all the e-mails from coaches that have turned their losing programs around by using the system. We usually get at least a dozen or so phone calls every weekend from guys leaving messages about their latest win. Some of the messages are kind of fun to listen to, the excited breathless pride in the voices etc My wife and I really enjoy listening to those calls together.

SSW: How can "Winning Youth Football" help a new or a seasoned coach?

DC: It is really a "Recipe" as David Dimmond calls it for successful youth football coaching. It is a step by step detailed plan that walks you through coaching a youth football team. It includes all the drills we do, why we do them and walks you through them in painstaking detail with picture and diagrams, along with detailed daily practice plans. It isn't fluffy theory or stuff written by someone that coached 15 years ago or has never coached youth football, it works today. I coach a team or two every year, it's current.

Of course it includes our Single Wing Playbook, blocking schemes and adjustments as well as our defensive and special teams schemes. The book includes how to manage your parents, scout, strategically sub, make game day adjustments, how to select players for positions as well as how to manage your coaches and make the experience fun for the kids. For the experienced coach it is maybe a much different approach to the game that maybe you have not considered or even seen.

In 266 pages it takes you through what it took me 15 years to learn by trial, error and research. My thanks to all of those who have helped me with this effort including all the veteran Single Wing Coaches on the Todd Bross forum.
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Dave has a passion for developing youth coaches. Dave 's book "Winning Youth Football a Step by Step Plan" and his system has help teams get better. It has helped slower teams complete with the speed of its opponent by allowing them to pound the ball and control the clock. The Single-Wing has helped average teams to finally make it to the play-offs, and turned good teams into Champions. His book has helped coaches develop teams that are competitive and well organized, while having fun and retaining players.




Dave has a passion for developing youth coaches so they can in turn develop teams that are competitive and well organized. His teams have won over 97% of their games in 5 different leagues.

Clips of his 2006 team in action: 2006 Season Clips

These are some clips of his 2003, 2004 and 2005 teams: 2003, 2004 and 2005 Clips

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

England Soccer Team - The Frustrations of the English Soccer Fans

England soccer team is one of the toughest and popular among the professional soccer team However, in spite of this the team has only one trophy from the World Cup. The team is comparable to Spain's team which consist the most skilled players but did not have many trophies in their long years with the sport.

Though the England's team was not so lucky in its many competitions, they were able to have some contributions with the sport and some of the historical moments in the history of the sport.

Since the sport was first officially invented in England, the country's team is want of the oldest team in the whole world besides the Scotland team These two teams are strong rivals for long years and both teams have the best squads.

As early as the 20th century, FIFA had expanded all through Europe and acted as one of the dominating organization of the sport. As England's team joined the organization, it did not take long and departed due to controversies related with the Football Association.

Even after the team exited from FIFA, the English team didn't make it to be qualified with the World Cups. Ironically, even with the team's possession of the best players, many are wondering why it did not manage to win many World Cup tournaments. They could have easily beaten their opponents easily and could have collected too many trophies.

Even with many failures, the England soccer team still manages to maintain the number of its millions of fans.




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Pro Football Schedule

The time in which the pro football schedule is released is very important for football enthusiasts. It is also an important time for the gamblers who make a lot of money off of who wins and who loses. They have to know who is playing so that they know who to bet on. With the 32 different teams in the NFL there are 16 games played between each. That means the schedule is very full, providing football lovers with a lot of games to enjoy throughout football season.

Beginning the Thursday after Labor Day, the pro football schedule goes into effect and continues all the way through late December or even into early January. There's then playoffs played between six teams from both the AFC and NFC conferences. This means a total of 12 of the 32 teams make it to playoffs. These playoff games are scheduled on the pro football schedule, but it is not known until the end of the regular season what teams will be playing. These are usually called bowl games and are played until two winning teams remain. Each team is from the two conferences.

The Super Bowl

You may notice in the pro football schedule that there is a date designated for the Super Bowl. It is not known what teams will be there until the smaller bowl games come to an end and there is one team from each conference available to compete. Once the two teams are determined, then it is time for the biggest night in football. This is the night that many people, including those not too fond of the game, try to acquire tickets to enjoy the star studded and very exciting event.

Convenience

Nevertheless, the pro football schedule is very convenient so that fans know when their favorite teams are playing. They can then schedule their lives around watching the games on TV or they can work on getting tickets so that they can attend the events live. It is important that people have the right schedule so that they can make the necessary arrangements to make sure they can see their favorite football teams in action.

This means that wives can make their plans with their friends and they can become scarce when the schedule says that their husband's favorite team will be playing. That means the guys will be coming over and she may not want to be around for that. So not only does the pro football schedule work for the football fans, but it works for those who want to avoid walking into a pit of screaming sports fans cussing the refs.




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How to "Communicate" Your Way to Championships in Youth Football

Effective Communication is Coaching

Many of you come to this site seeking ways to improve yourselves as youth football coaches and many come here to gain advantages on strictly an X's and O's standpoint.
Unfortunately, X's and O's are only part of the puzzle in developing a competitive youth football team. There are many other factors you need to consider and be competent with in order to get the most out of your team including: setting priorities, effectively communicating with your players and practice methodology to name just a few.

How Some of The All Time Greats Did It

Some of the greatest coaches of all time were considered to be X's and O's geniuses like College Football Hall of Fame coach Tom Osborne. While many of Coach Osborne's former players marvel at his playcalling expertise, they also talk quite a bit about Osbornes ability to communicate with his players.

Here are some tips Coach Osborne used to keep his kids grounded. This certainly applies to us youth football coaches as well:

The Tom Osborne Way

During Osbornes 25 year tenure as head football coach, his teams AVERAGED 10 wins per year, never won less than 9 games every year, were in a "real" Bowl game all 25 years, were in the AP top 25 every week of those 25 years with the exception of 3 weeks and won 3 National Championships. They were the model of consistency, like the good old Maytag WashinG Machine. But one "record" most people don't know about: During those 25 years, his teams lost only once to a team that ended up with a losing record. His teams did that just once in over 300 games, an amazing feat in any era at any level of football coaching.

How to Maintain Consistency

How did he maintain this consistency so well for so long?

According to several of his former players, they never saw coach get too excited after a win or too low after a loss. One example would be the breathtaking last second win over Missouri in 1997, you know "The Catch" where NU drove 67 yards with no timeouts in the last 1:06 to tie the game on the last play of the game on a pass play, "99 Double Slant", that bounced off one player into the hands of Matt Davison for the whacky last second score to tie the game. NU went on to win that game on a Scott Frost run in overtime.

Osborne's reaction to the play; nothing much, he did say something to Matt Davison as Matt recalls vividly. Matt was walking onto the team bus after the game, he was nearly the last player on, as you would guess he had lots of interviews that day. As Matt passed Coach Osborne sitting in his customary front row bus seat, Coach said softly in a monotone to Matt "nice catch". That was it, no big deal, bigger fish to fry and on to the National Title game. Of course now when he sees Matt 10 years later, using his dry sense of humor, Coach will often send Matt off with the same monotone phrase "nice catch."

While the NU fans were celebrating and making plans for another New Years Day National Championship game, Osborne was doing one of his infamous post game talks with his players. As was the case after every game, he first talked about the good things that the team did in detail and then went into depth of what they needed to work on to correct the mistakes they made in that game. Nearly every week the list of things to work on seemed much larger than the list of things they did well. It didn't matter if the final score was 42-35 or 69-7, he always had the same routine. He always had the kids thinking specifics about what they had to improve on before the next game. Coach never let his kids get too full of themselves. Maybe this was why in 25 years his kids lost just once to a team with a losing record.

In stark contrast to that story, is this years Nebraska team which started off 4-1. The team and coaching staff heard a lot of criticism especially after a come from behing one point win against Ball State, a team they gave up over 600 yards to. This was not a one game deal as the Huskers had looked slow, outcoached and outhustled in 4 of those first 5 games. The mantra from the coaches and players was; "We are 4-1, we are 4-1, we are 4-1 and rated, who cares how many yards we are giving up, we are winning." Needless to say the NU defense ended up at seasons end being ranked 114th in the country and the NU team ended up 5-7. It matters how you are playing, the wins and loses will take care of themselves and if you are giving up 600 yards a game the losses will eventually come.

My Youth Football Coaching Verison of the Story

While I would never ever compare myself to Coach Osborne, we do use some of those same communication strategies when coaching youth football. If you do have the luxury of watching your own team on film you WILL find that even if you play what you think is a fantastic game, when you break the game down, your team won't look as great as you thought they did. The same is true in a loss, rarely does your team look as bad on film as you remember them playing in the loss.

The 2003 Season Example

While I try to stay as positive as I can during post-game, I remember one game against the Boys Club in 2003 where it was tough to do with my age 8-10 team. We won the game 34-6 but we just didn't look sharp, we made too many mistakes and we didn't play near to our teams potential. Some people looked at me cross eyed when my post game talk after that game centered on what we needed to do to get better, rather than basking in the success of our 4 touchdown win. I wasn't happy at all and I let the kids and coaches know it. I had learned my lesson well, the year earlier my team had cruised to an 11-0 League Title only to lose our final game in a blowout Bowl Game loss to Plattsmouth. We had gotten complacent and full of ourselves and failed to improve the last 3 weeks of the year. The last 3 weeks we won in blowouts, but we didn't get any better those last 3 weeks.

The week after our "horrifying" 34-6 win over the Boys Club, my 2003 team worked real hard and tried to correct the numerous mistakes we had made in that game. We even scrimmaged an age 11-12 team to bring us back down to earth. The net result was we won our League Championship game 46-12 over a team we had down 46-0 in the third quarter and won the State Title as well. We then went on to beat an undefeated League Champion Team from Iowa in a Bowl Game under the lights on the field turf at the University of Nebraska Omaha stadium.

This was a huge age 11-12 team vs my age 8-10 "Select" team. The odds were stacked heavily against us. I think what kept us grounded, focused and improving every week in spite of blowout wins every game, was my consistent pursuit of perfection. We were striving to have our kids play to their true potential, not the artificial potential of just winning a silly game. Playing to potential should be the goal, regardless of the final score. Win or lose, that's the goal for us, the final score tells just a small part of the story of how your team did that game




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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

LFL - Seattle Vs. San Diego Game Highlights

The Seattle Mist Sizzle in their Home opener with a 20-6 win over San Diego. As one newspaper reads "Yes, young ladies are scantilly clad, playing tackle football. At first, as you walk inside the arena, you ogle. You can't help but ogle. You admire the physical attributes of these women. They're all pretty. But when the whistle screams to initiate play; all bets are off. These ladies are ready to play. And if you're half a man, you notice their competitive power. They're fearless." ~Credits ...



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(College Football) 2009 - Arkansas State @ Nebraska

9/12/09 - Highlights of the college football game between the Arkansas State Red Wolves and Nebraska Cornhuskers from Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, NE.



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Sunday, January 24, 2010

2008 Michigan State Football Highlights

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Football Shirts For Football Fans

It is always good to express your interest in any sport you like through its merchandise. As far as sports are concerned, merchandise definitely plays a significant role in portraying the person as a fan. Many people buy products supporting the player or team of their choice. In football, players are distinguished by the shirts what they wear. The trademark of a team is in its team logo that is printed on the jersey of every player along with their names and numbers that help in distinguishing them from each other. Football fanatics usually buy football shirts of their favorite team so that they can show their support to everyone.

Get The Best Football Shirts. A good sports equipment store will definitely have football shirts for every team that people support. These shirts are generally inexpensive and may be worn at any time of the day. Before, these shirts were made up of heavy materials like cotton. But nowadays you find them made of polyester and nylon, which makes them more comfortable and much lighter to wear. The fabric of the football shirts allows users to enjoy the weather while watching a football match.

When you go to a field for watching a football match, you will meet other fans supporting the same team. Your shirt will help people know which team you are supporting. The shirts are patterned with the trademark colors of the team and their logo is also imprinted on them. If a shirt is meant for a specific football player, then the name of the player is also printed on the back of the shirt, along with his number.

Online outlets available. If you are in a sport equipments store to buy football shirts, you should be able to differentiate between the real one and imitation. To know if the shirts are real or not, you must examine its fabric first. The football shirt must feel silky as well as soft and cloth must have certain shine with it. Then you need to ensure that the color and logo of the shirt is not faded but accurate. Lazy stitching and inapt shapes is a give away for fake logos. Misspelled player's name, wrong number of the player is some obvious sign of fake football shirts. These are some of the glaring mistakes done by fakes intentionally.

The fans need to be careful of buying a fake football shirt if they do not want to be a laughing stock of the community of football fans. For a die-hard soccer enthusiast, football shirt with one's favourite team logo is necessary and one should buy original football shirts and support one's team. While choosing the best football shirts, it is essential to choose quality football accessory stores that offer original clothes and related paraphernalia. One can buy football shirts from the Internet without venturing out from one's home or office. Choose the best online store and get original shirts. Stay away from fakes and get the best stuff from quality football memorabilia and sports good shop.




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Friday, January 22, 2010

toutes les bagarre dans le football

toutes les bagarre de l'anné au football



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Football Window Stickers - Get Support For Your Team on the Road

There is nothing sporting enthusiasts like better than to show their loyalty to the team and sport of their choice. The ways they can show this will range from painting their faces with the team's colours to wearing clothing which says the name of the team, and in some instances you will even see vehicles which display window stickers proclaiming the loyalty of the people inside of the car. For football fans football window stickers are an ideal way to show this spirit of loyalty.

As with many of the numerous stickers which are available you will have a wide choice of companies and designs to choose from. For this reason you might want to take some time looking for the perfect sticker. The choice of sticker can range from images of football positions to the name of the team. In some cases you will see window stickers which have images of team-related clothing, the team colours or even the club's logo. While these are the most usual football stickers there are others, such as those showing the faces of a well known football player. Others might even show the important events in the football club's history.

Since there are many different types of football-themed stickers that you can buy it is a good idea if you know just how big or small you want your new sticker to be. Also you should have an idea of the price limit you are willing to spend. While you can buy pre-designed football window stickers, there may be times you will want to have a personalised sticker. To get this option you should see if you can find window sticker manufacturers who will provide you with a catalogue of images and text that you can arrange to your specifications.

Of course as with any type of window sticker, if you do not find what you are looking for then you will always have the option of creating a design of your choice from scratch that you can customise to your content. This may be somewhat more expensive then the other type of stickers you can choose from but you will have football window stickers which clearly shows off your creativity and which is more suited for your needs.

One thing that is interesting to note, when ordering these window stickers is that they are hardy and long lasting. For the most part they have roughly a five year duration before they will need to be replaced. A word to the wise however, since most stickers are placed on the rear window it is always ideal if you can advise your customers about the need to keep a clear space to view out of the window. This way your stickers will not be a hazard to driving.

Football window stickers are one of the best ways to show off your team loyalty. They are also great to inform people about the different ways in which they support their favourite football team. Whether the stickers are colourful or just a message with the team's name people can show off their pride in their favourite football team with these stickers.




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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Youth Football Drills - Make The Fundamentals Fun!

Make Practice Fun!

Youth football drills will improve the skills of your football team. If you are the coach of a young team of eager football players, the following youth football skills will help you move the team forward into both comprehension of the stances of the on field playing game and the repetitive skills it takes to be a dedicated professional player. Youth football drills should be informative and fun, so you can keep the team players interested while they learn.

Youth Football Drills All Begin With Ready Stance:

The Ready Stance drill teaches one of the proper “ready” football stances. Line up your team into lines and shout “ready”… “stance”. Walk up and down the lines as the players crouch into their stances. Correct any players that are not in the correct position. This is one of the most important, basic football skills needed.

Quick Hit Drill:

The Quick Hit drill helps team members, such as the blocking backs and linemen, in quickly moving from the Ready Stance into a blocking position. Youth football drills, such as this one, are basic to the game. The players will make a circle and stand in their Ready Stance. On your command, the players will pop into a pass protection position, take a quick step with the outside foot, and assume the squat position ready to strike a blow. Repeat these youth football drills as needed.

Youth Football Drills With Receiver Concentration:

Youth football drills, such as this one, should ensure the receiver can get the ball, hone in on the ball, and pat attention watching the ball throughout its flight until it lands clutched in his hands. Getting hit is not a factor in this drill. Take three players holding hand shields and line them up ten yards deep, three yards apart from one another in a triangle formation. Your receiver will run a pattern specified by you, which will land him in the middle of the triangle. Once the receiver enters the triangle, your quarterback will throw a high pass that will make the receiver jump to make the catch. As the receiver touches the ball with his hands, the three players in the triangle will jam the receiver with their respective shields.

Youth Football Drills Teach Good Balance:

Good balance is important to all sports, but especially to all youth football drills. For a Good balance drill, have your team players line up across from one another on the field. Have each player grab the shoulder pads of the player situated directly in opposite from them. Each player should take turns trying to knock his “opponent” off balance. He will do this by pulling, pushing, and tipping his opponent from side to side. The opponent will get down into a low base, and move his feet around to maintain balance.

There are many youth drills for football players. Each one is meant to help youth teams learn fundamentals of the game, as well as learn the importance of playing as a team unit. By improving your team in practice, you will be giving them opportunity to overcome any obstacles on the field.




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Top 50 Soccer (Football) Goals / 足球

GOAL!! Sorry for the audio issue.. I will fix this by end of this week.



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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Football Jerseys - the Great Transformation

Football Jerseys have undergone a complete change in its image, appearance and usage patterns. In the yesteryear sports jersey was just a part of the official sports equipment, nothing more nothing less. The jerseys meant for football players had long sleeves, were plain and their material was heavier than today's National football league jersey. Their simplicity and plainness has been a reason for many comments. Reason for their plainness was that jersey was the team gear with no frills or designing. According to legendary football coach Darryl Royal, they were "working clothes".

Custom Jerseys- A new Era in Sports Equipment

The growing popularity of National Football League (NFL) and advent of custom jerseys in the football teams has transformed the team gear. Team gear including the jersey has become trendier. Jersey has transcended its "working clothes" impression. Custom jerseys for today's NFL football players have shorter sleeves, vibrant colors and attractive patterns. The football teams now pay considerable attention towards design and appearance of their team gear.

Wearing replica jerseys for NFL football matches to support their team has not been a new phenomenon for the football fans. However, now the jersey has taken a step ahead and you will find many people wearing NFL authentic jerseys even out of the football arenas. Wearing national football league team-jersey of their favorite football team or player has become a personal style statement of the younger generation. This transformation is the reason for increasing demand of sports equipment in general and jersey in particular.

Moreover, the extreme popularity of football as sport in America has further popularized the jersey. There are too many avenues for football fans; some of them are NFL Football, College Football, NCAA Football and very popular Monday Night Football. These events have added to the growing demand for football jerseys and team gear. Many people have a passion for collecting authentic jerseys (game worn) and replica jerseys of NFL stars.




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More Reasons Why Youth Football Teams Should Never Run the High School System

More Stats for NOT Running the High School Offense in Youth Football:

Here are a few stats for you youth football coaches feeling the pressure to run the local High School offense:

Let’s say you have a team size of 25 kids. National studies from Michigan State University and the National Youth Sports Alliance say less than 30% of your players will play High School football. So now, out of 25 kids you have 7 players that according to the studies go on to play High School ball. Of those 7, not all will play at the local Public High School, they may move, play for a different local High School, or they may play for a Private School, let’s say you lose 1 player there. Of the 6 remaining, after they go through puberty some will grow and others won’t. That skinny wingback that fills out to a slow 250 pounds is no longer a wingback in High School, kids change. The big hulking center you have doesn't gain a pound and ends up playing fullback. At least half of your players will play a position different than what they did in Youth Ball.

With the weight rules in place for most leagues that restrict large players to the interior line positions, your big players are usually not allowed to touch the ball. So forget about the big players getting any training at receiver, tight end or running back, positions they may very well play in High School. In 2006 two of my former Omaha players, offensive guards James D and Ronnie C both played fullback for Omaha North High varsity as freshmen.Ronnie even ran for a TD in one big game. North has over 2500 students, made it to the state semi-finals, had two DI scholarship players and a parade all-american (Niles Paul) on their team. Neither of these former offensive guards ever got to touch the football for my teams, as both were over the running back weight limits. Neither had played in the backfield or ran this schools offense, yet they did very well at their new positions in a brand new offense. I doubt Omaha Norths head coach cared one iota that these kids had never run his offense. He gets paid to coach football and train football players, not sit back and call football plays from a tower with kids that are already trained for him by a bunch of youth coach volunteers.

So now we are at 3 kids of the 25 that would be playing High School ball and playing the very same position on the High School team as they did at the Youth Football level. If you decided to make the choice for the High School offense for the benefit of just 3 players at the expense of the 22 others on your team, it would not benefit anywhere near the majority of your players.

Add in the slim chances that your 8 year old youth football player will be playing High School ball 10 years down the road and that the High School will even have the same head coach or be running the same offense 10 years into the future. It seems darn right ridiculous to even consider trying to run the same system as the local High School, the odds are very long it would help even a tiny fraction of your youth football players.

The numbers just don’t add up to make a decision to run an offense that in most cases will have little success for your team and in the end will most likely result in fewer players deciding to go on to play High School ball. Because as you will read in subsequent posts, most youth football players quit playing because of poor coaching, their teams are not competitive and they aren’t having fun, all are symptoms of running a system that doesn’t work at the Youth Level.

While the Single Wing Offense has proven itself at the Youth Level all across the country, it is also seeing a rebirth of sorts at the High School and even College levels. Last year 3 Single Wing teams played for State High School Titles in Virginia alone, with 2 teams winning, Giles and Osborne. Menominee High School a perennial Single Wing powerhouse in Michigan won its second State Title in 7 years and blew out the Defending State Champions in the largest class in Minnesota as well. Colton High in California finished in the USA Today Top 20 running the Single Wing Offense. Those are just a few teams I know of off the top of my head that are having success running the Single Wing in High School.

If you watched Urban "The Mad Scientist" Meyers Florida team last year, you would have seen lots of Single Wing football, especially when they went into their “Tebow” formation. Other College teams running lots of Single Wing included West Virginia, Arkansas and Utah to name just a few. My guess is we will see more of it everywhere this coming season.

For those of you that get static for running what you run:
There are many high schools that run the Wing T, Flexbone, Wishbone, Straight T, Veer and Double Wing Offenses and virtually no Colleges at the Division I level or Pro teams run these offenses. Are the thousands of High Schools that run these offenses doing something wrong? How about De LaSalle and its 170 game win streak running the Veer or Bellevue Washingtons National Championship team running the Wing T? Shouldn't they be running what the College and Pro teams are running? No, they dont have the players needed to run those Pro and College offenses and neither do you.

Don't let that weak High School coach sell you on the snake oil that the most important football coach in his program is the youth or Junior High coach, what silliness. The most important coach in the High School system is the High School Head Coach, only responsibility shirking weaklings would put it off on someone other than themselves. This isn't the language I hear at the clinics from the top High School coaches in the nation, they rightfully think they are the coach that has the most to do with their teams success or failure. They wouldn't dream of trying to blame someone else for their failure or success.

Did Lou Holtz blame poor High School coaches for his last South Carolina teams failure to reach a bowl game? How about Bill Parcells, should he be blaming the college coaches for his Dallas Cowboys not making the Super Bowl? It never happenned, it would be silly, but I hear it from a handfull of perrennial losing High School coaches from accross the country on football coaching forums. Great coaches aren't excuse makers, they take and teach responsibility, it's the right thing to do. Don't teach your players by your excuse making example to be excuse making dog ate the homework kids.

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Dave is a trainer of youth football coaches nationwide. He has a passion for developing youth coaches so they can in turn develop teams that are competitive and well organized, while having fun and retaining players. His book “Winning Youth Football a Step by Step Plan” was endorsed by Tom Osborne and Dave Rimington. His DVDs and book have been used by teams nationwide to run integrity based programs that win championships. His web site is Coaching Youth Football

Monday, January 18, 2010

Michigan Wolverines Football 2009

Michigan football hype video for the upcoming season that I made. GO BLUE! Music: ACDC - For Those About to Rock



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How to Watch a Football Game - A Guide For Women

Men may call it football. But to you, it looks more like a half-off sale at Macy's.

Speaking of which, you can always go shopping while the game is on. But football season lasts a long, long time. And anyway, cuddling up on the sofa with your beloved on those cold winter evenings does have some appeal.

But if you don't know what's going on, and if your beloved (as so many beloveds do) makes it clear that he'd prefer you not ask questions while the game is on . . . what's a football challenged woman to do?

Well, we're about to tell you.

The thing is, learning the basics of football - that is, enough to make game-watching fun - is at about the same degree of difficulty as learning to send e-mails. Without attachments.

Okay. Get comfortable. Fix yourself some herb tea. Or a vodka tonic. Make sure you have a clear view of the television screen.

Now, pick a team to root for. Doesn't matter which one. Pick them for your own reasons. Because you like the color of their uniforms. Because one of the guys on the sidelines reminds you of your high school crush. Whatever.

It's just more fun when, as they say, you have some skin in the game.

But do feel free to switch to the other team if the one you picked is getting creamed by time the game is only half over. It's easy to tell when that is, by the way, because there's this long break away from the game with lots of commentator 'analysis' and many commercials that allow you time to refill your beverage of choice. Not surprisingly, this hiatus is called 'half time'. See? You know some jargon already.

But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Let's get back to the beginning of the game.

Things get kicked off by . . . well, by kicking off the football. Who gets to kick the football and who gets to receive the football is decided before the game by a coin toss.

After that, each team is allowed four chances (called 'downs') to move the ball a minimum of ten yards. There are white lines drawn across the field at five-yard intervals, so it's pretty easy to judge the distance. Plus when you're watching on TV, they superimpose this really cool digital line in bright yellow so you really can't miss it.

Anyway, if the team with the football succeeds in moving it ten or more yards, they get another four chances. If they don't, they have to kick the ball to the other team and allow them their four chances to do the same.

And that's about it for the format of the game.

To understand the action, you need to focus on the football.

You'll notice that, when the action starts (each piece of action is called a 'play'), the ball is sitting on the ground between the two teams. There are eleven men on each team, and you'll see that a bunch on each side stands in a line facing each other. These are called (all together now!) LINEmen!

Told you it was easy.

Anyway, the teams take turns trying to move the ball to the opposite end of the playing field. The guy in the center of the line (called, amazingly, the CENTER) tosses the ball backwards between his legs (weird but true) to the guy directly behind him, who is called the quarterback, and who is like the general of the team.

While the linemen on his team try to keep the guys on the other team from pounding him into the Astroturf, the quarterback attempts to get the football moving down the field toward the goal line (that is, the line that marks the end of the playing field).

He does this by running with it himself, handing it to someone else to run with it, or throwing it to someone else.

Meanwhile, their counterparts on the other team are trying to prevent them from succeeding.

But if the quarterback or his guys do manage to get the ball all the way across the goal line (called a 'touchdown'), they are awarded six points, to which they can add another point by kicking the ball between the uprights of the goalpost (you know what that is, right?) after the touchdown. This is generally referred to as a 'point after.'

If they can't get all the way to the goal line by running and throwing the ball, they can give up short of the goal line and try to kick the ball between the uprights from wherever they are on the playing field. This is called a field goal, and gets them three points.

Whoever has the most points when time runs out wins the game.

That's really all you need to know to watch a game of football. So go ahead: pick a team; focus on the ball; cuddle.

What happens next is up to you.




Bob Brooker and Kaye O'Dougherty want everyone to be happy. So if football season is disrupting your relationship, and the TV clicker wars are pitting Love against the NFL, they'd like to suggest some happier alternatives. Like intimacy, romance, sex and M&M's. All you have to do is look at football in a slightly different way. And Bob and Kaye are there to help you at http://www.footballforlovers.com

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Football Recruiting 101 - Dream Team

You are a high school football player who practices and works out year around to improve your game. You spend about six hours in the classroom per day and another two hours doing homework after football practice during the school year. You may have a personal trainer and go to camps/combines in the summer. Where is the time and energy going to come from when it comes to the recruiting process? You do know that you have to be pro-active making phone calls, sending e-mails, sending out player profiles and DVD's. OMG!

Sit down and develop a game plan with your coach and your parents. Form your very own dream of recruiting personal. Your coach can write a letter of recommendation and furnish you with game tape.

You can hire someone to edit your promo DVD and make several copies for mail out. Your parent or parents can be there to encourage you, get you registered with the Clearinghouse and research colleges, coaches e-mails etc. Your personal trainer can give you tips and write a letter of recommendation as well. Your school counselor can keep you posted on SAT testing dates and help keep you on track with core class requirements. Talk to other athletes at your school that are a year or two ahead of you for pointers.

You may want to consider a recruiting service to do the majority of your promotions. I highly recommend a recruiting service as they can take on a big portion of what needs to done as far as getting the necessary exposure. After all if a recruiter does not know about you they can't recruit you. A recruiting service can get you in front of hundreds of college coaches very quickly. They will most likely have an expert on staff to advise and answer any questions for you. Do your research when it comes to hiring a recruiting service. Recruiting services have fees that range from no fee to include your player profile on a public web-site to $3000 or more. You can get great exposure and the results you want for under $1,000 with the right company.




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Saturday, January 16, 2010

USC Trojans - The Greatest Teams in the History of College Football

College football attracts millions of fans nationwide, especially come football season. Rivalries between schools are fierce, with a lot of school spirit and thrashing and bashing between students broadcast live on national television. This is why watching the game and keeping updated about football matches excites a lot of viewers especially the alumni and those who associate themselves with a particular school, usually the one that represents their state. College football is almost as exciting as the National Football League (NFL). As with professional football, everyone has their own favorite team. Throughout history, however, there are undoubtedly better teams than others who have played their way to the top. After all, football can be measured objectively through scores and points just like most any other sport. When it comes to greatness, the stats say it all. Below are some of the greatest football teams in college football history.

1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers

The 1971 Cornhuskers are considered to be one of the best college football teams to ever exist. There is little disagreement on the greatness of this team, just looking at its offense which averages more than 39 points a game and surrenders only 8.2 points a game. Led by kick and punt returner Johnny Rodgers, who not surprisingly won the 1972 Heisman Trophy, the 1972 Cornhuskers won over Oklahoma who was ranked No.2 at that time with a record of 35-31 during Thanksgiving Day. The 1972 Cornhuskers-Oklahoma game has been dubbed as the "Game of the Century." The Cornhuskers finished that season with a record of 13-0 and a 38-6 drubbing in the Orange Bowl against Alabama.

1972 USC Trojans

When the 1972 season ended, the USC Trojans finished with an incredible 12-0 record, which just shows how successful this team was. They defeated Ohio State in the Rose Bowl with a score of 42-17 under the guidance of head coach John McKay. That season, the Trojans were named No. 1 in all media polls and ballots.

1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers

The 1995 Nebraska had it all, a great offense and a great defense. It was no wonder that they were able to defeat four teams in the Top 10 by no fewer than 23 points. They also had an impeccable running attack in Lawrence Phillips and Ahman Green. The 1995 season was their second straight national championship, winning the Fiesta Bowl against Florida with a 62-24 score.

1945 Army Black Knights

That year, the Black Knights teamed up with the armed services and the Allies to win World War II and went on to a fall campaign with tailback Glenn Davis and fullback Felix "Doc" Blanchard. Both players won the much coveted Heisman Trophy, Blanchard in 1945 when he ran 718 yards and 19 TDs, and Davis in 1946. The Army finished the season with a 9-0 record. They defeated Notre Dame with a 48-0 score and trounced the Pennsylvania Quakers by 61-0.

2001 Miami Hurricanes

The 2001 Miami Hurricanes had unbelievably good players who were all first-draft selections in the 2002 NFL Draft: All-American quarterback Ken Dorsey, offensive tackle Bryant "Mount" Mckinnie, running back Clinton Portis, cornerbacks Mike Rumph and Phillip Buchanon, wide receiver Jeremy Shockey, and safety Edward Reed.




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Football Hooligans International en español (España) - 01 Inglaterra (Parte 3/5)

Tercera parte del primer programa de Football Hooligans International esta vez en Inglaterra, donde Danny Dyer asiste al derby Manchester United vs Liverpool y entrevista a hooligans de Milwall, Birmingham, Manchester United y Burnley FC, ademas de repasar la historia de violencia de West Ham United y la seleccion inglesa. Parte 1: es.youtube.com Parte 2: es.youtube.com Parte 4: es.youtube.com Parte 5: es.youtube.com -----------------------------O------------------------------- Programa 1 ...



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Friday, January 15, 2010

2009 Ohio State Buckeyes Movie Trailer - Deliverance: A Redemption Sequel

The 2009 Ohio State Football Movie Trailer 3-part series culminates with a familiar format to one of my most popular Ohio State football videos. The beginning of last season was all about 'Redemption' and rightly so with a dominant returning defense and a stellar offense. The Bucks fell short once again, but they proved to the nation that they can compete on the highest level. Much criticism has been spoken about the use of the word 'Redemption' so it is now time to start a new theme for ...



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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Monday Night Football's Memorable Moments

Monday Night Football, because of it being shown in prime time, has long been considered the biggest regular season stage a football player or team can play on. During its thirty-six year stint on ABC, Monday Night Football became the second longest running prime time show in history, behind only 60 Minutes. Throughout its run, Monday Night Football has played host to some of the best and most competitive NFL games ever. Here is a look at some of the more memorable games played, as well as moments relived, on Monday Night Football.

The first Monday Night Football game was played on September 21st, 1970 and pitted the Cleveland Browns against the New York Jets in Cleveland. The Browns won by a score of 31-21 over New York and the rest was history.

During an October 29th, 1973 game between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs, MNF announcer "Dandy" Don Meredith had been drinking and uttered the infamous phrase "We're in the Mile High City, and I sure am".

On November 27th, 1978 the San Francisco 49ers hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers; earlier in the day San Francisco mayor George Moscone and city superintendent Harvey Milk had been murdered.

During a Miami Dolphins vs. New England Patriots game on December 8th, 1980, announcer Howard Cosell broke the news to the entire nation that former Beatle John Lennon had been murdered in front of his apartment in New York City.

Midway through the December 5th, 1983 game between the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys, Howard Cosell referred to Redskins receiver Alvin Garret (who is African American) as a "little monkey". The commotion surrounding this event led to Cosell stepping down from Monday Night Football following the 1983 season.

On October 17th, 1983 the Packers and Redskins played the highest scoring game in Monday Night Football history with the Packers winning by a score of 48-47.

One week later, on October 24th, 1983 the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals played to the first and only tie game in Monday Night Football history with score being 20-20 after overtime.

The famous 1985 game between the Redskins and the Giants where Lawrence Taylor sacked Joe Theismann, breaking his leg and ending his career was shown on Monday Night Football.

Later in 1985, Monday Night Football would be the stage where the unbeaten 1985 Chicago Bears, on their way to a Super Bowl Championship, would sustain their only loss of the season to the Miami Dolphins.

The Dolphins would again make Monday Night Football history the very next year when they were part of the biggest blow out ever on Monday Night Football. The Dolphins played the 10-1 New York Jets but defeated them by a score of 45-3.

On October 17th, 1994 Monday Night Football hosted a duel for the ages. Joe Montana brought his Kansas City Chiefs into a game against the Denver Broncos led by John Elway. The Broncos were trailing 24-21 with 1:29 left in the game when Elway ran the ball into the endzone from four yards out giving his team the lead 28-24. Joe Montana then took his team on a 75 yard drive ending with a touchdown with 8 seconds remaining in the game giving the Chiefs a 31-28 victory.

On October 23rd, 2000 the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets would again participate in a memorable battle. In the 4th quarter the score was 30-7 in favor of the Miami Dolphins. Vinny Testaverde went on to lead the Jets in scoring 23 consecutive 4th quarter points to tie the game up. Then, Jets kicker John Hall kicked an overtime field goal for the victory making it not only the longest 4th quarter comeback in Monday Night Football history, but the second longest in NFL history.

In an October 6th, 2003 game between the Buccaneers and Colts, the Colts overcame a 35-14 deficit with 3:43 remaining to tie the game and then win it in overtime.

On December 22, 2003, the Brett Favre of the Packers dismantled the Oakland Raiders by throwing for four first half touchdowns and 399 yards in the game resulting in a 41-7 victory. This game came one day after Favre's father had passed away.

On December 5th, 2005 the Seahawks shutout of the Eagles by a score of 42-0, tied the mark at the time for largest margin of victory in a Monday Night Football game. The game featured the Seahawks scoring three defensive touchdowns.

Monday Night Football has been host to some of the best games and most memorable moments in NFL history. Though the game is now brought to us by ESPN, football fans every where hope that tradition stays the same.




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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Thanksgiving Day - Cowboys Football

The NFL Dallas Cowboys are a fan favorite within the borders of Texas and well beyond. Over a span of more than forty years the team has entertained and performed for its fans at a consistently high level. In addition to their great success on the field, “America’s Team” has been just as successful off the field and is considered to be one of the most valuable sports teams in North America. One of the most anticipated games played by the Cowboys each year is the Thanksgiving Day Classic.

The Thanksgiving Day game also known as the Thanksgiving Day Classic has been part of the history of the NFL for quite some time. Thanksgiving Day games are usually hosted at the home stadiums of the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, with some exceptions. In 2006 the Kansas City Chiefs also hosted a Thanksgiving Day game.

The Detroit Lions are the perennial host of the event, having entertained a Thanksgiving Day game every year since 1934. The Lions opponent in the first game was the Chicago Bears who won the game 19-16. To date, the Detroit Lions have played in 65 Thanksgiving Day games. The only time the Lions have not hosted a game on this day was in the year’s from1939 to 1944 due to World War II.

In 1960 the Cowboys joined the National Football League as an expansion team and in 1966 they hosted their first Thanksgiving Day classic at the Cotton Bowl. Since 1966 the Cowboys have hosted a game each year (since 1971 at Texas Stadium) with the exceptions of 1975 and 1977 when the St Louis Cardinals played host. The Cowboys were victorious in their first game in 1966 defeating the Cleveland Browns 26-14.

Thanksgiving Day, NFL football, and Cowboys football go hand in hand. It has become a tradition in the United States to sit down for a turkey dinner with family and friends while keeping one eye on the football game. For some fans, Thanksgiving Day revolves around the NFL’s Thanksgiving Day Classic and their TV. The lucky few that have tickets to the game get to enjoy their Thanksgiving Day cheering on their team, front and center.

Needless to say, there has been some classic Cowboys football played on Thanksgiving Day. In 1974 the Cowboys, trailing their rival Washington Redskins and playing with rookie quarterback, Clint Longley, in for an injured Roger Staubach, managed to steal victory with 28 seconds left when Longley threw a 50-yard touchdown pass. The Cowboys won the game 24 to 23. In 1990 the Cowboys were again matched against the Redskins on Thanksgiving Day. Rookie Emmitt Smith carried the ball 23 times and ran for 132 yards, including two second half touchdowns, as the Cowboys scored the final 17 points of the game to defeat the Redskins 27 to 17. In 1998 the Cowboys were matched against the Minnesota Vikings. Randy Moss, the Vikings rookie wide receiver, caught only three passes that game but they were all for touchdowns as he finished the day with 163 receiving yards. Troy Aikman passed for 455 yards in the same game. Despite Aikman’s efforts, Minnesota went on to defeat the Cowboys 46 to 36.

The Dallas Cowboys and Thanksgiving Day are inextricably linked. You can’t have one without the other. Each year fans of the game look forward to enjoying their football with a side helping of turkey dinner. The Thanksgiving Day Classic has been around for many years - it is part of the NFL and Dallas Cowboys history. Indeed, the Thanksgiving Day Classic has become a tradition in endless households across the United States and North America.




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How Important is an Elite Quarterback to Your Fantasy Football Team

Just how important is it to have a top tier quarterback on your fantasy football team? We have heard time and time again that the running back position is the most important slot to fill on your fantasy football team. In recent years with the emergence of the running back by committee we have begun to see the argument that a top WR may be worthy of a pick over a running back. The common belief on quarterbacks is that it is a deep position where you can still get acceptable performance from the average starter. This article will challenge that thesis and explore the fantasy football quarterback position in depth.

The one statistic that trumps all in fantasy football is the league championship. That is what we all strive for and is the ultimate measure of success. Taking a close look at my league over the last five years yields interesting results (Table 1). Every championship team over the past five years had a top tier quarterback. In fact, in three of the five sample years the championship team has had the number one ranked quarterback at the end of the season. In all five seasons, there was a never a champion without a top three quarterback. While the overall sample size is small (one league, five years) we still think the results are significant. So not only do you need to get lucky and avoid injury to win a championship, but you will also need maximum performance from the quarterback position to have a shot at the title.

Table 1.

Yr	        Player			Overall Rank

2008 Aaron Rodger #2
2007 Drew Brees #1
2006 Drew Brees #1
2005 Matt Hasselback #3
2004 Brett Favre #1

Next we took a look at the top 25 quarterbacks from 2008 to see if we could determine a cut off between the various grades of quarterback. The goal here is to answer the question: "Do you really need to go out and draft the #1 ranked quarterback, or are their other players who can be had later in the draft with an equal chance of finishing the season in the top 3? Looking at the top 25 quarterbacks from 2008 we can separate the distribution into 5 cohorts (Table 2). There is a clear difference in performance across the cohorts. What this tells us is that ranking quarterbacks based on tier is a valid methodology. Furthermore, selecting a quarterback from the first cohort (top 5 qb) should help to ensure that you finish the year with a top 3 quarterback and a shot at your league title. Another thing the distribution really emphasizes is large difference between the top and average quarterbacks.

Table 2.

Cohort		Avg Points	  Ranking

1 266 1-5
2 223 6-10
3 191 11-15
4 173 16-20
5 145 21-25

Lastly, we wanted to take a look at the variability in week-to-week performance across the top 25 quarterbacks. We have already established that the top tier quarterbacks put up more points over the length of the season, but just how consistent is this performance? If the top qbs are getting their numbers in a handful of games that should not really contribute as much to consistent fantasy winning. Table 3 breaks the top 25 quarterbacks up into 5 cohorts. Analyzing the standard deviation in weekly fantasy points across the 5 buckets indicates there is no difference in variability from the top cohort and bottom cohort of quarterbacks. What that means is the best quarterbacks in the league are just as likely to have a bad game as the mid-tier/lower-tier quarterback options. However, since the top tier qb's output is consistently higher they will produce more points throughout the season. In other words, a bad game from a top qb is a lot better than a bad game from a bottom tier qb.

Table 3.

Cohort		STDEV

1 30
2 24
3 34
4 32
5 38

So what have we learned? It appears that you need a top tier quarterback to win your league. The top quarterbacks put up more points and are no more erratic in the distribution of their scoring than an average quarterback. Drafting a quarterback projected to finish in the top 4 is a safe bet to ensure your quarterback is a top ranked player at the end of the season and you have a chance to win your fantasy football championship!




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