Are you ready for some football!

[Colleen Thomas]

Colly, I have a question!

What's a snap?

A snap is the begining of a play. At the end of each play the ball is spotted (placed) at the point where it ended up the previous play on a rush (running play) or where the reciever went down or was pushed out of bounds on a passing paly, or at the original starting position on an incomplete pass or at the spot where pentalty yards took it.

Play begins when the offensiveive team lines up, and the center places his hand on the ball. When he moves the ball play begins. In general, the center is bent over the ball. He jerks the ball off the ground and up into the quarterback's hands. It's called a snap because the motion is very quick and the sound the ball makes when it hits the quarterbacks hands.

-Colly

 

[Lauren Hynde]

And a team can have 11 offencive players at one time, and then change the entire team to 11 defencive players if they lose possession the next minute?

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

Originally posted by comp|icity
Hmmm, I'm starting to see where the Bush votes are coming from...

I'm a Democrat... whose voting Bush?

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

Here's the spread on some major games this weekend.

Miami of Fl shall beat FSU by 2 pts.
Auburn over MSU by 13 pts.
Michigan over Notre Dame by 13 pts.
Florida over East Michigan by 37.5 pts.
LSU over Ark. St. by 41 pts.
USC over Colo. St. by 24 pts.
Texas over Ark by 11 pts.

While I'm an LSU fan, I don't see this spread for the team this week. They lucked up and beat OSU in OT last weekend. FSU should also beat Miami. It's going to be tough for the state rivals, but FSU should prevail.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

And a team can have 11 offencive players at one time, and then change the entire team to 11 defencive players if they lose possession the next minute?

Yes. You need to realize that each play in a game is discreet. It has a begining and end. If posession changes, there is time for the teams to change personel, the refs to change the direction of the chains and usually a TV time out so sponsors can hawk goods.

Play is not continuous like in soccer, but the clock runs between plays, unless there is an incomplete pass or out of bounds. Each team has a set number of seconds between the end of one play and initiating the begining of the next, if they fail to get a play off in that time period a penalty is accessed.

-Colly

 

[BigAndTall]

LSU, my favorite team, sucked this weekend. If OSU had a kicker we would of lost. He missed three kicks and we won by one point. We are not national champions material this year.

So who is going to be this year? Anyone have any predictions?

Don't forget, LSU missed a field goal too. So can't say it was all the fault of that one guy, but your right. We looked so bad it was not funny.

I do not like Marcus Randell at all. Not when he was covering for Mauck, and not now.

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

Don't forget, LSU missed a field goal too. So can't say it was all the fault of that one guy, but your right. We looked so bad it was not funny.

I do not like Marcus Randell at all. Not when he was covering for Mauck, and not now.

I agree. The paper here in Mobile was lauding the qb that replaced Randell. He was a star here and they're saying he saved the game. Perhaps he did. He put together some damn good drives. But LSU winning by this point spread? I don't see it. The casinos are playing the spread and I think I'll bet against the spread. LSU needs to win by that much to move back up in the rankings. I just don't see it.

 

[thebullet]

Here at the start of a new season it's even possible for a Penn State fan to look at the coming year with hope. Is it possible that Joe Pa has found his way into the 21st Century? Are our two quarterbacks going to play with consistancy? Are our running backs going to hold on to the ball? Can our defense stop the pass? Do we have team speed?

Geez, I'm getting myself upset. We just beat Akron 48-10 and scored at will. Joe called in the dogs early in the 3rd period, even though Akron's qb is a Heisman candidate. But how will we fare in the real world?

And speaking of my real passion: will the Eagles make the final step? 3 years in a row in the conference finals without a taste of the Super Bowl. How much more do we have to suffer? Why don't they just shoot us and put us out of our misery?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Here at the start of a new season it's even possible for a Penn State fan to look at the coming year with hope. Is it possible that Joe Pa has found his way into the 21st Century? Are our two quarterbacks going to play with consistancy? Are our running backs going to hold on to the ball? Can our defense stop the pass? Do we have team speed?

Geez, I'm getting myself upset. We just beat Akron 48-10 and scored at will. Joe called in the dogs early in the 3rd period, even though Akron's qb is a Heisman candidate. But how will we fare in the real world?

And speaking of my real passion: will the Eagles make the final step? 3 years in a row in the conference finals without a taste of the Super Bowl. How much more do we have to suffer? Why don't they just shoot us and put us out of our misery?

I think the addition of Kerse was questionable, at the very best a gamble. But the addition of Owens should have you philly fans jumping for joy. He's a schmuck, but he is a talented schmuck.

-Colly

 

[thebullet]

But the addition of Owens should have you philly fans jumping for joy.

Colly, here is where you lose track of what it means to be a Philadelphia fan. Yes, the acquisition of TO appears to fill the major need for a wide receiver with a pair of balls who can catch the ball in traffic, over the middle, or at crunch time. Who cares if he is a schmuck?

But TO is the tantalizing bait that makes us willing to up the ante just as we had been ready to fold our cards and quit the game. These bastards have found a way to hold our interest for another season, build our hopes, fire our passion, only to tear our hearts out in the end. This is a pattern that has a long-established history in Philadelphia. It began in 1964: Phillies 6 1/2 games ahead with 12 games to play, only to lose ten in a row; each loss a stab to the heart.

Do I sound like I'm whining? Sorry.

 

[Belegon]

And speaking of my real passion: will the Eagles make the final step? 3 years in a row in the conference finals without a taste of the Super Bowl. How much more do we have to suffer? Why don't they just shoot us and put us out of our misery?

Could be worse...

You could be a Bills fan in the early 90's...

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

I remember showing up in the dome with a bag over my head and singing the Saints go marching in. We still were called the Aint's. Goooooooooooo Saints!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Colly, here is where you lose track of what it means to be a Philadelphia fan. Yes, the acquisition of TO appears to fill the major need for a wide receiver with a pair of balls who can catch the ball in traffic, over the middle, or at crunch time. Who cares if he is a schmuck?

But TO is the tantalizing bait that makes us willing to up the ante just as we had been ready to fold our cards and quit the game. These bastards have found a way to hold our interest for another season, build our hopes, fire our passion, only to tear our hearts out in the end. This is a pattern that has a long-established history in Philadelphia. It began in 1964: Phillies 6 1/2 games ahead with 12 games to play, only to lose ten in a row; each loss a stab to the heart.

Do I sound like I'm whining? Sorry.

My interest in football was nevermore than casual, until I saw an NFl films special on the early days. When I realized there was a history to the game I got interested for a while. As with most of my sudden interests, it passed as other things took my attention, but about 7 years ago, my brothers started a family fantasy football league among themselves, my dad & the cousins and uncles. They had 11 teams, so they convinced me to make a 12th so no one had a bye week.

The first two or three years I was the whipping girl, usually happy if I managed a win or two, but when I had to go home for several months and see doctors, I was house bound and so my brothers and father gave me a real education on the game. I was kind of a captive audience and to be honest, I was sick of loosing all the time.

I understand the game now, even the nuances, but as a saints fan, I have never been to upset with loosing. Sorry I missed the poignat pain the team causes you Philly fans.

-Colly

 

[cloudy]

I'm a Saints fan too, and losing has almost become second nature, although I'll confess that I never, ever like it.

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

There used to be an unspoken rule in the NFL that if you got beat by the Saints, they just kicked you out of the league.

Then, the Saints whooped the Cowboys in the late nineties.

They changed the rule, now they say its the Rams.

 

[cloudy]

There used to be an unspoken rule in the NFL that if you got beat by the Saints, they just kicked you out of the league.

Then, the Saints whooped the Cowboys in the late nineties.

They changed the rule, now they say its the Rams.

It's sad, too, because the Rams actually used to be a competitve team before they moved them out of Los Angeles. I was a huge Rams fan back then (being from LA originally), but just couldn't follow them to Saint Louis.

 

[Belegon]

ok, please excuse me for this but I may not get to do it much this year....
Chargers Win!!!!
Whoop!
Whoop!

YES! Won the first game 27-20. Plus the Raiders lost! We are in first place for at least one week, which is one more week than I was expecting.

Ok, I feel better, thanks for putting up with me...

 

[thebullet]

Cloudy said:

It's sad, too, because the Rams actually used to be a competitve team before they moved them out of Los Angeles.

Cloudy, where is your head at? How many times did the LA Rams win the Super Bowl? In the first 34 years of the Super Bowl, the LA Rams made it to the big show once - and they lost. Since they moved to St Louis, the Rams have made it to the Super Bowl twice in five years, winning in 2000. Ergo: you were obviously shooting from the hip when you were whining about the St Louis Rams.

EAGLES 31 giants 17

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Couldn't someone post a list of all results and standings, just so that I could pretend to have any clue of what is going on?

 

[Liar]

EAGLES 31 giants 17

Cool. And the one with the biggest number wins, right?

See? I'm learning.

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