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"Lord Calvert" |
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09 Sep 2003 02:13:18 PM |
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AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
Discordians 67, Pioneers 51 - Player of the Game: RB Garrison
Hearst-Discordians
Lamarkians 100, Mudskippers 76 - Player of the Game: QB Daunte
Culpepper-Lamarkians
Austin Bush Bashers 80, Heaven's Gate 49 - Player of the Game: RB Travis
Henry-Bush Bashers
Thundering Gerbils 77, Der Kohls 55 - Player of the Game: QB Joey
Harrington-Gerbils
Incredible Fro-Slaps 81, Mighty Tapeworms 79 - Player of the Game: QB Tommy
Maddox-Fro-Slaps
LaPorte Heathens 74, LionsOverSaints 51 - Player of the Game: QB Jeff
Garcia-Heathens
Medusa's Children 75, Neandertals 74 - Player of the Game: RB Priest
Holmes-Children
Bye week: Zoroaster (79 points, best player: RB Clinton Portis)
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
Owner, GM, Head Coach, Defenseive Cooridnator, Waterboy, Cheerleader back
massager for YOUR Discordians!
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| User: "Jeremy Martin" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
09 Sep 2003 09:36:19 PM |
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(forlornh@aol.commode (Lord Calvert)):
Incredible Fro-Slaps 81, Mighty Tapeworms 79 - Player of the Game: QB Tommy
Maddox-Fro-Slaps
Yay!
Since I'm not receiving any email and it won't tell me that I'm a
part of the league (or even allow me to join one), I'm glad to
know that I'm still in and won my first game.
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Jeremy Martin
I have an aa number, but I'd have to look it up.
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| User: "Michael Nash" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
09 Sep 2003 11:24:21 PM |
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Jeremy Martin <mrbungle@pattonisgod.com> wrote in
news:0g3tlvkdb8hvkcm53he4jn5j84ve82ipni@4ax.com:
(forlornh@aol.commode (Lord Calvert)):
Incredible Fro-Slaps 81, Mighty Tapeworms 79 - Player of the Game: QB
Tommy Maddox-Fro-Slaps
Yay!
Since I'm not receiving any email and it won't tell me that I'm a
part of the league (or even allow me to join one), I'm glad to
know that I'm still in and won my first game.
Doh!!! Curse that Donovan McNabb!!!
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Michael Nash - aa # 1651
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that
we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic
and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
--Teddy Roosevelt (Kansas City Star, 7 May 1918)
"The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television, and *****"
--P. J. O'Rourke
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| User: "Gregory A Greenman" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
10 Sep 2003 02:18:04 AM |
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On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 21:36:19 -0500, Jeremy Martin
mrbungle@pattonisgod.com said...
(forlornh@aol.commode (Lord Calvert)):
Incredible Fro-Slaps 81, Mighty Tapeworms 79 - Player of the Game: QB Tommy
Maddox-Fro-Slaps
Yay!
Since I'm not receiving any email and it won't tell me that I'm a
part of the league (or even allow me to join one), I'm glad to
know that I'm still in and won my first game.
Can you pull up the league's web page? It's at:
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/show?
page=leaguehome&lid=350412
The league id is 350412 and the password is "darwin".
You should be able to pull it up in any browser.
You're up against Rich next. He's all excited over his
first win. Go easy on him.
Greg the Reprobate
Missionary of Death
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greg -at- spencersoft -dot- com
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| User: "Jeremy Martin" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
10 Sep 2003 10:54:50 PM |
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(Gregory A Greenman <see@sig.below>):
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 21:36:19 -0500, Jeremy Martin
mrbungle@pattonisgod.com said...
(forlornh@aol.commode (Lord Calvert)):
Incredible Fro-Slaps 81, Mighty Tapeworms 79 - Player of the Game: QB Tommy
Maddox-Fro-Slaps
Yay!
Since I'm not receiving any email and it won't tell me that I'm a
part of the league (or even allow me to join one), I'm glad to
know that I'm still in and won my first game.
Can you pull up the league's web page? It's at:
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/show?
page=leaguehome&lid=350412
The league id is 350412 and the password is "darwin".
You should be able to pull it up in any browser.
You're up against Rich next. He's all excited over his
first win. Go easy on him.
Negative. No matter where I'm at, I can't pull up the league
properly, nor will it let me do anything about viewing a league
or joining. One time I logged in and it worked, though.
Shrug.
--
Jeremy Martin
I have an aa number, but I'd have to look it up.
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| User: "Gregory A Greenman" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
12 Sep 2003 04:50:15 PM |
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:54:50 -0500, Jeremy Martin
mrbungle@pattonisgod.com said...
Negative. No matter where I'm at, I can't pull up the league
properly, nor will it let me do anything about viewing a league
or joining. One time I logged in and it worked, though.
Okay, let's figure this out.
1. What O/S are you using
Windows? If so, what version?
Mac?
Linux?
Other?
2. What browser and version are you using
IE?
Netscape?
Other?
3. Go to
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1
do you see the Yahoo Fantasy Football web page? If not,
what do you see?
4. If you do, look in the upper right corner, there should
be a section titled "Teams & Leagues". Is the AA League
listed there?
4b. If not, look at the top of the web page. Right after
"Yahoo! Sports" it should either say "Welcome, " and your
Yahoo user name or "Welcome, Guest". Which does it say?
4bi. If it says "Welcome, Guest", there should be a "Sign
In" link immediately below that. Click the link and sign
in. It should then take you a page with a black background.
There should be a link that says "Go to FREE Fantasy
Football" near the lower right corner. Click that. It'll
take you back to the main fantasy football page.
You should now see the AA League listed, as mentioned in
step 3. If not, what do you see?
5. Click on the league name (it's a link). That should take
you to our league page. Are you able to get there now? If
you can, I suggest you bookmark the page.
I hope this helps. If you're still not able to get to the
league's page, please post as much info as possible and
maybe we can figure out the problem.
Greg the Reprobate
Missionary of Death
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greg -at- spencersoft -dot- com
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| User: "Jeremy Martin" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
12 Sep 2003 10:25:54 PM |
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(Gregory A Greenman <see@sig.below>):
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:54:50 -0500, Jeremy Martin
mrbungle@pattonisgod.com said...
Negative. No matter where I'm at, I can't pull up the league
properly, nor will it let me do anything about viewing a league
or joining. One time I logged in and it worked, though.
Okay, let's figure this out.
1. What O/S are you using
Windows? If so, what version?
Mac?
Linux?
Other?
2. What browser and version are you using
IE?
Netscape?
Other?
3. Go to
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1
do you see the Yahoo Fantasy Football web page? If not,
what do you see?
4. If you do, look in the upper right corner, there should
be a section titled "Teams & Leagues". Is the AA League
listed there?
4b. If not, look at the top of the web page. Right after
"Yahoo! Sports" it should either say "Welcome, " and your
Yahoo user name or "Welcome, Guest". Which does it say?
4bi. If it says "Welcome, Guest", there should be a "Sign
In" link immediately below that. Click the link and sign
in. It should then take you a page with a black background.
There should be a link that says "Go to FREE Fantasy
Football" near the lower right corner. Click that. It'll
take you back to the main fantasy football page.
You should now see the AA League listed, as mentioned in
step 3. If not, what do you see?
5. Click on the league name (it's a link). That should take
you to our league page. Are you able to get there now? If
you can, I suggest you bookmark the page.
I hope this helps. If you're still not able to get to the
league's page, please post as much info as possible and
maybe we can figure out the problem.
It doesn't display the league at all. I think I may have just
screwed something up when I registered, considering that I've
tried to get back into the league site from many different
machines. I'm a frequent Yahoo user, so I know how it operates.
--
Jeremy Martin
I have an aa number, but I'd have to look it up.
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| User: "Gregory A Greenman" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
13 Sep 2003 05:20:05 AM |
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:25:54 -0500, Jeremy Martin
mrbungle@pattonisgod.com said...
(Gregory A Greenman <see@sig.below>):
It doesn't display the league at all. I think I may have just
screwed something up when I registered, considering that I've
tried to get back into the league site from many different
machines. I'm a frequent Yahoo user, so I know how it operates.
The Yahoo ID you signed up under is dethstryk030366, if
that helps.
Greg the Reprobate
Missionary of Death
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greg -at- spencersoft -dot- com
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| User: "Jeremy Martin" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
13 Sep 2003 10:21:27 AM |
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(Gregory A Greenman <see@sig.below>):
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:25:54 -0500, Jeremy Martin
mrbungle@pattonisgod.com said...
(Gregory A Greenman <see@sig.below>):
It doesn't display the league at all. I think I may have just
screwed something up when I registered, considering that I've
tried to get back into the league site from many different
machines. I'm a frequent Yahoo user, so I know how it operates.
The Yahoo ID you signed up under is dethstryk030366, if
that helps.
I was wondering if I was signing up under the wrong one, but
nope--that's the one I've been logging in as for a long time.
--
Jeremy Martin
I have an aa number, but I'd have to look it up.
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| User: "Lord Calvert" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
10 Sep 2003 12:34:31 PM |
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You're up against Rich next. He's all excited over his
first win. Go easy on him.
Hey! Considering how well I played last year and how infrequently it turned
into a win I think I have some justification to be excited at a 1-0 start.
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Ill-Legal Dept. "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here"
"My country, right or wrong; to be defended when right and righted when wrong."
- Thomas Jefferson
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| User: "Gregory A Greenman" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
10 Sep 2003 04:22:23 PM |
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On 10 Sep 2003 17:34:31 GMT, Lord Calvert
forlornh@aol.commode said...
You're up against Rich next. He's all excited over his
first win. Go easy on him.
Hey! Considering how well I played last year and how infrequently it turned
into a win I think I have some justification to be excited at a 1-0 start.
Just giving you some moral support.
Last season, my team opened terribly. After the first few
weeks, I had the lowest STD point total. Fortunately, my
team did improve considerably from there and I ended up
making the playoffs (where I lost in the first round, when
my opponent's last player scored on the last play of his
game).
So, I'm pretty happy with the strong start for the
Lamarkians this season. Hopefully they can duplicate the
success of their baseball brethren.
Greg the Reprobate
Missionary of Death
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greg -at- spencersoft -dot- com
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| User: "Kevin Anthoney" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
09 Sep 2003 04:58:32 PM |
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Lord Calvert wrote:
Discordians 67, Pioneers 51 - Player of the Game: RB Garrison
Hearst-Discordians
Lamarkians 100, Mudskippers 76 - Player of the Game: QB Daunte
Culpepper-Lamarkians
Austin Bush Bashers 80, Heaven's Gate 49 - Player of the Game: RB Travis
Henry-Bush Bashers
Thundering Gerbils 77, Der Kohls 55 - Player of the Game: QB Joey
Harrington-Gerbils
Incredible Fro-Slaps 81, Mighty Tapeworms 79 - Player of the Game: QB
Tommy Maddox-Fro-Slaps
LaPorte Heathens 74, LionsOverSaints 51 - Player of the Game: QB Jeff
Garcia-Heathens
Medusa's Children 75, Neandertals 74 - Player of the Game: RB Priest
Holmes-Children
Bye week: Zoroaster (79 points, best player: RB Clinton Portis)
Help me out here. I'm from one of those Evil Foreign parts where they don't
play this game. A couple of days ago they showed some on the telly, so I
thought I'd try and work it out.
The bit that puzzled me most was that in most football-style games, the
central aspect is that of passing the ball around from player to player in
an attempt to get a team-mate into a scoring position. There wasn't any of
that going on at all, unless you count the initial throw upfield by the guy
at the back (quarterback?).
Is it actually against the rules to pass the ball around? If so, why on
earth did they take that out? Seeing your team scythe through the
opposition's defence with a brilliant, free-flowing passing move is what
you watch football for, isn't it?
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
Owner, GM, Head Coach, Defenseive Cooridnator, Waterboy, Cheerleader back
massager for YOUR Discordians!
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Kevin Anthoney
kanthoney[a]dsl.pipex.com
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| User: "Doug Semler" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
11 Sep 2003 08:06:56 AM |
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At some point in the past, Kevin Anthoney <kevin_anthoney@hotmail.com>
slavered, and posted this:
Lord Calvert wrote:
<snip scores>
Help me out here. I'm from one of those Evil Foreign parts where they
don't play this game. A couple of days ago they showed some on the
telly, so I thought I'd try and work it out.
Don't try to work it out: turn the telly down and have a few beers and watch
the game (the announcers are for *****) :) j/k read on:
The bit that puzzled me most was that in most football-style games,
the central aspect is that of passing the ball around from player to
player in an attempt to get a team-mate into a scoring position.
There wasn't any of that going on at all, unless you count the
initial throw upfield by the guy at the back (quarterback?).
This is a main point of confusion between Rugby countries and American
Football countries. The main difference is that in Rugby, offense and
defense are played by the same players, and there is no real concept of a
dead ball in Rugby. In other words, while in rugby, a "turnover" is an
integral part of the game (i.e. turnovers happen often and are expected,
unless say UC Irvine is playing the Eagles), whereas the turnover is the
knell in American Football. Laterals (backward passes), while an integral
part of Rugby, are very often discouraged in American Football. Another
point of confusion is that while, in American Rules football, a player can
make a forward pass, it can only be done once per play, and only if the ball
has not passed forward of the line of scrimmage. The key to remember is
that in American Rules football, the overall strategy of the game, dictated
by the coaches, is paramount; while in Rugby, the ebb-and-flow tactics
dictated by the players are generally more important. The coach may send in
plays on line-outs or may decide to try for field goal on a peanalty, but
during the games the players generally have more say in the tactics based on
what is happening.
Is it actually against the rules to pass the ball around? If so, why
on earth did they take that out? Seeing your team scythe through the
opposition's defence with a brilliant, free-flowing passing move is
what you watch football for, isn't it?
Like I said, in American Rules, passing (lateralling) isn't so much
prohibited as generally discouraged, because of the turnover factor.
However, I *do* have an interesting experience about this. When I was in
college, NCAA rules prohibited training of players during certain parts of
the offseason. However, US Rugby sanctions a collegiate level league (at
least in So Cal when I was in school) which is NOT a part of NCAA (basically
it is a club sport on campuses with ties to US Rugby). Also, the season is
basically year-round (if you count all the 7's leagues etc). So the coach
of one of the nearby division III colleges told his players that they should
play Rugby during the offseason. Let me tell you this, their next football
season was improved 1000%:
1) The players learned how to tackle properly (no "armor" encourages
technique over brute force)
2) The players learned how to think on their feet (switching from
offensive to defensive postures during the game, no time outs, no pause
between set plays, no substitutions, etc)
3) The players learned about sportsmanship (the ABSOLUTE invioablity of
the (one) referee, and also the tradition of the after-match pub visit with
the other team)
4) The players' endurance was increased remarkably (it's amazing how
little time the athletes on an American football team actually PLAY in a
game, especially with the separation of offense and defense. A typical
rugby game is 85 minutes (2 fourty minute halves with a 5 minute halftime),
during which the players were running on the field the entire time.)
5) The players had more fun :)
--
Doug Semler
http://home.wideopenwest.com/~doug_semler
a.a. #705, BAAWA. EAC Guardian of the Horn of the IPU (pbuhh).
I hate spam, standard email address munging applied.
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
09 Sep 2003 05:35:47 PM |
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Kevin Anthoney wrote:
Lord Calvert wrote:
Discordians 67, Pioneers 51 - Player of the Game: RB Garrison
Hearst-Discordians
Lamarkians 100, Mudskippers 76 - Player of the Game: QB Daunte
Culpepper-Lamarkians
Austin Bush Bashers 80, Heaven's Gate 49 - Player of the Game: RB Travis
Henry-Bush Bashers
Thundering Gerbils 77, Der Kohls 55 - Player of the Game: QB Joey
Harrington-Gerbils
Incredible Fro-Slaps 81, Mighty Tapeworms 79 - Player of the Game: QB
Tommy Maddox-Fro-Slaps
LaPorte Heathens 74, LionsOverSaints 51 - Player of the Game: QB Jeff
Garcia-Heathens
Medusa's Children 75, Neandertals 74 - Player of the Game: RB Priest
Holmes-Children
Bye week: Zoroaster (79 points, best player: RB Clinton Portis)
Help me out here. I'm from one of those Evil Foreign parts where they don't
play this game. A couple of days ago they showed some on the telly, so I
thought I'd try and work it out.
The bit that puzzled me most was that in most football-style games, the
central aspect is that of passing the ball around from player to player in
an attempt to get a team-mate into a scoring position. There wasn't any of
that going on at all, unless you count the initial throw upfield by the guy
at the back (quarterback?).
Is it actually against the rules to pass the ball around?
No, but the rules discourage it. You can't make a forward pass once
you've advanced the ball past where it was spotted at the beginning of
the play.
If so, why on earth did they take that out?
Seeing your team scythe through the
opposition's defence with a brilliant, free-flowing passing move is what
you watch football for, isn't it?
It's more about plays and tactical formations. The brilliant catch set
up by some shrewd maneuver, or the runner who picks up a block and gets
through an opening...
--
Fred Stone
Conquering the Galaxy since 2003
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| User: "Gregory A Greenman" |
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10 Sep 2003 02:12:02 AM |
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On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 18:35:47 -0400, Fred Stone fstone69
@earthling.com said...
Kevin Anthoney wrote:
Lord Calvert wrote:
Lamarkians 100, Mudskippers 76 - Player of the Game: QB Daunte
Culpepper-Lamarkians
<snip scores of unimportant games>
Help me out here. I'm from one of those Evil Foreign parts where they don't
play this game. A couple of days ago they showed some on the telly, so I
thought I'd try and work it out.
The bit that puzzled me most was that in most football-style games, the
central aspect is that of passing the ball around from player to player in
an attempt to get a team-mate into a scoring position. There wasn't any of
that going on at all, unless you count the initial throw upfield by the guy
at the back (quarterback?).
Quarterback is correct. QB for short.
Is it actually against the rules to pass the ball around?
No, but the rules discourage it. You can't make a forward pass once
you've advanced the ball past where it was spotted at the beginning of
the play.
Further, you cannot legally make two forward passes on one
play, even if they are behind the place where the ball was
spotted at the beginning of the play (which is called "the
line of scrimmage").
You can make as many backward passes as you like on a play.
These are called "laterals". Teams don't usually lateral
much because if the ball isn't caught, it's still live and
anyone can pick up the ball, including the defense.
If so, why on earth did they take that out?
They didn't take it out. It's a different game than the one
that you're familiar with.
Seeing your team scythe through the
opposition's defence with a brilliant, free-flowing passing move is what
you watch football for, isn't it?
It's more about plays and tactical formations. The brilliant catch set
up by some shrewd maneuver, or the runner who picks up a block and gets
through an opening...
Here's the rules in a nutshell:
On most plays one side is on offense, the other is on
defense. Each side can have up to eleven players on the
field. No substitutions are allowed during a play.
The team on offense lines up with the player known as the
Center holding the ball in a position ready to "hike" it.
The offense lines up on one side of the line of scrimmage
and the defense on the other side.
Play does not begin until the ball is hiked. The play ends
when either the ball carrier is tackled, a pass is thrown
that is incomplete or there's a score.
When the Quarterback gives the signal, the Center thrusts
the ball backwards, between his legs, generally into the
QB's hands. (The QB often stands close enough that this is,
in effect a hand off, but sometimes he'll stand further
back. The ball can be hiked to any player in the backfield,
not just the QB, but it almost always goes to the QB.)
Once the play starts, some of the defensive players will
try to cross the line of scrimmage to try to tackle the QB.
Some of the offensive players are responsible for
preventing them from doing so. This is the pass rush. If
the defenders succeed in tackling the QB, with the ball
behind the line of scrimmage, that's called a sack.
Generally, the offense will run either a passing play or a
running play.
On a pass, the QB will take the ball, he'll try to avoid
the pass rush while he looks for an open Wide Receiver or
Tight End or Running Back. Usually, players at other
positions cannot legally catch the ball. When he finds an
open receiver, he'll throw the ball to him. If the ball is
caught by the offense, the receiver can run with the ball.
If it's caught by the defense, that's an interception. The
defense then becomes the offense and they can try to score.
On a running play, the QB usually hands or tosses the ball
to a Running Back. The RB will then try to run with the
ball.
If a player has the football and he drops it, that's a
fumble. Anybody can then pick up the ball and try to score.
Each offensive possession, the offense is given four
"downs" to work with. Each play costs one down. If the
offense moves the ball forward ten yards, then they go back
to first down and they have a fresh set of four downs to
work with. If the offense moves the ball into the end zone,
then they score a touchdown. That's six points.
After a touchdown, the offense can try for one or two extra
points. They can have their Place Kicker try to kick the
ball between the goal posts. If they succeed they get one
point. The distance is so short that they rarely miss. To
score two points, they have to run the ball over the goal
line into the end zone or complete a pass into the end
zone. Usually teams only try this when there's a certain
set of circumstances where it would be just stupid not to.
When a team is on it's fourth down, it can run another play
where it tries to score or make a first down, or it can
punt or try a field goal. If it runs a play and doesn't
score or make a first down, then the defensive team takes
over as the offense right at that spot.
To make the other team have to go further to score, teams
can punt. If they punt, the punter comes into the game. The
Center will hike the ball to him. He then kicks the ball as
far down field as possible. The team that was on defense
can then catch it and try to advance it. The offense cannot
recover a punt unless a defensive player has touched it.
The team can also try a field goal. A field goal and an
extra point are pretty much the same thing. The place
kicker tries to kick the ball between the goal posts. On a
field goal, the ball is placed at the line of scrimmage,
the Center hikes it to the Holder. The Holder holds the
ball in position for it to be kicked. The Place Kicker then
moves forward and kicks the ball. If he succeeds the team
scores three points. If he fails, the defense takes over at
that spot, so teams rarely try to kick the ball unless
they're fairly sure their Place Kicker can make the kick.
I hope this helps.
Greg the Reprobate
Missionary of Death
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greg -at- spencersoft -dot- com
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| Title: Re: AA: Atheists Football League Week 1 results |
10 Sep 2003 12:55:21 PM |
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Gregory A Greenman wrote:
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 18:35:47 -0400, Fred Stone fstone69
@earthling.com said...
Kevin Anthoney wrote:
Lord Calvert wrote:
Lamarkians 100, Mudskippers 76 - Player of the Game: QB Daunte
Culpepper-Lamarkians
<snip scores of unimportant games>
Help me out here. I'm from one of those Evil Foreign parts where they
don't play this game. A couple of days ago they showed some on the
telly, so I thought I'd try and work it out.
The bit that puzzled me most was that in most football-style games, the
central aspect is that of passing the ball around from player to player
in an attempt to get a team-mate into a scoring position. There wasn't
any of that going on at all, unless you count the initial throw upfield
by the guy at the back (quarterback?).
Quarterback is correct. QB for short.
Is it actually against the rules to pass the ball around?
No, but the rules discourage it. You can't make a forward pass once
you've advanced the ball past where it was spotted at the beginning of
the play.
Further, you cannot legally make two forward passes on one
play, even if they are behind the place where the ball was
spotted at the beginning of the play (which is called "the
line of scrimmage").
You can make as many backward passes as you like on a play.
These are called "laterals". Teams don't usually lateral
much because if the ball isn't caught, it's still live and
anyone can pick up the ball, including the defense.
If so, why on earth did they take that out?
They didn't take it out. It's a different game than the one
that you're familiar with.
It's based on rugby, isn't it? The tackling sure looks like rugby. And I'll
bet the term "scrimmage" comes from rugby's "scrummage."
Seeing your team scythe through the
opposition's defence with a brilliant, free-flowing passing move is
what you watch football for, isn't it?
It's more about plays and tactical formations. The brilliant catch set
up by some shrewd maneuver, or the runner who picks up a block and gets
through an opening...
Here's the rules in a nutshell:
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I hope this helps.
Thanks for that. I'll see if it all makes more sense next Sunday.
In the meantime, I'm off to see England thrash Leichtenstein at, er,
football.
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Kevin Anthoney
kanthoney[a]dsl.pipex.com
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10 Sep 2003 04:09:55 PM |
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Kevin Anthoney wrote:
In the meantime, I'm off to see England thrash Leichtenstein at, er,
football.
The entire population of Leichtenstein is 32,000, and would fit twice into
Old Trafford, where the match was played.
And we beat them 2-0.
Go Eng-ger-land!!!
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Kevin Anthoney
kanthoney[a]dsl.pipex.com
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10 Sep 2003 05:34:13 PM |
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forlornh@aol.commode (Lord Calvert) thought hard and said:
Thundering Gerbils 77, Der Kohls 55 - Player of the Game: QB Joey
Harrington-Gerbils
Haha! I lose again!
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-Kolle; 15 A.A. #2035
Koji Kondo, Yo-Yo Ma, and Gustav Mahler are my Gods.
Madly Insane EAC Scientist.
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11 Sep 2003 10:45:28 AM |
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In article <sm9vlvsgq75r89g50nf18hviarn88agr45@4ax.com>, Daniel Kolle says...
forlornh@aol.commode (Lord Calvert) thought hard and said:
Thundering Gerbils 77, Der Kohls 55 - Player of the Game: QB Joey
Harrington-Gerbils
Haha! I lose again!
So did my husband - Blast! :)
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo & EAC Spellcaster
#1557
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