FB: Centennial Conference

[Buck Lateral]

Warren,

It's funny that you'd mention the "A" formation. I actually sat in on a presentation at the Single Wing Conclave by Ted Seay on the "A" formation. Ted is a fascinating guy, who spends much of his time updating historic offenses into contemporary playbooks. I ran some "A" formation plays when I coached my son's youth league team. Given your interest in the early aspects of the game I recommend that you visit the Single Wing, Etc discussion board over at Delphi forums. Ted is a regular participant, a generous guy and a wealth of knowledge. If you're nostalgic for the teams of your youth, a fellow named Jim Barg has the most extensive collection of dvd's of games as early as the 1920's. I believe he even has one of Harvard that was filmed by Thomas Edison. In any event, the history and lore of the game is alive and well on that forum and it is well worth a visit.

[Superfoot Wallace]

Ted Seay the Austrian?

Seay's Wild Bunch is the Wheel route to Canada's Whip route.

Though they tend to stay under center, Carnegie Mellon University uses some A formation. For those not in the know, A is essentially a short punt formation or rifle type formation with bone backs and fullbacks.  Rich Erdelyi, the CMU offensive coordinator, I believe uses a tackles over approach from A formation and combines it with front side guard pulls.

As some of the purists have moved away from the buck lateral, the tackles over approach has given way to bunch receiver formations with attendant jet/rocket sweeps.

signed,
Byron "Whizzer" White

[Buck Lateral]

For those of you who may be interested in what the heck we've been talking about; Ted's A Formation playbook (among others) is available here:

http://www.coachteed.com/freedl/offense.html

I've unashamedly stolen much from Mr. Seay over the years. The best route combo I got from him was a slant/whip- wheel combo. Basically, the slot runs a wheel and the SE runs slant (pick) against man coverage or whip against zone. Its a easy read and throw for the QB. His Wild Bunch stuff (adapted from Coverdale, et al) is excellent too.

I met Ted between his posting in Fiji and Vienna. It's nice to know our nations diplomats are so versatile.

[old ends]

Back in 1956 my father drove us to Ithaca to see Harvard beat Cornell.
My father new people at Cornell so we really got close to the sidelines.
The Coach for Harvard kept telling his offense." these plays are designed to score touchdowns not 2 -3 yards at a time...execute  execute or sit on the bench. That is about all I remember except Cornell did not win.

[Buck Lateral]

That was an historic game you saw. That was the first formal game of the Ivy League and Harvard crushed Cornell, 32-7, in Ithaca. I think that was Lloyd Jordan's last year as Harvard's HC.

[BTEXPRESS]

I am enjoying reading about all this football history!

[Buck Lateral]

BTExpress (and others):

If you enjoy the ancient history of the game and live in Eastern PA or nearby, I strongly recommend attending the Single Wing Conclave. I have attended 3-4 times over the years and have always enjoyed learning the X's and O's as well as the great history of offensive football theory. In past years attendees have come from as far away as Europe, Yet the group is normally around 100 people and everyone, including the speakers is available 24/7 and completely willing to share their knowledge and experience.

Warren, this year they're even having a full seminar devoted to the Buck Lateral.

Contact info follows:

8th Annual Single Wing Conclave
Friday, February 27th & Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Burke Auditorium
King's College
Wilkes-Barre, PA

8th Annual Pre-Conclave Mixer
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
8:00ish -
TGIFridays (adjacent to the Holiday Inn-Kidder Road)
880 Kidder Road
Wilkes-Barre, PA

NOTE: More info on the Mixer to come.

6th Annual Beer Taste BBQ
Friday, February 27, 2009
7-10ish
Holiday Inn-Kidder Road
Wilkes-Barre, PA
NOTE - The Beer Taste BBQ is an idea in that everyone attending brings one case of craft/micro beers from wherever they live so that everyone can sample good beers from all over the US. Feel free to mix it up - get any genre you want. 2008's offerings were outstanding & very diverse - keep it up!!

6th Annual Conclave "Survivors" SteakFest
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Time: evening TBA
Outback Steakhouse
Wilkes-Barre, PA

REGISTRATION:

TO REGISTER VIA PAYPAL :
INDIVIDUAL: (1-4 coaches per school/team/organization) $27 per coach in advance, posted no later than Tuesday, February 24th, 2009.
STAFF: (5+ coaches per school/team/organization) $22 per coach in advance, posted no later than Tuesday, February 24th, 2009.
Go to http://www.paypal.com and Submit Payment to buckspin@roadrunner.com along with your email & the name(s) of who is attending

TO REGISTER VIA CHECK, MONEY ORDER OR CASH :
INDIVIDUAL: (1-4 coaches per school/team/organization) $25 per coach in advance, $35 at the door or postmarked after Saturday, February 21st, 2009.
STAFF: (5+ coaches per school/team/organization) $20 per coach in advance, $30 per coach at the door or postmarked after Saturday, February 21st, 2009.

Mail check or MO payable to: "Single Wing Conclave" and the name(s) of who is attending to:

Mail payment to:
Todd Bross
218 Butler Road
Union, ME 04862

CONCLAVE T-SHIRTS!
More to come...

Email all questions to buckspin@roadrunner.com

LODGING:
Our "unofficial" base camp has been:

Holiday Inn Wilkes-Barre (Arena)
880 Kidder Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Reservations: 1-800-315-2621
Front Desk: 1-570-824-8901
Fax: 1-570-824-9310
Email: info@holiday-wilkesbarre.com

There is a group rate of $63/nite. To get this rate, mention you are attending the "Single Wing Coaching Conclave" at King's College. Our contact is Nicole. You can certainly find cheaper places to stay, but IMHO you will will missing out on a lot of after hours BS chalk talk/video sessions which are as valuable, if not more valuable, then the Conclave's presentations.

CONCLAVE SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS:

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th:

7:30 AM - Continental breakfast on site, Burke Auditorium
8ish - File in, welcome, introductions

AM SESSION:
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: "Topic TBA"
Bob Howard
Athletic Director/Head Coach
Webster City High School
Webster City, IO

2nd AM: "Redundant Passing from Multiple Sets"
Dennis Cronin
Offensive Coordinator
North Middlesex Regional High School
Townsend, MA

- LUNCH BREAK @ Gonda's:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/SingleWing/messages?msg=4026.18

PM SESSION:
1st PM: "Getting Beastly with the Beast"
Scott Bobek
Defensive (not a typo) Coordinator
Archbishop Curley HS
Baltimore, MD

2nd PM: "Nutrient Timing: The Missing Piece In Your Stength Training Program"
Todd Bross
Conclave Founder
Union, ME

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th:

7:30 AM - Continental breakfast on site, Burke Auditorium
8ish - File in

AM SESSION:
1st AM:
The Annual "Sermon On The Podium" from St. John The Bald
John Ward
Offensive Coordinator
East Columbus Gators
East Columbus, NC

Note - There will not be a 2nd AM Saturday. Those of you who have attending Saturday morning services at the Church Of 56 before know why....

- LUNCH BREAK @ Gonda's:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/SingleWing/messages?msg=4026.18

PM SESSION:
1st PM: "Buck Lateral Series"
Jeremy Haymore
Offensive Coordinator
Patrick Henry High School
Roanoke, VA

"Conclave Freeform"
Conclave Attendees

ATTENTION - This year we are going back to the origins of the Freeform in that it will be an on the fly Q&A session. 2 hours of what you want to know! A real ask & answer.

[r.w. mcnickels]

Just saw on the conference website that Susquehanna has joined as an associate member in football:

http://www.centennial.org/susquehanna.html

[TheGrove]

and women's golf.

Hello, nice to be here. 

[muledaddy]

The Grove,

Welcome to the little ivy league.....enjoy the ride........real scholars playing real football (and

women's golf).

[old ends]

That will make it a ten team conference so every team gets to play one game outside the conference..I think the AQ is a lock, of course, but unless the conference has another 9-1 team that beat a higher ranked team, it could be awhile before we see two teams quilify

[muledaddy]

Old,

agreed...

[Warren Thompson]

The Grove,

Welcome to the little ivy league.....enjoy the ride........real scholars playing real football (and
women's golf).

Not to put too fine a point on things, but there are "real scholars [at least, actual students] playing real football" in conferences other than the "little ivy league" [sic!]. The Centennial Conference has no monopoly here.

[muledaddy]

Hi warren,
Are there scholars in other D3 conferences?

Of  course. Is the CC referred to as the Little Ivy League?....you bet youur boots it is....point of fact

[Pat Coleman]

Is it referred to that by anyone outside the conference, Muledaddy? I think the folks up in the NESCAC have a much better claim to that moniker than the Centennial does.

The Liberty League, from which Susquehanna comes, is not exactly a conference full of academic stiffs either. Maybe not as elitist as Muledaddy, though.