FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[victorybell_57]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6836960?MSNHPHMA

wow, i am speechless. 

[SaintsFAN]

Bank of Kentucky Field...

Crestview Hills, KY--Thomas More College and The Bank of Kentucky announced today a naming rights agreement for the new athletic field on campus.  The Bank of Kentucky committed $1 million to the project, which will be named The Bank of Kentucky Field. This leadership gift kicks off the fundraising campaign for phase one of the Thomas More College Athletic Complex Project, which is estimated to cost $1.5 to $2 million.

[Adam Sayer]

I'll tell ya what, give me your email (I may already have it) but give it to me JIC and I'll give you whats complete.

[formerd3db]

Bank of Kentucky Field...

Crestview Hills, KY--Thomas More College and The Bank of Kentucky announced today a naming rights agreement for the new athletic field on campus.  The Bank of Kentucky committed $1 million to the project, which will be named The Bank of Kentucky Field. This leadership gift kicks off the fundraising campaign for phase one of the Thomas More College Athletic Complex Project, which is estimated to cost $1.5 to $2 million.

My apologies to you HCAC guys as I should probably post this reply to SaintsFAN over on TMC's board.  However, since the discussion on this topic originated here and SaintsFAN's latest as noted above is posted here, I'll post this, so please forgive me this one time

SaintsFAN:

Good to hear from you and glad you are doing well.  Great news about the TMC/Bank of Kentucky arrangement.  One question though:  I thought your alma mater recently completed the new stadium - so does this new Athletic Complex include even newer renovations/additions i.e. like a Phase II to the football stadium or rather is it basically the other sports complex for basketball arean, vollyball, swimming pool, athletic training, dance studios, athletic administration and coaches offices, etc., etc.?  Just curious.  Regardless, it should be a great new addition and upgrade to the campus.  Seems like almost all the D3 colleges and universities are upgrading tremendously to their physical facilities whether athletic and/or academic, but then again, that is just part of the competition to "keep up with the times" and offer the great facilities to prospective students in making their choices.

We are doing well, but much news in the cycle of life here as with anyone - I will send you a personal email message here to update you on life here.  Thank again to you HCAC guys for your tolerance.

[M and L]

Boy do those NFL guys make themselves real intellectual or what.  Kind of makes you wonder what Clinton Portis is hiding behind his closed doors.

Can't blame Portis for sticking bihind the good o'l boy skystme and sticking up for his fellow professional athlete, but the law is the law and you can't break it.  While ignorance is no excuss either.

Vick doesn't seem like the stand citizen to model after either.

[M and L]

I don't care what TMC does also long as they get that dam field turf in.  That field sucked.

[Adam Sayer]

Macke...check your email

[SaintsFAN]

formerd3db,

The improvements you speak of were done in time for the 1999 season so football could be played on campus.  I would be remiss if I didn't mention that if a certain teammate's father hadnt ran with the project, my class would have never taken the field on campus.  It was a modest facility, and he was working to make it even better until his sudden passing.  So the field has sat until now...

They are installing turf, a track, permanent bleachers with lockerrooms underneath etc....should be nice. 

It also appears we have a new logo...

Do update me with that personal email. 

[70_dc_alum]

someone had some good smack on Jim Rome today saying "Portis is dead on, dont mess with my privacy of what i do in my own house - signed Orenthal James Simpson"

Wasnt DC supposed to play in Germany this spring?

[M and L]

Got it Adam

Thanks

[victorybell_57]

does anybody remember the oj episode on saturday night live when he was using the teleprompter? he was explaining a pass route that ended up spelling "I did It." it was quite hilarious.

[Adam Sayer]

That's where he must have gotten the idea for his book. The only time Orenthal is in the news anymore is when someone kicks him out of their restaraunt.

[victorybell_57]

i like when jim rome called him stabber for about 5 years, that was classic.

question: if you were to design a playbook, how many run plays would/could you have effectively? if you didn't use zone, could you use more run plays with different man schemes? if you use zone, does that limit what you can use? thoughts?

[Adam Sayer]

Honestly it depends on who you ask. Alex Gibbs (Denvers former O-line coach) and who most people consider the 'father' of the modern day zone, believes zone is ALL you run and nothing else. Depending on how the defense lines up, it's inside or outside. When the guy (forgive me for forgeting his name) from Minn. talked, he said he ran zone (inside or outside) about 50-64% of the run plays.

If you do believe in the zone concept (as I do), I think zone needs to be at least 50% of your run plays because a lot of time is needed to work on the blocking scheme and rules. Treating zone as another run play won't allow you enough time to cover all of them. Blocking Iso, Power, etc. is more blocking structure and not as much time is needed to cover the blocking rules (just my opinion). I also believe that you should run other run plays, if for anything else, you set up your play action passing game. Keep it basic...Power, Sweep, Trap, Iso, Option, Counter, and maybe throw in a reverse or shovel (I love the shovel...some will say shuttle...WHATEVER). Any MSJ guys remember that practice when I convinced Coach Mac to run the Shovel Pass....we run it in practice and Hubie yells "Mac, it's about damn time you put that in...I love that play." I do believe you need some misdirection.

As Coach Hill would say...KISS!  Gotta go. I'm in Tenn for my sisters graduation and my real dad (former bodybuilder) made me lunch...mix of oats, egg whites, and raisins and filtered water...all mixed together...felt like I was on Fear Factor. Gross!

[Superfoot Wallace]

When you guys are talking zone are you including stretch?

Think the Augustana veer stuff from a wing formation has a lot of zone principle to it.

Have seen and played two zones, the stretch and the multiple west coast.

Two principles in the zone stretch were tackles trying to hook the end and pulling a tackle across bunch.

Am always a fan of Lombardi sweeps with two guards and a fullback thrown in for good measure, but the pass game gets rudimentary with an out and curl.  Still have bucktrap and bucksweep as well to handle pinches and flexes.

The multiple west coast, with the fullback offset like Barnette's Northwestern offense is money for pin and fold technique whether the zone is inside or outside.

Am a big fan of rocket and jet sweep from the aforementioned stretch principle, otherwise those rocket and jet sweeps are Sally in my lexicon with the playside linemen trying to influence by veer releasing.

With the inside stuff, the play is called the same, and the down, trap and power actions are audibled by the linemen rather than in the huddle.  Tough to install and puts the onus on the line to know the depths of handoffs and ride paths.  Can be done, but the line has to do their homework.  Reasons for high Wunderlik scores by offensive linemen.

As an addendum, the Quarterback can override lineplay call at the line with directional run audibles and a center directional call.  At this point the center has a Mawae pull or not pull execution choice as well as a passoff down the line.

Guess to answer the question Victory, there are 8 called running plays, albeit with more than three potential ball carriers.  Direct run to A,B and C and misdirection to A and C.

The playbook unfolds with the lines understanding of counter steps, jab steps and direct paths of the ball carrier.

While the plays to be called from the sideline are few, the plays to be practiced are many.  As the line gets an understanding of the plays called in practice, they evolve what they can do within the context of the game.  And for those coaches that demand utmost control, the plays called in practice are still available come gametime.

This method might not be so great for coaches trying to control passing windows, but much of that can be alleviated with pistol and shotgun, though sacrificing some of the wizardry that occurs with the quarterback turning his back to the defense and necessarily hiding the ball.  The caveat, and Sayer surely likes this stuff, is the rocket opening up much more shovel or shuttle game as both direct and misdirect.

signed,
Darryl Royal's Wishbone Salad Dressing