EDSBS LABS PRESENTS: FOOTBALL 101 BETA
During one of our editions of EDSBS Live (now available on ITunes for the great price of “cheap as free,”) listeners were asked what they didn’t know about as fans. The consistent answer: the actual game going on beneath the tackling, hitting, and feats of combat acrobatics that is football. They see the fireworks, but don’t understand the chemistry that makes things go boom in a certain, designed way.
Given that, we’re tackling (pun intended) Football 101 using what we’ve got: and XBox, a fifty dollar video capture device, and Windows Movie Maker. This is the beta–there’s a few errors, the pacing’s odd, and we get cut off at the end due to sloppy editing.
However: watch it, critique it, and tell us what you want to see further digression/explanation of regarding football.
Part One: What You’re Looking At On A Typical Play.
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To the commenters who are complaining that Football 101 is too simple–
I just want to let you in on a secret– all women, regardless of sexual orientation, are helplessly attracted to men who brag about their football knowledge and look down on people who know less. We intuitively sense that you’ve picked up that impressive knowledge during all those hours you spent crashed in front of the TV, recovering from the strain of dragging around your enormous balls.
Really, it’s true.
Comment by The Conscience of a Nation — March 27, 2007 @ 10:00 am
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So the target demographic for this lesson is six year old girls in the South and “Our team r00lz!†Pac-1o’ers that discovered the game enough to follow a final score shortly after Pete Carrol was hired?
Well, I can tell you from experience that my 4 year old daughter finds football boring; she prefers soccer because the uniforms are more colorful. So this post is wasted on her.
As for your other demographic, I had been ignorant of many football basics for years before Pete Carroll was hired, and I find that it has never affected my enthusiasm for the game.
In fact, I put it to you that in an era of truthiness and spin, expertise is entirely unAmerican. I was just ahead of the curve.
Comment by DC Trojan — March 27, 2007 @ 9:18 am
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#20 beat me to it, but halfback hasn’t been used for years (at least since the demise of the wishbone). Beano Cook excepted, of course.
Nice job on the elementary presentation in general. I would never have the patience…
Comment by Because They Can — March 27, 2007 @ 7:17 am
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This is an exceptionally cool idea. One thing, though: you might want to get someone who knows the rules to check these over, because you got a couple of pretty minor mistakes in there, concerning the restrictions on the interior linemen. I can do this if you want, drop me a line.
For the record!
1). The interior linemen are allowed to take a hand-off or a lateral. They cannot go past the line of scrimmage on a pass play, nor can they be the first player to touch a forward pass. They are required to wear a number between 50 and 79 (the only college numbering rule) and are referred to as being ‘ineligible by number’.
2). However, there is no requirement for a lineman who is ineligible by number to be ‘covered up’ by an eligible reciever: that’s an NFL rule. Therefore, there is also no need to put an eligible reciever on each end of the line of scrimmage.
Comment by A. Worthless Pedant — March 27, 2007 @ 6:07 am
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So the target demographic for this lesson is six year old girls in the South and “Our team r00lz!” Pac-1o’ers that discovered the game enough to follow a final score shortly after Pete Carrol was hired?
Comment by Chg — March 27, 2007 @ 12:13 am
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A little off topic, though I think Orson at least will appreciate this:
Theisman is being replaced by Jaworski on the Monday Night Football booth team.
It is still a shitty set up, but I look forward to seeing if Jaws in game analysis is as involved as I hope it is.
I know this is a college site, but I thought some people might care.
Comment by Kecalf Bailey — March 26, 2007 @ 10:45 pm
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Excellent, excellent, excellent.
Great job, gentlemen.
Comment by Yost — March 26, 2007 @ 8:12 pm
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Great job. I’ve really struggled to explain the game to some female and/or foreign friends of mine. I’m going to run this by them and see what they have to say. Please keep it up. And if you should happen to be in the market for an Xbox360 (includes NCAA Football 07!), please email me. I’m looking to unload mine.
Comment by PeteJayhawk — March 26, 2007 @ 8:05 pm
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Great work! One eensy thing: ’splain to the viewers at home what the “box” is.
Comment by MCab — March 26, 2007 @ 7:42 pm