What You Need To Know About...

...Football

1. General
2. The People
9. Books & Gear
10. Useful Links

General

1.01 What is Football?

Tricky question.  The "football" we're talking about here is American Football.  There is also "Soccer" which is called "Football" in most of the world, and "Canadian Football" which we will talk about briefly later on.

The People

2.0 What are the offensive positions?

    2.0.1 Quarterback

    2.0.2 Running Back

    2.0.3 Wide Receiver

    2.0.4 Tight End

    2.0.5 Tackle

    2.0.6 Guard

    2.0.7 Center

2.1 Six Historic Players You Should Know

    2.1.1 Joe Namath

        "Broadway Joe".  Flashy quarterback for the New York Jets who boldly predicted the upstart Jets would beat the powerhouse Baltimore Colts in the 1967 Super Bowl.

    2.1.2 Walter Payton

    2.1.3 Jim Brown

    2.1.4 Joe Montana

    2.1.5 Johnny Unitas

    2.1.6 Dick Butkus

2.2 Five Current Players You Should Know

    2.2.1 Peyton Manning

    Quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts; currently the best quarterback in the game.  Son of NFL quarterback Archie Manning and brother of Eli Manning of the New York Giants.

    2.2.2 Marshall Faulk

    2.2.3 Randy Moss

    2.2.4 Terrell Owens

    2.2.5 Ray Lewis

2.3 Five coaches you need to know about...

    2.3.1 Paul "Bear" Bryant

    2.3.2 Lou Holtz

    Former head coach of Notre Dame this diminutive fireball brings passion and intelligence to his work.  Most recently head coach of South Carolina.

    2.3.3 Eddie Robinson

    2.3.4 Tom Landry

    2.3.5 Don Shula

Books & Gear

9.1 Offensive Football Strategies

Useful Links

10.1 CoachSchorr.com - A free resource for football coaches
10.2 NFL.Com - the website of the National Football League

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