We reached St. Olaf around 9 am‚ just in time as the first year football players were supposed to move in. I unloaded the items I had from my car and to my surprise all of the upper classmen carried my items to my room on the highest floor of Ytterboe. I entered an unfamiliar space which would be my home for the next three weeks. I unpacked my belongings and socialized with my roommate Jake‚ also a defensive back (DB) on the football team. He was very friendly and immediately started teaching me the
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This is the moment that all local college football fans have waited all year for‚ rivalry week. One of the greatest rivalry’s in college sports‚ the cross-town rivalry‚ pitting (7-4) USC vs. 22nd ranked (8-3) UCLA. What’s on the line; the Pac-12 South Division‚ a berth in the Pac 12 Championship game and another shot at Stanford. Stanford swept the Los Angeles schools in 2015‚ outscoring UCLA and USC 97-66. Although if either USC or UCLA go on to beat Stanford in a rematch‚ win the conference
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The football versus soccer fight rages on for years now and has sparked quite some controversy. Most people say that soccer is the sport of the world‚ but however football is considered to be the most entertaining sport yet. There are many differences and similarities which part these two topics. Soccer is to be considered the sport of the world because for so many years it has been all around the world. The sport has this very important competition called The World Cup‚ where different nations
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I have attended four different high schools in four years‚ and have played football alongside numerous teammates and coaches. I have always participated in sports throughout high school. Playing football has taught me valuable lessons for use on and off of the field. When I joined the football team my freshman year‚ I did not fully understand what I was getting into. Even though I watched football on television‚ I had no idea how much work was truly required for the sport. I worked vigorously for
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As the football team waits in the locker room waiting to walk down the steps‚ the whole football team can hear the crowd cheering and we can all hear the music playing‚ from outside. As Coach Mullins is getting us ready to play‚ we all think about why we play the game and what it means to be apart of this team. Everyone has different thoughts and different reasons‚ but we all play the game for one reason‚ and one reason only‚ that is to win a state championship. When the coach has finished with his
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In the essay “The End of Football” by John Kass‚ discusses the possibility of football becoming less popular as the years goes by because the health issues that are related to tackle football. His thesis is that parents are becoming more cautious with their children playing sports because the rougher the sport‚ the likely chance that the child will have a life altering injury. Kass even said himself that he will not allow his children play football‚ even though he loves the game himself and he also
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My football coach always says‚ “success breeds success‚” yet I feel that my failures define my high school career. The first two years I played culminated in a mere two victories‚ but my sophomore year of high school brought new hope. This was the first time I was eligible to play on the varsity team‚ and with only three returning starters‚ playtime was available at every position. Additionally‚ the team had made the playoffs the previous 10 years‚ so success seemed to be on the horizon. But this
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our performance by focusing on these components in order to reach set goals. In order for a training program to be most beneficial‚ it is required to take in to account the components of fitness most relevant to the sport‚ in this instance touch football. The most important and significant component of fitness required is Aerobic capacity.
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Week 13 of the college football season has concluded‚ and one team may have secured its spot in the second annual College Football Playoff. The Oklahoma Sooners seem to be in position to reach the Playoff‚ yet the College Football Playoff Committee has final say on whether the Sooners will play for a chance to claim the Championship. After the Committee releases its latest rankings on Tuesday‚ the final Playoff rankings will be revealed on Dec. 6. For those that aren’t fans of the current top four
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Football Football needs to be safer because it is a sport filled with injury and the injuries could affect them for the rest of their life. What i want to happen is they need to make football a little safer. And they need to also make it so if you get injured you get your contract cut. And if they were to do that it would make it more like if i get injured i could lose my job so it makes they more careful. I also think that there team would be disappointed in them. Football needs to be safer because
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