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DjCrenshaw

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Helmets or shoulder pads?

or, how about

Would you enjoy UT football if they made the lineman stand in a 2 point stance?


Do you support safety first, or are do you feel the game is ok as it is?

Just some questions about the direction football as a whole could be headed towards...
 
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The Ron Mexico said:
Safety first. I watch for the competition, not the violence.
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I watch for both. Now don't get me wrong I don't condone dirty play or intentionally hurting another player. It's a physical game the way it should be. Players know the risks they are taking when they gear up and hit the field. If all the physicality is taken out, then might as well play flag football or worse soccer.
 
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brianlsanders said:
The suits are going to ruin the NFL.
I just hope it doesnt happen to the college game.
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Yeah you're right. Pretty soon you won't even be able to sack the opposing QB or even touch him. Goodel is killing the greatness of the NFL. Over the last couple years there have been way too many unnecessary roughing the passer calls when it was a clean sack.
 
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How about size limitations at certain positions? I mean, isn't the increase in injuries due to the fact that players are bigger, stronger, and faster now?
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The original game of football had no pads or helmets and Theodore Roosevelt told football players they needed some sort of padding. People were dying on the field playing the game.
 
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I love to see hard hits. I don't, however, want someone to be permanently disabled for entertainment purposes. I'd like to see dirty players face consequences. Consequences bad enough it kept others from doing it.
 
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vollygirl said:
I love to see hard hits. I don't, however, want someone to be permanently disabled for entertainment purposes. I'd like to see dirty players face consequences. Consequences bad enough it kept others from doing it.
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My one question is, outside of spearing, until a couple of years ago... what was a dirty hit? I know you couldn't grab a guys ankle and twist it, but even the horse collar is pretty new.....
 
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Tennessee Cowboy said:
Yeah you're right. Pretty soon you won't even be able to sack the opposing QB or even touch him. Goodel is killing the greatness of the NFL. Over the last couple years there have been way too many unnecessary roughing the passer calls when it was a clean sack.
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There have been nfl games that i have turned off because of needless penalties. Its truly ridiculous.
If a linemans hand accidently hits the QBs helmet its a personal foul, what a joke.

Its a dangerous game, the guys knew that when they started playing. If players dont want the risk then dont play.
 
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DjCrenshaw said:
My one question is, outside of spearing, until a couple of years ago... what was a dirty hit? I know you couldn't grab a guys ankle and twist it, but even the horse collar is pretty new.....
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Clipping, sucker punching in the pile, biting, twisting nuts, helmet into knee, clotheslining, type stuff was frowned upon in the 70's. But as a LB, we were trained to hit them with the helmet right under the chin. It was a lot of fun when you got squared up on a RB.

Due to the neck injuries, the coaches can't teach that anymore.
 
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Jackson_Harris said:
Clipping, sucker punching in the pile, biting, twisting nuts, helmet into knee, clotheslining, type stuff was frowned upon in the 70's. But as a LB, we were trained to hit them with the helmet right under the chin. It was a lot of fun when you got squared up on a RB.

Due to the neck injuries, the coaches can't teach that anymore.
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Chin shot is always a fun one to exicute, but before you know it they will not allow the blind side sack.
 
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DjCrenshaw said:
My one question is, outside of spearing, until a couple of years ago... what was a dirty hit? I know you couldn't grab a guys ankle and twist it, but even the horse collar is pretty new.....
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Helmet to helmet, clipping, chop blocking....
 
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DjCrenshaw said:
Chin shot is always a fun one to exicute, but before you know it they will not allow the blind side sack.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. I was more in the middle but yes....if you could come around the end and the QB has his back to you and never sees you...take the brow of that helemt and lauch yourself right between his shoulder blades....THAT was great!


I was more of a tackler than a blocker...but on special teams ever now and then, you can get in a great blindside at high speed where the guy is looking at the returner and never even sees ya....those are good! Just decleat them.

Watch right here at the 52 second mark...that is a good one!

I'Tavius Mathers 2010 - YouTube
 
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Roger Goodell is the worst thing to ever happen to the NFL. I don't want to see players permanently injured but its getting ridiculous. Defensive players are getting fined and suspended for hits that the NFL used to put on highlight reels.
 
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I didn't know you tripped acid. That stuff is bad for you.

DjCrenshaw said:
Helmets or shoulder pads?

or, how about

Would you enjoy UT football if they made the lineman stand in a 2 point stance?


Do you support safety first, or are do you feel the game is ok as it is?

Just some questions about the direction football as a whole could be headed towards...
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Dangit. This stupid thread really makes me wanna watch some football. Especially Tennessee football.
 
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vollygirl said:
Helmet to helmet, clipping, chop blocking....
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Yeah, back in the 70s, it seems you saw clipping called a whole lot more than it is now. The kids have wised up on that one I guess, plus there are a lot more new penalties to call.

I think the chop blocking rules came along in the 80's. I know in the 70's, as a OG, it was legal to go low right at a nose guards knee to get him on the ground. The guard would cut him and the center would go high on him. The fullback would blow the linebacker out of the hole.

It seems what they called at a typical high school game was holding, clipping, off-sides. That took care of about 90% of it in the 70's.
 
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Jackson_Harris said:
Yeah, back in the 70s, it seems you saw clipping called a whole lot more than it is now. The kids have wised up on that one I guess, plus there are a lot more new penalties to call.

I think the chop blocking rules came along in the 80's. I know in the 70's, as a OG, it was legal to go low right at a nose guards knee to get him on the ground. The guard would cut him and the center would go high on him. The fullback would blow the linebacker out of the hole.

It seems what they called at a typical high school game was holding, clipping, off-sides. That took care of about 90% of it in the 70's.
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I liked going vertical and taking out the wall on kick offs. You can't do either anymore.
 
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