RATE YOUR FOOTBALL KNOWLEDGE

[FLKeysGuy]

Since we've had all these spirited discussions lately, I thought it would be fun to post a poll that allows you to rate how much you know about football (X's and O's -- not football trivia). 

Feel free to elaborate if you wish.   

[Sao Ming]

As long as a TD still = 7 points, consider me an expert.

[SquirrelMasterFunk]

As long as a TD still = 7 points, consider me an expert.

Since a TD only = 6 points what does that make you them? 
:razorback:

[Pork Twain]

Can't believe I didn't catch that.

[Sao Ming]

As long as a TD still = 7 points, consider me an expert.

Since a TD only = 6 points what does that make you them? 
:razorback:

LOL - no one gets my sense of humor. (inserted sniffle emoticon)

[RazorWire]

As long as a TD still = 7 points, consider me an expert.

... and time , OK class put down your paper and pencil

[Big Papa Satan]

"Nimrod ("I don't have a clue... I just like to argue!")" - Otherwise known as the "Fatty McGee" option.

[RazorWire]

"Nimrod ("I don't have a clue... I just like to argue!")" - Otherwise known as the "Fatty McGee" option.

You should PM him that , you know damn well he ain't reading this board 

[Ugly Uncle]

What is a football?

[RazorWire]

What is a football?

Hows yer arse ?

[Pork Twain]

What is a football?

The devil

[CoachJ]

I am the Ol' Ball Coach...

[Ugly Uncle]

What is a football?

Hows yer arse ?

Clean as a whistle.  In fact...I can whistle you something now if you would like.

[PIGINAPOKE]

The first play my pop warner team ran in 1964 in Fullerton Calif was a smoke draw. Followed by a student body right.The first play I Had tossed my way at free saftey in H.S. was a Bomb..Makes you think about Nutt don't it?

[Izual65]

It would be sweet if there was a test on the internet that could tell us objectively...I just might start looking.

[Pork Twain]

"Nimrod ("I don't have a clue... I just like to argue!")" - Otherwise known as the "Fatty McGee" option.

Actually, I originally had the last category named "GUV" but I decided that might be a bit harsh.

The more I hear from him the more I think that might be right on.

[EastMemphisHog]

As long as a TD still = 7 points, consider me an expert.

I might just make that my signature....Good stuff

[moehog]

I rated myself above average because I played both high school and small college. I was an assistant football coach for a year but a basketball man, which i also played in high school and 1 year at a juco.
** example 1) i feel i can break down the princeton offense which is dictated on where the pass goes. usually to either the high post which means everything is run off where the passer goes about 15 different options, counters, etc.; the wing - which is what i run as my secondary stuff - back cut by opposite top man, flair screen from high post on original passer, cut down the lane by post. - 3 options on one pass.; and low post passer screens on elbow, backcuts, top side guard pop out for shot. of course  it usually came down to a back cut or flare screen, and there is always the square where the high post pops to center of court, pass is made and both other top players either screen down or use screens, again someone usually back cuts. a great offense but most feel it involves tremendous amount of concentration and ability to run "plays"  -  it doesnt. I would have to admit when i had good players we played at a high level with it. With less talented team we were able to compete and beat some teams we shouldnt have on talent.
2) I coached volleyball for a year not knowing a thing other than watching it on tv. or playing on the beach or in the backyard. I never figured the movements out. not all year. don't know if it was the 6 players but i never could get the correct rotation and why they were going where. thank goodness the girls did. they had a winning season despite very little input from me.

I guess my point is some of think we know it because we played it but to take a team from scratch, which i have done many times in basketball,  most have no idea except the finished product.

The reason i like Gus, besides being a high school guy, is I have a similar philosophy in basketball. I now coach some athletic teams but before coached a group of small, white, slow kids who I felt if we played the same style everyone else did, we were beat because the team that had better players would win 9 out of 10 games. the only way i felt i had to compete was to play a different style, which we do - fast as possible every possession. we only want 3 pt shots or layups. possible with the Princeton stuff. Gus is bringing something a little different to the table. Not the plays but the "style". there is a big difference. He did not invent football. We all borrow from something. But while I support Nutt and Staff, I like the moves by Gus the best. Hurry up, take what the defense gives u.

[CiriusPorker]

As long as a TD still = 7 points, consider me an expert.

Since a TD only = 6 points what does that make you them? 
:razorback:

LOL - no one gets my sense of humor. (inserted sniffle emoticon)

I think someone's tryin to cover their tracks...

ciriusly speaking...

[Hugehogsfan]

I rated myself average.  I watch a lot, A LOT, of football and study it constantly.  Never played other than when I was younger, but I don't think that I know patterns and formations as well as a coach.  I would put most of us in that category, no matter what we would like to think.  When I speak, I speak as a fan of the university that I love. 

[MrSpook1352]

Hogville where the men are men, the women are women and all the football fans (think they) are above average.

[John Futrall]

As long as a TD still = 7 points, consider me an expert.

Since a TD only = 6 points what does that make you them? 
:razorback:

LOL!!! 

Classic.

Good thing for me a FG is still worth 2 points!!

[CiriusPorker]

I rate myself as average...and piggy back off of the knowledge of others.  Why re-invent the wheel?

[FLKeysGuy]

I rate myself as average...and piggy back off of the knowledge of others.  Why re-invent the wheel?

I put myself at 'average' too.  If I need any more knowledge than that, I know some 'experts' I can ask. 

[CiriusPorker]

I rate myself as average...and piggy back off of the knowledge of others.  Why re-invent the wheel?

I put myself at 'average' too.  If I need any more knowledge than that, I know some 'experts' I can ask. 

as you might guess I hang out with our resident expert...ugly uncle ... a lot.

[TuckFexas]

average when it comes to football, which is why I lay low in MMQB and just read most of the time. come on over to the Tavern, I'm an expert over there.

[FLKeysGuy]

I rate myself as average...and piggy back off of the knowledge of others.  Why re-invent the wheel?

I put myself at 'average' too.  If I need any more knowledge than that, I know some 'experts' I can ask. 

as you might guess I hang out with our resident expert...ugly uncle ... a lot.

Anytime uu is within 10' of you, you automatically become "Above Average"!

[CiriusPorker]

I rate myself as average...and piggy back off of the knowledge of others.  Why re-invent the wheel?

I put myself at 'average' too.  If I need any more knowledge than that, I know some 'experts' I can ask. 

as you might guess I hang out with our resident expert...ugly uncle ... a lot.

Anytime uu is within 10' of you, you automatically become "Above Average"!

..not just in knowledge but in looks

[Hog Ma n Pop]

I don't know a lot but a least we tied France.

[CiriusPorker]

I don't know a lot but a least we tied France.

WHat???

that's crazy...dude, we tied Antartica!

[GrizzledHogFan]

What is a football?

I think it's that sport where you kick that black and white round ball around the field...

[Hog Ma n Pop]

Yeah, but they actually scored for us twice feeling sorry for us.

[excoach]

I think 14 years of coaching would qualify me as an expert.

[Love those Hogs]

I have been around football all my life, but I am still "average" in the knowledge of it all.  Seems like it keeps getting more advanced.  I was an All State Quarterback in High School, but back then, we didn't pass but 4 or 5 times a game.  Most of the time it was just take the snap and run like Hell.  Doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out how to run faster than someone else.

[FLKeysGuy]

I think 14 years of coaching would qualify me as an expert.

Yes it does!

[excoach]

thanks keys!!

[Love those Hogs]

I think 14 years of coaching would qualify me as an expert.

Yes it does!

I agree.

[MM-gohogs]

well i consider myself an expert or dang near it, in my mid 20's, currently, i played high school football and enjoy the subtleties of an illegal formation or illegal motion, stuff like eligible receivers on the line of scrimmage, that stuff        if keys is who i've heard speculation of his identity, i think i would be a legitimate assistant in his future endevours, if any

and yeah as long as two touchdowns three extra points and a safety is still 17 points i am most definitely an expert

go hogs

[excoach]

well i consider myself an expert or dang near it, in my mid 20's, currently, i can played high school football and enjoy the subtleties of an illegal formation or illegal motion, stuff like eligible receivers on the line of scrimmage, that stuff        if keys is who i've heard speculation of his identity, i think i would be a legitimate assistant in his future endevours, if any

and yeah as long as two touchdowns three extra points and a safety is still 17 points i am most definitely an expert

go hogs

if your in your mid 20's how are you eligible to play high school football?  just curious.

[beatnikluv]

I voted average, but in some circles (mainly female-majorities) I might be an expert

[Hugehogsfan]

Not just eligible to play, "i can played" high school football.  He is still in High School and in his 20's.  I mean if you honestly look at it, you excoach can say you are above or expert level when it comes to football.  The rest of us don't recognize the small things that you don't overlook. 

[excoach]

Not just eligible to play, "i can played" high school football.  He is still in High School and in his 20's.  I mean if you honestly look at it, you excoach can say you are above or expert level when it comes to football.  The rest of us don't recognize the small things that you don't overlook. 

it use to be if you turned age 19 before a certain date you were ineligible. I guess in some places that rule is no longer valid.

[GrizzledHogFan]

:razorback:

I'll see your  :razorback:  and raise you  :razorback:  :razorback:

[HognotinMemphis]

I'm not  a Michelin 3 star chef but I know a good Poussins à la provençale when I eat it...don't need to know how to make it to know it's as it should be.

[VoR]

Damn, Moe.  You ever heard of Readers Digest?  They have a condensed version of most topics.

+1, I may not agree with you on many subjects, but man you hit that nail on the head dead center.

[FLKeysGuy]

:razorback:

I'll see your  :razorback:  and raise you  :razorback:  :razorback:

Well... I'll see your  :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback: and raise you  :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback:

[beatnikluv]

:razorback:

I'll see your  :razorback:  and raise you  :razorback:  :razorback:

Well... I'll see your  :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback: and raise you  :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback:

I'll see your :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback: and raise you

[LA HAWG]

Man your killing me with these pictures when I don't expect them.  I am at work man. 

[beatnikluv]

Oops. . . sorry

[WindyCityHog]

I'm not  a Michelin 3 star chef but I know a good Poussins à la provençale when I eat it...don't need to know how to make it to know it's as it should be.

Well said.

I'm just average in the area...

What impresses me the most is those that are well-versed in the Recruiting area.....that takes a lot of time and some doing. 

If you can name the starting QB for Fayetteville HS without having to look it up, then hats off to you.

Xs and Os....that's different.  There are many here with a high level of understanding...hats off to you as well.