Descriptive Essay: Whistle Signals In American Football

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And as the clock runs down on the last play, the coach looks at his players with a somber look and tells them in a manner, in which it seemed he was encouraging himself more so than his boys, “This is our last chance...make it count.” The players get back in their position, the whistle blows, and “Go Hut” is yelled out. The quarterback looks out for an opening and then the ball was seen flying through the air. Slowly and slowly it spiraled towards one of our players. He reaches out his hands making a perfect “o” for the ball to snuggle through. The ball gingerly graze his fingertips and came into the other player’s hands. Everything became eerily silent. After a few minutes of realizing what happened the whistle signal the end of the

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