American football terminology

How did football affect the culture in Odessa? Odessa, Texas was settled in the 1880’s in hopes of turning into a destination town. The land was a dessert and was useless to farm or raise livestock. It wasn’t until the discovery of oil and gas deposits, that Odessa became a boom or bust oil economy. A “boom or bust” economy is the process of economic expansion and contraction that occurs repeatedly. The rise and fall of oil production within Odessa’s economy impacts family structure, the…

My Junior Year I raised an American Brahman Steer for the FFA Club. American Brahmans are known for being an aggressive breed, difficult to break in, and very skittish, as mine was. Last year was my first year to show a steer. The past three years I showed Duroc hogs, and have gotten first in my class numerous of times. It was a very drastic change, because hogs are easier to tame and handle. The steer I worked with last year was extremely skittish and startled easily. As a result I was…

I showed my talents on Monday nights instead of Friday nights. My freshman year of highschool I was part of my school's junior varsity football team. I waiting for the moment I could go out and perform under the Friday night lights. Monday games were never what you’d hope for when playing football. The game started at around 6, so the sun was almost always going to blind you when facing West. The crowd usually consisted of everyone's parents and a few of your teammates younger siblings, so the…

Should The Day After The Super Bowl Be A National Holiday Did you know that the day after the Super Bowl, a reported 10.5 million people called in "sick", and 7.5 million went in to work late? Or that ⅓ of the country watches the biggest sporting event in history, this huge sporting event? People are debating about whether everyone should have off of school and work on February 5th, the day after the Super Bowl. Some people say that their child is just too tired to learn, or that they can’t go…

Personal Narrative Essay-My First Experience Running a Race By:Avina Elangovan I used to wonder what motivates runners to go out and run each day? I grew up in a neighborhood where there were lots of runners, not to forget the few in my own household who would run in darkness, heat, rain, and cold weather. At that time of my life, I used to think that they were a bunch of crazy people just putting themselves in misery. It was even worse when I had to go out in the cold to watch my family run.…

my life, 8th grade will always be a year to love and remember every moment of my life, and 8th grade will always be a year I’ll never let go. I will never forget those unbelievable times with my friends hanging out during break, playing football and basketball going to school dances during fall, winter, spring, and summer, going to a field trip to Great America during the end of 8th grade year, and most importantly spending my last moment on a unforgettable and unbelievable…

A human lives their life according to their beliefs and focuses. Many of these focuses and beliefs are reflected in the ritual(s) a human performs. Rituals are very reverent and/or traditional aspects of a participant's being, and may help to guide one to their definition of living. Cross country and marching band provide example to this theory of how strongly rituals are strongly involved with how one lives. Cross country is a sport that is designed for anyone besides the weak- to become a…

Louis was a track star, raised in california around the time of WWII. He was a troublesome child always creating mischief. He was very skinny and lengthy not much of a athletic build to say the least. Louis was known to steal from bakeries among other places. He was always getting into trouble regardless of the situation. Until he found running, after his brother convinced him to start running track Louis entered in a race. He did very poorly and felt embarrassed at his horrible performance and…

Throughout high school, I have immersed myself in diverse extracurricular activities and rigorous academics, including football and baseball along with several AP classes. The advanced classes I have taken is AP biology and Advanced composition, and will be taking Intro to Sociology, AP Psychology and College speech. All three years in high school I have received an Academic Excellence Award. This award is given to students who maintain a high GPA while starting on a varsity team. I also…

The Battle At The Bay It was early one morning,when my football team and I had a football game against the Anchor Bay Tars. There was not much people at the field.The football fields sat darkened. And the sun was just over the horizon so the sky looked super beautiful. Somewhere behind the woods a dog barked short and quiet like it was singing. I could hear it through my helmet as I started to warm up. Another dog answered now it was like they were talking.They kept barking back and forth…