Bowl Coalition

Last season provided more than a fair share of difficulties for the Detroit Lions running back, Ameer Abdullah. Throughout his rookie season, Abdullah was unable to secure the trust of the Lions coaching staff due to a severe case of fumbleitis. His habit of putting the ball on the ground started to create a snowball effect and both his confidence and pride began to slip away each time one his carries resulted in a fumble. Abdullah fumbled during the loss in Detroit’s 2015 season opener against…

Tight Ends How have tight ends turned from just another lineman to point scoring machine? One they are bigger than most other plays so they can't be tackled easily, and two they are usually drafted for their catching skills, not their blocking skills. Tight Ends, almost all do some very amazing things, an example of a good tight end is Travis Kelce, who played in college, and the NFL. The position of tight end has changed over time. “As a tight end, I had to learn to block and catch.”(Mccormack,…

Classification Essay There are three types of running backs that are in the NFL currently, in the past, and in the future. These running backs are known as: the power running back, the balanced running back, and the speed running back. They all have different traits that classify them into these categories: the power running back bully’s his way through the defense, the speed running back is known for his elusiveness and running past players, the balanced running back pulls together both these…

play the great game of football. Talented football players battle it out on the field to see who can win the covenant super bowl title. However, to get to that point, the teams have to have a great regular season record and win games in the playoffs. The disappointment is that only twelve out of the thirty teams get into the playoffs and have a chance to win the super bowl. I propose that the playoffs be expanded to fourteen teams because it will draw more fans to the game, more meaningful games…

Cody Dulac Professor Powell ENG200 April 28, 2017 Critical Analysis of This Land is Your Land This Land is Your Land is an American Folk song that was written in 1940 by songwriter Woody Guthrie. This Land is Your Land was written in response to the song God Bless America which songwriter Woody Guthrie disagreed. He wanted is own representation of a patriotic song that he felt would more accurately relate to American citizens at the time. In an article by Mark Allen Jackson, Jackson sates…

Michael Oher, a super bowl champion, super bowl runner up, and first round draft pick. Unlike many other professional athletes, Oher wasn’t always successful. He was born into a family with 16 children, who provided little to no support. Oher was a foster child, but would often run away from those homes in search for his mother, giving him the states nickname “runner”. As a homeless teenager in high school, Oher would go to random places just to keep warm. Michael Oher was born on May 28th,…

The conflict in the novel between the poor migrants and the business people and Californians serves as a strong criticism of economic injustice. The Grapes of Wrath can be read as a social comment on the economic disasters of the time. The migrants' agrarian way of life has all but disappeared, threatened not only by nature's drought and dust storms, but also by big farms and financial establishments, called "the Bank." At the beginning of the novel, the owners and the banks push the tenants off…

When I grow up want to be a NFL football player, because I love playing football. When I grow up I want to play for the Atlanta Falcons. I want to be there running back, because I like running with the ball in try to get a touchdown. I choose to do this because I love playing,running,and hitting people as hard as I can. A NFL player as a lot of responsibilities,working conditions, and training to do to play. When you are in the NFL it takes a lot of duties and responsibilities. Some…

kids choose A sport where millions of people come together each year, a sport that everyone talks about from day to day, a sport where young kids look up to these players as a hero. Football is one of the most popular sports in the U.S. The Super Bowl alone had 111.9 million TV viewers. If you don’t understand the game it might be hard to enjoy but the more you watch you’ll pick up on the things the refs say and the players do and when you do you’ll learn to love it. “Over the past two…

Sports today, have many controversial topics that are introduced and discussed heavily. In the NFL (National Football League), concussions are a crucial topic to be discussed. A concussion is an injury caused by an impact to the head, or a violent shaking of the head and body. Doug Baldwin, wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks took a big hit during one of his games. He was then screened for a concussion and Baldwin claimed that he could have easily cheat the protocol if he wanted to, but…