The Missionary Position

A friday night football game, the air is smoky from the cheers of the fans. The defense sets up like a brick wall. Jake is looking for someone to get open. His eyes were looking at the uprights. The wall crumbles as the linebacker 98 jumps over the line wrapping around Jake launching him to the ground like a sack of potatoes with a thud. He points at Jake and scream’s, “Whoo! Not in my house!” The buzzer screams… now it’s half time. A great day for football; damp so the cleats stick,…

Have you ever scored a touchdown before? It all started on a Saturday in October on the thirty yard line of a football field. This is where I began to score my first touchdown. I'm going to tell you how it happened. First of all, it was a chilly Saturday morning in October. The game was held in Reform Alabama at G.S. SPRUILLS Football Field. Before I scored, I kept getting tackled. I would usually gain about four yards each time. Sometimes I would even loose yards. Then, on the next hand…

Phuc Thien Minh Tran ENG102 Professor: Tolbert “Soccer Vs. Football Around the World” Soccer and Football are two sports that people around the world always have misunderstood about. Football is mainly an American sport, but it is growing rapidly around the world. Soccer in the other hand is played worldwide. Although soccer and football are similar because they are both famous sports. Soccer become more popular than football because football is more concentrated in US. Soccer players are…

Football and Soccer are arguably two of the most watched sports today. The rules and objectives are very similar but at the same are a lot different. Catching a ball and kicking a ball is one of the main differences between the sports but the objective of winning the game could make the game seem more similar than what you think. First, the time of play between the sports. Soccer has a longer time interval than football games. Soccer games last around 90 minutes (without any penalties or…

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…

NFL. The position of tight end has changed over time. “As a tight end, I had to learn to block and catch.”(Mccormack, 30) Tight ends have changed over the years.They used to be just hardcore blockers. Now tight ends are being drafted for speed and catching ability. Most teams use tight ends in the red zone since they draft them for catching and since they are such large targets they are very hard to stop. These are some reasons that the tight end position has become such an important position. …

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…

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…

Football Field It started with a boy 15 years old named Jamarcus. He is a medium sized boy with short black hair. He is a very athletic boy, and his favorite game in the whole world was football. He had just moved to a new school in Texas. He was really excited because he knew they had a really good football program. His biggest worry about going to a new school was making friends. He wasn’t the most sociable person. He had trouble making friends in his last school. When he did start to make a…

waiting my turn to go out and compete. I got my chance in second grade and I made the most of it. There were two teams in my grade and on the better of the two teams I was the quarterback which was exciting, but even better, I played my favorite position since I started watching football which was linebacker. The exhilaration of hitting people that came with playing linebacker made me think of myself like Brian Urlacher and Jonathan Vilma who were my favorite professionals I grew up watching.…