My name is Orenthal Stallings Jr and I want to talk about a day that I will never forget. I want to tell you about the day I bought a video game. I saw the game advertised on the Play Station Network and I was very interested. Madden National Football League 16 was the game I bought. It was new and exciting! At first, I played it alone. I hoped to play it with some friends at home later, and with gamers on the World Wide Web. After I heard about the game and the release date I became…
“The Philosophy of the school room in one generation….. will be the Philosophy of the Government in the next.”, Abraham Lincoln once said. The education system we have now is only getting worse. Students should go to school to succeed in life; we are failing at it. There are many schools founded on the beliefs of the Christian religion. In the year 1802, Thomas Jefferson, acting as the President, required schools to use the Bible and the Watts Hymnal in their classrooms (An Outline History).…
how a football player has everything and does something he shouldn’t have done. Also to end it all by a mistake, to be someone big in life and to have little kid look after you then turns out that person became a murderer. He had made about seven touchdowns in two years that…
Survival Is A Must Despair, hope and the struggle to survive; he has endured all of these. A famous olympic athlete, he dedicated his life to running. That is, until the war, where he was forced to join the army to fight against Japan. His plane crashed and him with his friend survived, only to end up in the grasps of the enemy. Optimistic and resourceful, This is Louie Zamperini, from one of Lauren Hillenbrand’s best selling books, unbroken. First off, Louie is forgiving, “They’d be rescued…
This book is mostly based on how football became a sport, and many of the great people of this sport. The sport of football was always a fun activity. The first football game ever played was on November 6, 1869. It became an actual league sport in 1905 when Theodore Roosevelt called a meeting with all of the football colleges. Although before this meeting people would play anyway. Later in 1906 rules were set for the game. The game became safer for all of the players. Fourteen years later in…
Love, passion, hardship, dedication, reliability: these are all traits that my dad not only held, but showed everyday. Many of you may have known Willy Loman for a man of character and passion, but I knew him as what everyone in my family did, a caring and loving individual. There were many days where I could say that I hated my dad for what he said to me, but recollecting on those past times I can say that it has ultimately made me into a better person and the man I am today. I like to think…
in 2015 under Grinch who was a Broyles Award Nominee (given to the nation’s top assistant). The Cougars’ defensive unit allowed an average of 27.6 ppg, a marked improvement over 2014 which surrendered 38.6 ppg (114th). By removing special teams touchdowns allowed, the Cougar defense allowed opponents just 23.4 ppg. WSU allowed 416.2 ypg (84th), compared to 442.3 ypg (97th) in 2014. The biggest difference may be in turnovers as…
This was the day I have been waiting for, my first football game for my middle school football team. This was one of the best moments I have had in my life. It was my time to shine and show the other team what I got. It was almost game time and we were playing Arndt Middle School. It was almost kickoff and our team got the ball first. I felt the goosebumps arrising on my skin and I was ready to play. I was getting ready for the kickoff and could feel the meanness kicking in. Now, the first…
New Testament Herod sent out a decree to have all the first born males in the land killed. Here it wasn’t the best thing to be the first born. There are other times and occasions when being the first is great. In football when you score your first touchdown as a player, first victories as a coach on any level are…
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE GAME The first version of the game is known as Return Man 1. It was developed by ESPN. The game is pretty simple. In fact, it was created for the football fans in America. CONTROLS OF THE GAME. To play, control the Return Man using the keys I, J, K, and L to move forward, to the left, to the right, and backwards respectively. You can now run in any direction! In addition to the control keys I, J, K, and L, you can also use the A, S and D keys for special moves.…