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College Football's season ending 'hurrah' that is bowl week heralds the conclusion of the 2008 season. For the more balanced among us, this signals the start of a new year and the chance to focus on surviving winter and to enjoy not having to cut the grass. For others, this time of year marks a merciful and justified end to more than four months of yelling, beer swilling, nacho loading and relationship damaging behavior.

2008 was notable for many formerly losing programs. Vanderbilt defeated Boston College 16-14 in the Music City Bowl on New Year's Eve. This was Vanderbilt's first bowl win since the Dwight Eisenhower Presidency and came over #24 Boston College. Not since Howdy Doody ruled Saturdays has Vanderbilt produced a post season victory. Vandy is now able to provide proof that the school indeed has a football program. Coming out of the cold after 53 years will provide enough fuel to keep the Commodore faithful happy through the offseason.

2008 saw many milestones achieved. It also saw some horrific collapses. Several formerly strong programs that expected to win, took a nosedive into the black hole of bowl in ineligibility. The Wolverines of mighty Michigan found out what life has been like for their Big-10 brethren at Indiana this year, as there was no bowl trip to a warm climate to salve the discomfort of a Michigan winter. Several programs that expected to be generating heat in the compost bin, didn't fail to disappoint. Perennial doormats of the west, New Mexico State and Idaho managed to field teams that performed expectedly abysmally. The big surprise this year was former Pac-10 power program Washington. The team smelled like wet dogs as they competed with cross state rival Washington State to solidly anchor the worst group of 2008 football programs.

How do Husky fans survive the offseason? The obligatory firing of the old coach and replacement with poor Steve Sarkisian from USC will provide a few weeks of hope, but in the end, reality will set in just like the Puget Sound fog. The one bright spot is that expectations for Husky football are now set so low, that even a single win over a Division II school would qualify as a step in the right direction. UW is now trying to schedule Western Kentucky and Murray State just as soon as possible. But the purple dogs would be wise to remember Michigan scheduling Appalachian State at home some years ago. The maize and blue's gagging in that game started the program spiraling into the septic tank. But well... if you are UW, there just isn't much further to fall, so you may as well try and outbid Indiana and Nebraska to get Murray State to show up on your field.

How did we as a society get to a point where our daily happiness is dependent on how the alma mater did on the field? This question justifies some exploration as a good chunk of the autumn economy is driven by young, t-shirt clad alumni putting pizza, nachos and beer on their new American Express cards.

College football afternoons call to mind a time of hope and anticipation for university alumni. That time of being young and able to scope out the coeds with impunity is for many, the best and most hopeful time of their young lives. Many alumni get out into the world and before they realize it, find themselves with a mortgage, a wife and two great but loud kids. They wistfully look back on the feeling of exhilaration and optimism when they let themselves believe that Tammy C. from Accounting 101 might really go out with 'em. For young alums the challenge is then to recreate those great feelings of exhilaration and optimism while encumbered by a real job.

University administrators take great advantage of this. Inviting alumni to fund raising events where they can mingle with students, alums and cheerleaders stirs just enough of that old college excitement that alumni are soon parted with significant sums of their money. When this occurs, a dysfunctional bond is created between alum and institution. Winning on the field becomes a validation of that relationship. And validation is important when going home to the wife to explain why one just contributed $500 to the University Therapy (read 'Hot Tub') fund.

Once the alumni and university relationship is firmly established, a dependency is created. Dependency like substance abuse gradually demands increasing contributions of attention and resources until a breaking point is reached. This breaking point typically occurs at the end of the football season when the credit card bills arrive and the wife is threatening to take the two loud kids and move to her cousin's place near South Beach.

It should be noted that these dependencies are created in winning as well as losing environments. In winning environments however, there are more alumni to shoulder the burdens of keeping the players in hot tubs and nice cars. For rebuilding or losing programs, these dependencies really threaten financial health, family well being and all manner of relationships. So, before one has to endure news that his former wife is dating Rodrigo from the South Florida Modeling Agency, immediate action is required. Fortunately, science has provided us with at least two tactics that work.

Replacement

Replacing the substance at the core of the dependency is a common strategy. Frequently, an over dedicated alum turns his attention to the basketball program. The general strategy is to decrease the dependency though gradual reduction of the substituted environment.

Unfortunately, an indoor sport doesn't allow for nearly enough seating to bring enough alumni and cheerleaders together to generate the same level of interest and excitement that a big outdoor venue provides, so using basketball to replace football as an area of interest frequently fails.

The big risk to the replacement strategy occurs when a basketball program actually gets exciting. This creates yet another dependency that one has to wait until baseball season to cure. By this time, the ex-wife and Rodrigo will be a sipping Champaign in a hot tub of their own.

Should the replacement strategy be chosen, the author recommends hockey. Even at a professional level, hockey is fast enough to allow the viewer to forget about gawking at college aged coeds. And almost no one has hockey cheerleaders.

Many wives may be prevented from achieving the status of ex-wives by including them in the replacement area of interest. Replacement interests need not be sports related. Especially if one's wife has participated to any degree in the football season, the recovering fan will need to consider all options for replacement - just to be fair. These areas may include opera, classical music and other artistic disciplines far removed from anything resembling a sweat sock.

Rebound

The term 'rebound' is a more clever way of saying quitting 'cold turkey.' After a period of time removed from the dependency, the fan will simply rebound to something resembling normalcy. Rebound depression is a natural consequence here, but... depression is better than sending off alimony checks to South Florida. The central tenant of the Rebound strategy is to tough it out, read the updates on what ridiculous statements the new coach makes, and watch as the best recruits in your area commit to USC. And just deal with it.

The more difficult part of this strategy comes when trying to talk the wife into unpacking the UHaul and telling her with a straight face that you will never again drop $400 to pick up the bar tab for the senior members of the Pom squad. Should the alum be successful in coaxing the wife into the house, he must actually make conversation about something meaningful - like life, love, finances and try to find areas of common interest.

These areas of common interest then overlap with the Replacement tactic as some of these conversations will require actual commitment and follow through. Attending an opera really isn't the point of this. Should you get into a situation where you are committed to participate in something your very significant other is interested in, remember that you must actually 'participate.' When your wife attended a football game with you, she probably didn't just sit there when your team scored. Now when the fat lady sings, you don't stand up and do the wave, but you get the point. One must invest the effort to learn who Pavarotti was and what really distinguished him from John Mayer.

Joint Recovery

Occasionally, husband and wife teams will experience the same withdrawal and depression problems together. While it may appear to be an advantage to share a dedication to a particular football program, joint recoveries from football withdrawal are frequently more than twice the work. They are certainly almost twice as expensive. Since both parties to the relationship are involved in the problem, there is no one available with a strong connection to reality to set the baselines for expected behavior.

Connecting to reality is then the central part of a joint recovery. Reality consists of things like cleaning the house, paying the bills and shoveling snow. Sharing in these tasks is not something anyone would naturally give up Sports Center to do. However, the recovery requires tasks and chores to be shared. It also requires the couple to investigate what other areas of interest the relationship might pursue. These might include things like biking, hiking, dog walking - usually something ending in "ing" would work. This again implies action and participation. The exception to this rule - for reasons that should be obvious - would be the addition of (new or more) kids to the relationship.

Concluding the 2008 football season is best done in some form of ritual. Something like taking the Christmas lights down or finally throwing out some salt on that driveway ice patch might help you get it into your head that it is winter outside. Football will have to wait until the spring game. And when the spring game does roll around, for God's sake, don't pay for a ticket to see it. Just let it go by and take the wife to a nice dinner. Otherwise, she and Rodrigo will soon be drinking rum and chomping calamari under a palm tree.

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Every city has one team that people be dying to get tickets to. Every city has one team that nobody cares anything about it even when the team is on a win streak. This article is written about the major cities and the franchises that each city would keep and the ones that they would vote out in a heartbeat (just playing), but you get the point.

Atlanta

This is sort of a tough one to some people but to others it's a fairly easy choice. Some people would say to keep the Braves. Why? That makes no sense to me. The Braves can't even sell out playoff games. Many people don't even know there is even a hockey team in town. I think people would vote to keep Georgia football. It seems as if everybody is literally fighting to get a job and tickets for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Baltimore

This one is easy when you are just thinking about the teams B-More has. I say the Ravens win in a landslide. When you include Michael Phelps, the Olympics swimming superstar, then the Ravens win in a nailbiter.

Boston

Boston fans would probably vote to keep the Red Sox. Now some people may think I'm not looking at the overall situation. Even when Bill Russell and Larry Bird were the kings of the Celtics, they still didn't get as much attention as the Red Sox do now. It probably had something to do with the racism that existed then when the Celtics were winning a lot of championships. The Patriots are not in Boston; they are in Foxboro, MA. Boston was once a hockey town and the Bruins were king. Not anymore. The Red Sox sell out every game before the season even starts. Now that's having faith in your team.

Charlotte

This one is VERY easy. This is a NASCAR town. They could give away free prizes to everyone who comes to the Bobcat games and they still wouldn't get a sellout.

Chicago

There are many good teams to choose from in this Second City. Chicagoans would probably choose to keep the Bears. Even though the White Sox has had more success than the Cubs, Chicagoans prefer the Cubs over the White Sox. Also, the Bulls were the talk when MJ was playing. Not anymore. They still get consecutive sellouts but it's mainly because they're a huge city and it's not hard to get 22,000 people to come on any given night. The Blackhawks have just as big of a crowd as the Bulls do-a sellout. They pack the house 22,000 every game night, the best in NHL. With all that said, the Bears are still Kings.

Cleveland

This one is sort of tough. Can you name one city that lost a team and had the NFL give it back? That's what happened with the Browns. The Cavaliers are the talk of the town because of LeBron James. I think the Browns barely edge the Cavaliers out. The Cavs are better than the Browns and the Browns still have better than expected attendance.

Dallas

The Cowboys win this one in a landslide. They aren't called "America's Team" for nothing!

Denver

The Broncos have a long waiting list for people who want to buy season tickets. The Nuggets, Rockets, and Avalanche can't say the same thing.

Detroit

This town is not a Pistons town, a Tigers town, or even a Lions team. They are a Red Wings town. The town is known as Hockeytown.

Indianapolis

The Colts, led by Peyton Manning, is this city's team. Four years ago, they couldn't even sell out the RCA Dome, which was the smallest NFL venue. Now, they have moved into Lucas Oil Stadium.

Los Angeles

This is a no brainer. The Lakers!!! The Lakers know how to sell-out games. The Clippers play in the same building but get nowhere the same attendance as their brother team. The Dodgers can't get a sellout unless they are playing their rivals or other big games.

Miami

It sure is not the Heat. The Dolphins own this town. The Marlins built a new stadium in that past several years, but I didn't see a need. You see virtually the whole orange stadium. The Marlins team often say that it feels like they are playing on the road because when teams like the Cubs play there, they hear the Cubs more than their own fans, and that's even when they are winning.

Minnneapolis

The Vikings are the kings here. People don't really care about the Twins in this town. They play divisional rivals and they don't even sell out a lot of the time.

New York

With twenty-six championships, the Yankees are the unanimous favorite. You see more Yankees merchandise in this town like hats and jerseys, than you do of the Mets, Giants, Knicks, Jets, Islanders, and Rangers combined.

Philadelphia

People used to have Eagles-mania here but now it's Phillies-mania. After the comeback last year against the Mets and the same this year, that's enough to make any fan base take a turn for the better.

Phoenix

The Suns barely hold this title. Arizona State is a close second.

San Francisco

The 49ers wins this in a blowout. The Giants were only big when Barry Bonds was playing to break the home run record here. Now, the Giants don't care about their team.

Seattle

The Seahawks and their "twelfth man" have earned this title. The Mariners, even when they won 116 games back in 2001, and the Supersonics before they moved to Oklahoma City, couldn't get the attention like the Seahawks do.

St. Louis

This is a Cards town, even in a losing year. The Rams are not even an afterthought.

Tampa

The mediocre Bucs are the kings in the town. The Rays made it to the playoffs for the first time in their existence and they still had trouble selling out some games. Make it even worse for them, the Rays beat the Red Sox and the Yankees for the division. You would have thought that would have been an instant ticket seller, but it wasn't.

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NFL Football Team Backpack - Dallas Cowboys

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He was passed up by every NFL team in the 2008 draft. Forte was finally selected 44th overall out of Tulane University, in the second round by the Chicago Bears. He was the sixth running back selected in the draft. Forte was picked after other backs such as D McFadden, J Stewart, F Jones, R Mendenhall and Chris Johnson. Forte will have the most impact this season than any of those other backs selected before him. He is the only one that is the true starter. All of the other listed are either backups or in a time share. I believe that his future in the NFL will be just as bright as any of the other running backs selected. I feel that he, along with Stewart and C Johnson will end up with the best NFL careers. Yes better than both McFadden and Mendenhall. McFadden in my eyes is overrated. He is not special. He runs straight ahead and is only good when he has a big hole to run through. But he can not make it happen on his own. Forte, C Johnson and Stewart will prove to be the best of this crop, in that order.

The Bears had the idea that he would be able to compete for the starting RB job right away. They didn't believe that he would be starting though in week 1 though. At the time of the draft, Cedric Benson was still their starting running back. Although Benson had been in some trouble in the offseason, he was #1 on the depth chart. They also had Adrian Peterson who had filled in admirably when Benson got injured last season. Then after the draft, Benson got in another alcohol related incident and the Bears had enough. Benson was released and Chicago was confidant enough in Forte to name him the starter.

Forte offers Chicago everything that Cedric Benson couldn't. Benson seemed slow last season. He ran into the line of scrimmage far too often and had trouble breaking a play to the outside. He lacked speed and wasn't much of a 3rd down back, because he didn't block well and receiving was never his strong suit. Forte has proven to be the exact opposite. He has enough speed to take it the distance. He can bump the play to the outside to make something out of nothing. Forte has also been great receiving out of the backfield. They occasionally line him up on the outside and he runs wide receiver routes. Forte is very versatile and the Bears have literally designed their offense around him. He is the catalyst of this offense.

Lately opposing defenses have been loading the box on the Bears to try to contain Forte. They are forcing Orten to beat them through the air. Orten did pass for 330 yards this week against the Lions. This has cut into Forte's running yardage. But if Orten continues to pass well, opposing defenses will not be able to continue to cheat against the run. The past two weeks, Forte has been contained to 79 total yards on the ground. But since he can beat you so many ways, he has also contributed 9 catches for 67 yards in that time. He also had added 2 touchdowns.

Matt Forte is on pace this year for 1800 yards from scrimmage. He also is on pace for 70 catches and 12 touchdowns! Those are pretty gaudy numbers for any running back in the NFL, let alone a rookie. For all of you fantasy football owners who were lucky enough to take a stab with him, you should be happy with yourself. In your average 12 team league, he was likely a 6th round draft pick. You got yourself an absolute steal! He was most likely drafted as your third running back and if he has been sitting on your bench, then you need to change that. If you have 2 other stud running backs in front of him, then you have to consider trading one of them. Try to upgrade at another position. You need to find a way to get Forte in your lineup every week. He WILL be a top 10 fantasy running back this year. Possibly even top 5. The only think holding him back is Orten. Even this past week when he "disappointed", he still ended up with a solid fantasy games. Although he only had 36 yards rushing, in leagues where you get 1 point per reception, he still ended up scoring 21 points.

The bottom line is Forte is a stud. He will continue to be a stud all season long. And will be a stud for years to come.

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The Lucky number seven is often associated with gambling. But where did the Lucky Number seven come from? The number seven is not Lucky in all cultures, for instance in Chinese the number seven is not Lucky at all and is sometimes considered unlucky. This is why Boeing Aircraft Co. did not sell a lot of 777s to the Chinese.

After all the last thing you would want to do is get into an unlucky aircraft right? An interesting point would be that according to the NTSB the Boeing 777 has a perfect safety record believe it or not. Maybe he really is lucky and maybe that is a reason to fly it? But superstition and numerology aside why is 777 considered so lucky in the Western World?

There are web sites such as 777.com and you guessed it; it is an online gambling web site, that makes sense right? Lady Luck is considered 777 and most casino slot machines payout on 777. In the Bible Joshua marched his army around the city walls for seven days and he was accompanied by seven priests carrying seven trumpets. On the seventh day they circled Jericho seven times and shouted, then the walls fell down. Some believe that the wall could be said to represent lies, injustice and agree. And therefore a life without it is lucky. Interesting that a biblical connotation would turn into a symbol for gambling.

Nevertheless, in Western societies we think of 777 as lucky. Many believe that 777 symbolizes health, a clear conscience and connection between body and soul; clarity if you will. Perhaps it does, perhaps the Chinese are right and the number is no more lucky than any other number and actually not as good. Nevertheless today we think of 777 as lucky. Numbers and numerology are fascinating and the myths and legends behind them even more so. Please consider this in 2006 and good luck!

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How do football teams get to the Super Bowl Every Year? Out of the 32 teams in the National Football League, only 2 make it to the Super Bowl in late January/early February. What separates the teams that make the Super Bowl from the ones that cannot reach this game? It is basically a combination of strategy, talent, heart, desire, and some luck.

Keep in mind that there are also some fundamental differences between teams that reach the super bowl and ones that do not make the final game. The most important aspect of getting to the super bowl is having a veteran leader that can control the offense at quarterback.

Other than Kurt Warner, Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady several years ago stepping into the limelight as young quarterbacks with little experience, most of the signal callers in the game are veterans that have had several years experience with the team they are guiding and know how to make the right decisions in clutch times. They can control the flow of the game, and tend not to panic in the playoffs when there are difficult environments or harsh conditions.

In the end, they tend to overcome these obstacles, and if they understand that games are not won or lost on a single play, they are able to control the game enough to win and make the super bowl. Second, a strong, stout defense is required to make the super bowl. No team makes the super bowl giving up 30+ points per game. Most teams actually have defenses that often score a TD or set up their team with easy touchdowns following turnovers, whether they be fumbles or interceptions.

Teams like the Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Chicago Bears have made super bowls solely through strong defenses that are able to hold up when their team has little to no offense. Usually this requires a leader on defense. The Pittsburgh Steelers, who have a stout defense, fall into this category. Home field advantage in the playoffs is also big. Getting a chance to play in front of your home crowd gives you the advantage in crowd noise that often disrupts the other team, plus the home team is able to sleep in their own beds, go through a normal routine, and not have to travel prior to the game. Both the Steelers and the Cardinals spent 2 games at home during the playoffs, and only the Cardinals had to go on the road at all in the playoffs.

Last, the teams need to understand how to last until the fourth quarter. Most teams will end up losing in the fourth because they tire easily, or cannot endure 60 minutes of football. The Cardinals always had several weapons on offense and defense to rely upon, and that helped them make the final game. The Steelers wore down each of their opponents, and in the end that allowed them to make the final championship. Finally, both teams are ready for the super bowl, and this should be a great game.

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The "Compete" Drill for Youth Football

One of the many things youth football coaches have a problem with is having their team ready to play on game day. Many coaches tell me they see their kids coming to games lethargic and not ready to play. I've even seen some of my own teams in very early morning games maybe being less sharp than normal. This can cost your team, you can get down early, have a few breaks go against you and before your team finally wakes up out of its funk, the game can be out of reach.

We are blessed to have a 7 year NFL vet on our coaching staff this year. He is a very humble guy who has been an absolute joy to coach with so far, He hasn't tired to tkae over or pushed to get the kids to use techniques or schemes that non-select kids can't do, He has however been very helpful in helping us get ready in areas we probably needed help in. One of those areas was early morning games, making sure we were sharp from the opening gun.

This player played for Bill B and believe it or not they had some of the same issues, In order to solve the problem they used to do a drill called "Compete". At any point in the day, anytime, this NFL coach would blow his whistle and yelled "compete". The team would run full speed to the 10 yard line and go full speed, full contact for 10 minutes, with everyone yelling and whooping it up the entire time. During our offensive days, we do it with our first team offense against all the rest, with 24 kids that is 11 vs 13. Our kids know where to line up on offense and defense when we yell compete, they sprint to the predesignared area and we get after it. We no huddle with wrist bands and go all out for those 10 minutes. We don't take time to put scrimmage vests on or anything like that, when "compete" is yelled, everyone, players coaches etc run full blast to the designated area.

The key is to run this drill when the kids least expect it. In the middle of individual instruction, in the middle of a water break, in the middle of our first little talk at the end of cals/warmup and even after they thought practice was over. We never tell them when or even if we are going to run the "compete" drill. What seems to help is to be able to get the kids mentally conditioned to compete at a moments notice, anytime, anywhere. While this is our first season using this drill, so far so good, I highly recommend it.

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