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Post by tog on Nov 23, 2005 12:00:03 GMT -6
What rule changes will there be?
What do you see for offenses and defenses evolution?
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Nov 23, 2005 12:14:04 GMT -6
Interesting question... as for rules I hate to even speculate (can't so much as give a dirty look to receivers possibly?). Football coaches are very innovative... but we steal a lot too. Urban Meyer's offense is not too different than what teams did in the 40s and 50s with the single wing. I saw Bowling Green run something like the NY Giants old "A" formation the other night... I see more spread offenses adapting basic I plays to their package. QBs of today are pretty much becoming single wing tailbacks- and I think that will continue.
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Post by brophy on Nov 23, 2005 12:28:28 GMT -6
If Peyton Manning continues like he is....
- All defensive linemen are required to use a 5-apple-rush with one arm tied behind their back and not allowed to wear footwear.
- Receiver's routes cannot be disrupted whatsoever...any contact made by a defensive player will result in an automatic touchdown for the offense.
- Receiver Halo: Receivers on offense, when attempting to catch a pass thrown from a quarterback with a blue & white uniform with number 18 on it, shall be given a 1 yard halo to receive said pass and shall not be interfered with prior to catching and running with said ball.
- Defensive players are prohibited from touching a Quarterback unless that Quarterback signals he will run the ball forward of the line of scrimmage.
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Post by saintrad on Nov 23, 2005 12:38:06 GMT -6
you forgot a 15 yard penalty for having the wrong colored Gatorade cooler on the sideline or a procedure call for uniform malfunctions.
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Post by coachcalande on Nov 23, 2005 12:41:16 GMT -6
if you ever saw the old detroit lions "shot gun" youd know it was spread sw...meyer has a thing going with the gun triple option...its single wing all the way. run and shoot meets sw is a real deal offense to be sure. "wild wing" is what id call it. anyhow, the game, in 20 years??? shoot, i hope it goes full circle back to the way it was played in the 70s. I hate free agency.
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Post by saintrad on Nov 23, 2005 14:03:03 GMT -6
dont we all coach... i would love to see a dynasty again
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Post by vtjapes on Nov 23, 2005 14:31:09 GMT -6
Speaking of full circle...Carolina, GB and Atlanta are already using full backfields these days.
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Post by boblucy on Nov 24, 2005 19:32:01 GMT -6
Sports rule changes are in line with creating a balance. In 1968, after Bob Gibson's 1.12 ERA(that's crazy) and Denny McLain's 31 win season, coupled with the totally dominating Koufax years of pitching, baseball lowered the mound to even things up for the hitters. The NFL now is all about scoring and bringing in fans to put money into pro football's bank account. Who in the world would ever volunteer to play cornerback in the NFL?  ? Only after Matt Leinart throws for 75 TD's for some pro team in 2012, will the NFL help out the defenses in the NFL. I would love to see free agency get a little more restrictive, dynasties were good for the league(please feel free to argue me here). I would love to see the salary cap leave. It would force owners who don't care about winning(Bill Bidwill-Arizona, Alex Spanos-San Diego)but love collecting NFL TV money, to either put up money and try to win or just continue to get stomped. No salary cap would bring out the competitiveness in the owners....... |
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Post by phantom on Nov 24, 2005 20:17:36 GMT -6
I hated the salary cap at first and there are still a lot of things that I don't like about it. The good thing about the salary cap is that it allows competitive balance. Teams that are chronically noncompetitive in the NFL are there because of bad management, not because they lack the money to compete.
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Post by saintrad on Nov 24, 2005 23:34:44 GMT -6
synanym for "competative balance" = ownership unwilling to pay for talent
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Post by boblucy on Nov 25, 2005 13:25:42 GMT -6
The reason I love Jerry Jones so much is because he is as competitive as any of his players. We all know championships can't be bought, but owners can help by building champioship facilities, making things first class. Eddie DeBartolo built the 49ers this way, by having no regard for his wallet. The winning owners are never the richest(George Steinbrenner-Yankees, Pat Bowlen-Broncos, Bob Kraft-Patriots)because they spend millions freely to try and win. No salary cap would see which owners really want to win. As far as small market teams not competing? The Packers are in the smallest market in the league and they have no revenue problems. They are in the top 5 every year in merchandise sales and they have a waiting list at the newly expanded Lambeau Field. Seattle a smaller market? Yes, but their owner helped Bill Gates start Microsoft, and is worth 20 BILLION. Buffalo is another smaller NFL market, but they overflow Rich Stadium with over 80,000 people per home game and they won 4 AFC Titles during the "no salary cap" era. Small market teams not competing is no excuse.......
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Post by ogie4 on Nov 28, 2005 9:59:52 GMT -6
These really only pertain to high school and college, but here are my predictions they may be a little far fectched, but the thread asks for predictions.
College football will get so big that atheltes will be paid like semi pro athletes in other sports. A lawsuit about a star player that is injured and lost earning potential liability of the school will bring this one to pass. College football will break into more divisions, with only about 40-50 big conference schools being in this semi-pro play for pay format. The rest will cut scholarships and caps will be put on limits of institutional spending(coaching pay, stadium size, fundraising capacity) so that the playing field at the "amateur level" will be leveled.
High School football will be taken over by clubs like basketball, and volleyball are now. This will not be because clubs are better, but because of a nationwide educational funding crisis, it will start in California, and spread to other influential football states like Ohio, LA, and FLA, TX will not be leader in this, but the financial crisis, mixed with calls by suburban politicians who are anti public school, and anti-athletics will finally be the ruin of public school sports. Public schools will not be able to continue to fund athletics as we currently know them.
OK, back to reality, More realisticly, Private schools will take a more prominent role in high school athletics as vouchers will be passed and private schools will dominate in state championships nationwide, public schools will struggle to build programs that rival them. Vouchers will have a devasting impact on public school athletic competition.
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Post by brophy on Nov 28, 2005 15:01:31 GMT -6
good one about the vouchers!
I cannot imagine what the athletes will look like in 20 years. The disparity between 'players' and non players will be huge. If a kid isn't playing ball by the age of 13 (in the system) his window of opportunity to play as a senior will be even smaller than it is now.
The game will still be the game, ever evolving - got to love it.
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Post by donaldduck on Dec 2, 2005 12:25:12 GMT -6
More anti-defense rules!!!!!!!!!!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by lastofthebohicans on Dec 3, 2005 20:44:07 GMT -6
I'm going to tell you something I've kept to myself for years. None of you ever knew George Gipp. It was long before your time. But you all know what a tradition he is at Notre Dame.
And the last thing he said to me, "Bohican," he said, "sometime, when the team is up against it, and the breaks are beating the boys, tell 'em to go out there with all they got and Just read 1, pitch off 2 and play the fight song."
"I don't know where I'll be then, Bohican", he said, "but I'll know about it; and I'll be happy to know the option is still being run twenty years later."
No offense intended to the Notre Dame purists
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Post by los on Dec 3, 2005 21:49:54 GMT -6
Hey ogie, getting paid to play in college would be full circle. And being a student was also optional back in the old days! At least the old SEC days. Hmmmm! come to think of it, I wonder if they ever quit??? Ogie, try to find the book"War Eagle" History of Auburn football. Its actually the history of college football in the US from its earliest stages. Neat!
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Post by ogie4 on Dec 4, 2005 15:03:40 GMT -6
I have read parts of War Eagle online, very cool stuff. Yeah, the SEC and SWC had some of the best players money could buy in the haydays. Maybe I am naive, but I think we are in the golden age of level playing fields, it is so easy to find out about players being paid and families having more then they should while a kid is in college with all the technology, that its hard to hide paying kids today. Some schools still try it, but they seem to get caught more then they used to.
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Post by los on Dec 4, 2005 16:42:09 GMT -6
It was just a little joke there ogie. A lot of my family and friends back in NC are big ACC fans and make a lot of SEC jokes when I visit! I like to eg them on too! Since we live in Georgia here, they automatically think I'm a bulldog fan !
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Post by airman on Dec 4, 2005 18:16:40 GMT -6
What rule changes will there be? What do you see for offenses and defenses evolution? i would like to see the h.s. move the hash marks to what the pro's have. put them right down the middle of the field. it would open the h.s. game up to more passing in. college could do the same. |
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? Only after Matt Leinart throws for 75 TD's for some pro team in 2012, will the NFL help out the defenses in the NFL. I would love to see free agency get a little more restrictive, dynasties were good for the league(please feel free to argue me here). I would love to see the salary cap leave. It would force owners who don't care about winning(Bill Bidwill-Arizona, Alex Spanos-San Diego)but love collecting NFL TV money, to either put up money and try to win or just continue to get stomped. No salary cap would bring out the competitiveness in the owners.......
