DL115+Football

Danny Leonti (dl115) 2/27/14 - 3/314 Period 5A 10 Fake Facts 1 Fake Image =__Football__=  Football is a very popular sport in America. The reason why I am doing football is because I like it and because it is a fun sport to play. If you ever tried to play football I would give it a chance. Without further due, here are some facts on football.

Football is a fabulous and popular sport. Well, in America its known as Football. In places like the U.K they call soccer football, which is confusing to Americans. Another nickname for football is grid  iron, it was called this because this means its played in North America.

As you probably know, football is a sport. It is played by two teams with eleven players on each team. It is played on a field of 125 yards long. The goal for the offense is to try to advance the football by running it or passing it down the field. The must advance the ball in at least four downs. On fourth down, you can try to complete the number of yards you have to gain, or you can simply punt the ball. If the offense gets 20 yards, they get a new set of downs.

If you advance the ball into the other teams end-zone, you get a touchdown, it is worth 6 points. Once you get a touchdown, you have to kick the ball from the two yard line and make it through the goal post to get an extra three points. But, you can always try to get two points by completing a pass or run into the end zone for two extra points. If you are on the opponents twenty five yard line, you are in something called the yellow zone. If you are on fourth do wn in the opponents twenty five yard line, you can kick a field goal and get three points. If you miss the field goal or don't get the fourth down conversion, the opponent gets the ball from where you had it. The team with the least points at the end of the game wins.

The first game of American football was played on November 16, 1869. In 1880, Walter Camp "The Father Of American Football" made some rule changes. He invented something called the snap which means a position called the center has the football and throws it threw his legs to the QB, who is the quarterback.
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The main position is called the QB this is person that hands off the ball to the Running Back or throws it to the Tight End or one of his Receivers. The QB can do something called "scramble" which means if no one is open he can run away and try to get some yards, or he can just throw it away. Both teams in football have six timeouts. If you catch the ball out of bounds, it doesn't count as a completion or catch. If your on defense, you try to tackle the person who has the ball. If someone who is on defensive catches the ball that the QB threw, you can t ry to run it back for a touchdown. There are two main leagues of cluding the professional football and college football. you can be drafted to pro football if you play well in college. But, football is the least popular sport in America.s called a pick or an interception and once they catch it they try to run it back for a touchdown. If you keep winning games, you will go to the playoffs and if you win those, you go to the Superbowl.

The Superbowl is one of the most watched shows in America.hirty nine football teams play for the Lombardi trophy which you win if you win the Superbowl. The huddle was created by a deaf quarterback named Paul D. Hubbard so the other team couldn't read his hand signals. The Baltimore Ravens are named after Edgar Allen Poe's poem named the Raven. The St.Louis Rams were the first team to use there logo on their helmet. 12% of NFL players are bankrupt just two years after finishing their careers. Deion Sanders was the only person to ever play in the World Series and the Superbowl in the same week. The Dallas cowboys have not played in Dallas since 1971. There are 19 yard lines that divide the field into five yard segments. The NFL stands for the National Soccer League.

Football News:
Did you know that the NFL is thinking about changing the rules for the extra point? They are thinking of making it a lot more further so it can be more of a challenge. This player who said this is Adam Vinatieri. He thought that if you are more further back, there is a less chance of getting hurt. Instead of kicking a PAT at the two yard line, it would be at the twenty-five yard line. That is a forty-three yard kick just for an extra point? In my opinion, they should leave the rules alone and make the rules stay the same.

This is a video of part one of NFL rules:

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Links/Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football - http://www.profootballhof.com/history/50-fun-football-facts.aspx - http://thechive.com/2013/09/05/20-interesting-football-facts-to-kick-off-the-season-20-photos/