A Sea Of Red

Interesting morning read in the 'Burg Fishwrap!

Five yards doesn't seem like much. It's five ticks of white on a football field, ten steps, or a little bit less than the average length of one of Liberty running back Rashad Jennings' carries last season.
It's also the distance the NCAA moved back kickoffs for 2007. Instead of kicking from the 35-yard line, kickers will now tee it up at the 30. As a result, special teams coaches are scrambling to adjust.

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What's next...an in depth profile of "A Day in the Life of an Offensive Lineman?"

I can tell you one thing you will enjoy Friday's report from kickoff centeral on www.libertyflames.com

givemethemic wrote:I can tell you one thing you will enjoy Friday's report from kickoff centeral on www.libertyflames.com

or maybe even kickoff central.

at least you're consistent.

I was typing fast on my BlackBerry....I will also be consistent BTW...Less than 3 weeks what's the good word?

my wife says I can come out and play.

you have to pay for golf though.

givemethemic wrote:I was typing fast on my BlackBerry....I will also be consistent BTW...Less than 3 weeks what's the good word?

Uh oh, dropping Blackberry references.

Hey guys, a nice little tidbit from today's football release:

Noah Greenbaum knocked down all seven of his field goal attempts, ranging from 32 to 40 yards.

Noah has looked solid. His range is as advertised, and his accuracy has been good. I can't see how Zac will win that FG job. He may still kick XPs though.

Zach's punts have been good. Noah's gotta be our kicker though.

PAmedic wrote:my wife says I can come out and play.

you have to pay for golf though.

I got you covered....Speaking of playing...Yea your wife is going to kill me for not coming through on my end of the bet for getting off the list...espically when I was just up there last week....

dead man walking.

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evidently, Noah's the man

• Rocco is pleased with his special teams effort, commenting, “Noah is doing well right now as he has good range and is relatively consistent. And Zac has continued his strong summer of punting.”

man I hope so.

From the SIDs:

Although no positions have been “officially” secured, Rocco did say after practice that if he was heading into a game week, senior Zac Kolegue would handle the punting duties and transfer Noah Greenbaum would get the call for most of Liberty’s field goal situations and all of the kickoff duties.

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Fumblerooskies wrote:What's next...an in depth profile of "A Day in the Life of an Offensive Lineman?"

Not to hijack the thread -- and if I'm in danger of doing it, Sly, just make a new topic...

But I actually read a book about the offensive lineman, specifically, the left tackle, in the book "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis. He's the author of "Moneyball" for you baseball gurus.

The premise is two-fold:

#1) With Defensive Linemen and linebackers becoming more and more athletic, and quarterbacks becoming more and more expensive, football coaches and general managers need to do whatever they can to protect their most valuable asset. On the field of play, that person is the left tackle (who protects a QB's blindside). Getting better players to protect the blind side has done wonders -- and made it a more financially lucrative position itself.

#2) In the ghettos of Memphis, a large young boy (whose father is dead and mother is a crack-w****) and his friend are moved away from the public school and into an uppity Christian school. The boy, Michael Oher, isn't particularly interested in academics or football, but has a great heart -- and is subsequently adopted by a rich, white family. He isn't that great of an athlete, but his potential makes him one of the best prospects in high school.

The book follows the progress of both storylines, and is a really great read. So yeah... don't think that a topic such as offensive linemen can't make for good copy.