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Hey y’all!! Another day, another football post. I know I try to post on Tuesdays about football, but this week has been crazy!! With Halloween and more importantly the first CFP rankings on Tuesday, the Word Series going to 7 game (CAN I GET A GO STROS?!?), and trying to recover/unpack all 5 bags I brought to Shreveport, this week has just been nuts! Before we get off to another wild weekend full of football I wanted to give y’all another (hopefully helpful) guide. So last time, we talked about the great game of football I tried to give y’all the basic rundown, but today we are going a bit more in depth. While I was at TCU, I had the opportunity to take a play-by-play class with a legendary play-by-play commentator for TCU Baseball, Chuck LaMendola. This was a BIG deal because they only offer this class every other spring, and the spots fill up super fast. I was pumped about this class!! I had been doing a sports radio show for the past two years, and I thought this play-by-play class would be my favorite class yet. Our first big assignment was to research two football teams, and make a flip board of their offense and defense (see picture below). He explains this project to us, and I was like, wow, this is going to be a breeze. I am going to do the Frogs offense vs UT defense on one side; and UT offense vs TCU defense of the other. This is so easy that I can crank this thing out in 2 days max (heck, I can probably even do it the night before). So that’s what I did… The night before this thing is due, I sit down and attempt to start setting up this flip board. At about 11pm, I had to call in the reinforcements. Marshall had to come over and save me; I was a mess with glue and paper all over me, about to have a mental breakdown over making this dang flip chart!!
So before I throw you guys in the deep end with the sharks, I am going to give y’all a glossary to the positions on the field.
FOOTBALL POSITION GLOSSARY
Center (C)– an offensive big boy who hikes or snaps the ball to the quarterback at the start of each play.
Corner Back (CB)– a defensive player who lines up on one of the wide sides of the field. They usually play opposite a receiver.
Defensive Back (DB)– form the back line of defense, whose job is to prevent the receivers from catching the ball/gaining yardage. This includes the corner backs and safeties.
Defensive End (DE)– a defensive player who lines up at the end of the defensive line. His job is to make sure the QB doesn’t get past him, and to contain any run plays.
Defensive Tackle (DT)– a defensive player who lines up on the interior of the defensive line (aka big boys lining up against the center). Their job is to stop the run game at the line and tackle people
Defensive Lineman– This term refers to all the big boys on the defensive line aka the defensive tackle, defensive end, and the nose guard
Fullback (FB)– an offensive player who lines up in the back field and blocks for the running back
Linebacker (LB)– a defensive player who lines up behind or beside the defensive linemen; they are usually one of the team’s best tacklers. Their job is to back up the d-line. There are outside linebackers (OLB) and inside linebackers (ILB)
Nose Guard (NG)-a big boy on the defensive line who lines up directly across from the center (aka nose to nose; get it?!) His job is to defend the middle of the line.
Offensive Guard (OG)– two (big boy) offensive players who line up on either side of the center. Their job is to block.
Offensive Tackle (OT)– two more offensive big boys who line up on either side of the guards. Their job is to block.
Offensive Lineman (OL) – the 5 men who make up the human wall that block to protect the quarterback and ball carriers. An offensive lineman can be a center, guard, or tackle
Place Kicker (PK)– The player who kicks the ball on kickoffs, extra point attempts, and field goal attempts. Unlike the punter, the PK kicks from a tee or when his teammate is holding it
Punter (P)– the player that stands 10 to 12 yards behind the line of scrimmage, and catches the long snap from the center, and then kicks the ball after dropping it towards his foot
Quarterback (QB)– the offensive player who usually receives the ball from the center of at the start of the each play. He lets his teammates know what play they are about to run, and either runs the ball or passes the ball to one of the receivers.
Running Back (RB)– an offensive player who runs with the ball
Safety (S)– a defensive player who lines up 15 yards in front of the line of scrimmage. Their job is to cover the players who the ball is getting passed to. There are 2 different types of safeties: a free safety (FS) and a strong safety (SS). A free safety lines up the deepest in the middle of the field, and a strong safety lines up close to the defensive line.
Snapper/Long Snapper (SN)– the player who can be the center or a specialized player who’s job is to snap the ball 5 to 15 feet. You use a long snapper for punts, and while kicking field goals.
Tight End (TE)– one of the most versatile players on the field. Tight ends are an offensive player who is a big receiver, but can also block. They line up beside the OT on either side.
Wide Receiver (WR)– an offensive player who is FAST and can run and catch the ball. Receivers can also run with the ball.
I hope this helps y’all! You can use the chart above to see exactly where every position goes. PS I promise next Tuesday we will be back to our regular football talk schedule. WAHOO!
