Football 101: Option football
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One of the things that separates college football from the NFL is the diversity of offensive schemes that you see every week. The triple option is unique to college football and it will be showcased
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In football, just as in many other aspects of life, it is the bottom line that counts. In that respect, this game was a huge success.
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John Madden admits he's a football guy. He loves to talk X's and O's, or debate a quarterback matchup.
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For most of us these days, football is nothing more than a TV show, a snappy montage of familiar uniforms, highlight plays and stat lines.
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Quarterback Trent Green was acquired by the Miami Dolphins last year as part of a plan to turn the franchise's fortunes around. Not surprisingly, Bill Parcells' ideas will differ from the previous model.
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In his first major quarterback decision of the season, Dave Wannstedt went for the safe choice. On Sunday, the Miami Dolphins coach went for the obvious one.
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Attack or defend. Go for broke or go broke. Push all in or play the percentages.
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Offense, defense, special teams -- the industry has it all.
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SCO gets lots of source, plus a football lesson
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Something tells me that 41 years ago when the owners of 24 professional football teams - 15 in the NFL, nine in the AFL - sat down to discuss a playoff game between their respective champions, total harmony did not exist. Chances are pretty good the majority of those owners couldn't agree what day it was.
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Mike Arrington is doing a great job of laying out the options for Yahoo wrt Microsoft's offer to buy them out. He's written two pieces that helped put it together for me. Mike clearly has great sources in the investment banking community and among potential buyers of Yahoo, and is actively talking with them. He's got a business lawyer's mind and, as you know I'm sure, he's spent the last few years immersed in web applications.  Bottom-line: Yahoo's three choices are: 1. Tough it out alone. 2. Sell advertising rights to Google. 3. Accept Microsoft's offer.  Mike argues that option 1 would result in shareholder lawsuits and in the end would get Yahoo nowhere because they'd end up selling to Microsoft eventually. Option 2 would enable them to pay a major cash dividend to their shareholders, making up for the lost windfall coming from Microsoft's offer. Options 2 and 3 have the risk of being rejected by government regulators.  Now, as a member of Yahoo's developer community, and generally a respector of Yahoo (is that a word) -- I say take the deal. I don't think Yahoo has ever had leadership that has been up to navigating the treacherous waters of tech industry economics and politics. At least with the Microsoft acquisition they would get one -- Ray Ozzie. He's a guy you can sit across the table from and plot something out and he can deliver. I've had many good meetings with Yahoo people, but rarely have they resulted in action. From my own selfish point of view, Microsoft owning Yahoo might mean that Ray makes more trips to the Bay Area (figuratively) and when he sits down, we can talk about new open interfaces and developer programs for Yahoo properties. I've read most of the commentary on the Yahoo deal, and the other piece that made an impression was Mark Cuban's. He says that Yahoo should accept the Microsoft deal because it would give them the breathing room they need re Wall Street. He argues that the market has always allowed Microsoft to sink resources into developing markets, and that's exactly what Yahoo needs to become the organization that it has been trying to be. Instead, the market treats Yahoo as a comp to Google, but Yahoo doesn't have the economics of Google, so that's, long-term, a losing battle.  There's one more reason I think Yahoo should sell to Microsoft -- the fatigue of the people. The company has been wobbly too long. If they don't take the Microsoft offer it's going to be a long wobbly decline and the shareholders will be right to be angry. Here's their chance to get out, it's time, so just do it.
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I said on our pregame show that Jacksonville was no slouch. I knew they would play Indianapolis tough and they surely did. What you have to understand everybody is that this league is about great defenses.
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Futures market lets investors buy and sell right to see teams if they make it to the big game. By Chris Isidore, CNN/Money senior writer.
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Dating, negotiating, fragging and making money.  Play and its consequences.
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The message in âFriday Night Lightsâ doesn&#39;t just apply to the sport of football. And you don&#39;t need to love football or be able to tell the difference between a wide receiver and a running back to understand
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With parity spreading, the difference between contending for a title and playing in the Alamo Bowl can be just a few points. Kickers may be more important than ever.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Hello, Mike Mularkey. Welcome to opportunity. Watch that game film of New England-St. Louis last week?