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Well for what's its worth you nailed it..."for those that get its nuances". American football is not very complicated. In fact I have had that argument in here with those who constantly critique the coaches. I can watch a football game, for a team I don't know, running any offense and with...

Well 99, I honestly feel badly for you bud....I and others have already beat down your arguments, in my case ahead of time before you posted them and yet you still brought them back again. Italy, France, England, Germany, Spain...these are countries that are NOT underdeveloped, they are not...

See this is a very "fair" worldly view and I respect it immensely. No one has a problem with people not liking something but for some reason unbeknownst to me....that's not enough for some folks. They seemingly have to belittle the sport and those who do find it entertaining. Like somehow they...

Ill confess I cut and pasted this but it really isn't a very challenging debate here....one you digress to questioning the general athleticism of soccer players you really have lost the battle.... There is great research out there that suggests the average top-tier match requires players to...

It really is comical getting in these threads of people bashing soccer I mean they have absolutely no clue what they're talking about not to mention they are absolutely horrendous debaters. They recently put a clock on Cristiano Ronaldo cover 96 m dribbling a soccer ball while slowing down to...

Excellent post Drew, one with no rebuttal, hence the comment you got. They don't want to like it that's all it amounts to. Which honestly is fine but they seem insistent on berating the game all the same, odd isn't it? There's a psychological reason for it. It's called lifting yourself up by...

I've always found it interesting that often times, not every time but still often enough. I find some of the most close minded people when it comes to our coaches and hostility towards them are also the same ones who are so bitter and petty towards Soccer......interesting correlation there...

Couple thoughts here..... 1) I have never understood why someone gets in a thread about soccer to tell everyone it sucks?! I get you don't like soccer proselytizing in a thread about football or basketball or whatever. I even get you don't like people telling you are wrong. But what is bizarre...

While I have no problem admitting it seems strange in hindsight, even poor maybe. I also commend the coaches for trying, trying trying all that they could.

You nailed it Bob, Lots of different facets at play here. Interestingly enuff even world-class sprinters spend arduous hour after hour honing and executing their craft. Getting out of the blocks, staying low, timing their breathing, staying loose. I've never understood why fans argue so...

All of that is true however I've done this composite over 10 years in which case you can most assuredly draw conclusions. In fact I can tell you the 40 yard dash times of every linebacker Iowa has played over the last 12 years. Same goes for the defensive lineman and the defensive backs and I'm...

Honestly Billso,Did anyone say it didn't matter? Of course not that's a classic misdirection tactic. You make and over simplistic statement in an effort to undermine the full message. Here is what is important 10 yard dashes, shuttle times, cone drills, broad jumps.... All more indicative of...

Arvada did you know that some of the most successful TEs in the NFL aren't even that fast comparatively speaking. And Arvada did you know that many of the best running backs in the NFL actually run 4.6 plus 40s, if our tailbacks run 4.6s our fans think their slow… LOL and Arvada did you also...

By the way Arvada,I just reread your post and again that is a drastic oversimplification. I would wager as a general rule the wide receivers are faster than the cornerbacks in the NFL yet they don't win those matchups one-on-one all the time at all. Sorry I know you hate it but the speed isn't...

Do you really mean that? Because if you do the stats show most of his success came on the zone stretch to the left, so it seems we agree....

Please do the research yourself I've actually done it. I'm going to go clear back to that fateful Ohio State versus LSU game from several years back. Everyone said LSU was so much faster that's where they beat them.....When in reality Ohio stating ended up putting more kids in the NFL off that...

Speed will never, ever, ever beat fundamentals. If it did you'd see more track athletes on the football field and blocking and tackling, u know fundamentals, wouldn't matter! Incidentally the SEC is the best because they are better football players, period! When Bama kicked the crap out of ND...

I am really appreciative of the highly intelligent posters that I see on this board. Those of you that are actually watching the game even closer than I am and have the background and the wherewithal to actually see the coaches doing different things. Until you said it it didn't occur to me that...

Touche' I like it....

It is truly remarkable that there are fans out there that think a play doesn't have to be blocked. We have reached a point in our society where somebody makes up their mind ahead of time and then all the facts they look at bear out what they want to see. If the play doesn't get blocked it's not...