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December 1, 2010

Football: Unbalanced stack turbocharges the double wing

After amassing 30 points per game and more than 400 yards per contest with the double-wing offense, teams finally figured out to stack eight or nine players in the box. Going with a play-action pass is a great response, but for coaches who love th...


December 1, 2010

North Texas Hires New Football Coach

The Associated PressDENTON, Texas -- Dan McCarney was a young assistant at Iowa when Hayden Fry left North Texas to become the Hawkeyes’ new head coach.Now more than three decades later, McCarney has been hired as the new coach at North Texas, ...


November 30, 2010

Texas H.S. Football Playoffs Coming To…Louisiana?

Shreveporttimes.com (La.)It won’t be a Louisiana team that breaks in Independence Stadium’s new turf. That goes to two Texas High Schools, but one school has northwest Louisiana connections.Longview (Texas) plays district rival Mesquite (...


November 30, 2010

Former 2 Live Crew Member Coaching H.S. Football

Miami Herald (Fla.)Out on the football field, Luther Campbell wears a whistle around his neck, not a tangle of gaudy gold chains. He has a Miami Central High green visor on his head, not a do-rag. Instead of grabbing his crotch, he grabs the shoulder...


November 24, 2010

H.S. Football Rivalry Reaches 100 Years

Boston.comJim Kelliher has seen a lot of football. The Abington graduate has been coaching his alma mater since 1974, and earlier this year earned his 200th career victory. Tomorrow, as for the past 37 years, the coach will put on the headset as...


November 23, 2010

Brawl Could Have Major Implications On W.Va. H.S. Football Playoffs

Charleston Daily Mail (W.Va.)CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today could have more influence on the end result of the 2010 Class AAA state football playoffs than any day before or after.The Secondary School Activities Commission is expected to announce today th...


November 22, 2010

NJ Medical Society Committee Recommends Eliminating Kickoffs In H.S. Football

MyFoxPhilly.comPHILADELPHIA - Two days after a Medical Society of New Jersey committee said the kickoff is the most dangerous play in football and recommended getting rid of them at the high school level, we once again saw how dangerous they are.Eagl...


November 22, 2010

Hazing Incident May Cost School Its Thanksgiving Day Football Game

The Boston GlobeAgawam Schools Superintendent Mary A. Czajkowski will announce this afternoon whether she will cancel the Thanksgiving Day football game with West Springfield in the wake of a hazing incident last week involving the football team.Czaj...