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Why Build CF University in Second Life ?

NOTE: CF University is located on Secondlife Main Grid and is intended for CF Adults over 18 years of age.

• Cystic Fibrosis Education
• Provide Cystic Fibrosis Resources
• Social Interaction -No masks, no gloves, no threat of cross infection

This Message from The MTA Web Site

Current as of 12/20/2005 09:42 AM

As of 3 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20, 2005, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) called an illegal strike on MTA NYCT buses & subways throughout all five boroughs as well as on most MTA Bus Company routes (click on MTA Bus Company below for routes that are running). This is in addition to a strike action called at 12:01 Monday, December 19, 2005 by the TWU against two private bus lines in Queens: Triboro Coach & Jamaica Buses.

As a result of this illegal action against the MTA, travel options for MTA subway and bus customers will be limited as noted in the links below.

However, customers are reminded that it will take 24 hours from the outset of the strike action for MTA commuter railroad contingency services as outlined on this site to be in place. That will be in time for the Wednesday morning rush. (This amount of time is needed to reposition and reconfigure train equipment to provide special service as noted on the links below.)

Check this site regularly for the most up-to-date information about the implementation of these plans, check www.nyc.gov, or keep abreast through TV, radio, and newspaper updates.

From the Transport Workers Union  (TWU) Website

New York Supreme Court Enjoins TWU
New York State Supreme Court Justice Theodore T. Jones has issued two preliminary injunctions against the International Union and Local 100 to prevent the union from "conducting, engaging or participating in, through any manner of any means a strike, work stoppage, sick-out, slowdown, or any other concerted activity with the intent of interrupting the normal and regular operations of the New Your City Transit Authority and the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Operating Authority." View complete MTA Bus Company Injunction (PDF), or complete New York City Transit Authority and Manhattan and Bronx Suface Transit Operating Authority Injunction (PDF).

Our friends at the New York Jets will be a hosting an interesting event called NFL Street Unplugged on October 1, 2005.

CALLING ALL GAMERS, ATHLETES AND SPORTS FANS!

Take The First Interactive Sports And Video Game Challenge

Show Your Moves On and Off The Field

Combine Creative Play With NFL Street Video Game Skills

Check out the National Football Leagueâs newest program, NFL STREET UNPLUGGED and become part of History.

To Register

A partial list of Hurricane Katrina and disaster relief information available on the Web:

National Hurricane Center

National Weather Service

Hydrologic Information Center (river flooding)

Federal Emergency Management Agency: 1-800-621-FEMA

Louisiana Homeland Security

City of New Orleans

Louisiana Governor's Office

Relief Organizations

Red Cross 1-800-HELP-NOW

Episcopal Relief & Development 1-800-334-7626

United Methodist Committee on Relief 1-800-554-8583

Salvation Army 1-800-SAL-ARMY

Catholic Charities 1-800-919-9338

FEMA Charity tips

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

A partial list of Hurricane Katrina and disaster relief information available on the Web:

National Hurricane Center

National Weather Service

Hydrologic Information Center (river flooding)

Federal Emergency Management Agency: 1-800-621-FEMA

Louisiana Homeland Security

City of New Orleans

Louisiana Governor's Office

Relief Organizations

Red Cross 1-800-HELP-NOW

Episcopal Relief & Development 1-800-334-7626

United Methodist Committee on Relief 1-800-554-8583

Salvation Army 1-800-SAL-ARMY

Catholic Charities 1-800-919-9338

FEMA Charity tips

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

DALLAS (August 15, 2005) --- The Dave Rimington Trophy today released their updated watch list of top collegiate centers for the 2005 season. The pre-season watch list was released in March prior to Spring football. The revised watch list will be updated throughout the season in the weekly Rimington Reports. Awarded annually to the best center in the country, the Dave Rimington Trophy enters the 2005 season with a strong field of potential stand-out centers.

âWe are looking forward to an exciting season of college football. Our watch list candidates represent some of the most storied college football programs in the country and this season features a number of great match-ups between watch list candidates. All the centers on the watch list are unique leaders on their respective teams and I want to wish each of them the best of luck. This is going to be a very busy year for the Rimington Trophy. We have a number of impressive announcements regarding our future in the weeks to come,â said Dave Rimington.

The Rimington Trophy recipient is determined by a consensus of the four All-America teams: The Walter Camp Football Foundation, America Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, and âThe Sporting News.â
An associate member of the National College Football Awards Association, the six-year old trophy is presented by Canon USA, MidAmerican Energy Holdings, and Black & Decker. The award is hosted by the Boomer Esiason Foundation. Michiganâs David Baas (2004 co-winner), LSUâs Ben Wilkerson (2004 co-winner), Virginia Techâs Jake Grove, Miamiâs Brett Romberg, Ohio State's LeCharles Bentley, and Nebraskaâs Dominic Raiola are past recipients.

Since its inception the Rimington Trophy Award has raised over $450,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation which to date has raised over $40,000,000 for CF Research. Esiason, created his foundation in 1993 to support research and treatment of cystic fibrosis. Esiason and Dave Rimington were teammates on the Cincinnati Bengals from 1984-87. Rimington, the awardâs namesake, was a consensus first team All-America center at Nebraska in 1981 and â82 â years in which he became the John Outland Trophyâs only double winner as the nationâs premiere college interior lineman.

The Sports Group also developed and directs the Heisman Winners Association (HWA), a limited liability company, which focuses marketing attention and opportunities on the Heisman winners as a collective group. TSG also currently works with and has worked with the John Wooden Award, the Senior CLASS Award, and the Driver of the Year Award as well as a variety of other professional and amateur organizations and companies. For more information contact Elon Werner, TSG Director of Communications, 214-631-7747 or 214-244-1184 (mobile).

Fall 2005 Rimington Trophy Watch List

Albert Bimper, Colorado State, Senior, 6â1â 303 lbs.
Tony Bonds, Mississippi, Senior, 6â4â 308 lbs.
Jesse Boone, Utah, Senior, 6â5â 305 lbs.
David Castillo, Florida State, Senior, 6â2â 301 lbs.
JB Closner, Alabama, Senior, 6â4â 290 lbs.
Ryan Cook, New Mexico, Senior, 6â7â 339 lbs.
Stephen Culp, TCU, Senior, 6â4â 307 lbs.
Mike Degory, Florida, Senior, 6â5â 314 lbs.
Mike Elgin, Iowa, Junior, 6â4â 270 lbs.
Greg Eslinger, Minnesota, Senior, 6â3â 280 lbs.
Mark Fenton, Colorado, Junior, 6â4â 290 lbs.
Leroy Harris, NC State, Senior, 6â3â 295 lbs.
Jasper Harvey, San Diego State, Senior, 6â3â 305 lbs.
Jeremy Hines, West Virginia, Junior, 6â2â 285 lbs.
Ryan Kalil, Southern California, Junior, 6â4â 290 lbs.
Kili Lefotu, Arizona, Senior, 6â5â 320 lbs.
Doug Legursky, Marshall, Sophomore, 6â3â 308 lbs.
Todd Londot, Miami (Ohio), Senior, 6â5â 305 lbs.
Grayling Love, Arizona State, Senior, 6â3â 297 lbs.
Nick Mangold, Ohio State, Senior, 6â4â 280 lbs.
Kurt Mann, Nebraska, Junior, 6â4â 280 lbs.
Mike McCloskey, UCLA, Senior, 6â5â 285 lbs.
Chris McNeil, Mississippi State, Senior, 6â3â 294 lbs.
Nick Mihlhauser, Washington State, Senior, 6â3â 283 lbs.
Chris Morris, Michigan State, Senior, 6â4â 291 lbs.
Rudy Niswanger, LSU, Senior, 6â5â 293 lbs.
Marvin Philip, California, Senior, 6â2â 285 lbs.
Donovan Raiola, Wisconsin, Senior, 6â3â 290 lbs.
Lance Reynolds, BYU, Senior, 6â3â 293 lbs.
Kyle Roper, Arkansas, Senior, 6â3â 291 lbs.
Patrick Ross, Boston College, Senior, 6â4â 294 lbs.
Adam Spieker, Missouri, Sophomore, 6â3â 310 lbs.
Jason Spitz, Louisville, Senior, 6â4â 308 lbs.
Marcus Stewart, Louisiana Tech, Senior, 6â3â 305 lbs.
Russ Tanner, Georgia, Senior, 6â4â 290 lbs.
Brian Van Acker, Northern Illinois, Senior, 6â4â 287 lbs.
Brad Vanneman, Washington, Senior, 6â3â 300 lbs.
Chris Yoder, Texas A&M, Sophomore, 6â3â 292 lbs.
Kyle Young, Fresno State, Junior, 6â5â 320 lbs.

On June 30th, the Boomer Esiason Foundation hosted the 10th Annual Empire Challenge.  The game pits high school all-stars from New York City vs. their counterparts on Long Island.  Long Island played error free football and won 44-7.  This is a short video (around 7 minutes) and highlights the post game award ceremony.  Thanks to everyone who made this game possible.

1. Identify 3-5-7 step drop

2. Identify Launch Point of QB

3.  Objective 3 step drop is to get defenders hands down...inside target -attack and cut- change up with slip block -place hands on chest and slip them down to knees and cut.

4.  On 5 and 7 step drop - The wider the defender ..the deeper your kick step...Remember  the wider the defender, the farther he is from QB ...Don't Panic

5. When kicking have inside target and bury your chin into your inside pec . This prevents you from losing control as you kick to defender. 

6. Keep your shoulders square as long as possible before you turn and run with defender

7. If he tries to run the hump to QB and uses rip technique/uppercut, with your outside hand on defenders chest...take inside hand and place on defenders hip and widen him

8. FINISH!

• One on One Pass Protection Difficult
• Stance
• Target
• Pat Feet
• Deliver Punch
• Head Out
• Chin Buried into Chest
• Tight Elbows "Form W"
• Work Independents
• Finish

Link

Rimington Football Camp

Links

Rimington Football Camp

www.rimingtonfootballcamp.com

Show Notes June 4, 2005

Apology

Teaching 3 Point Stance

Feet Shoulder width or less

If right handed right foot stagger, if left handed left foot stagger

Toe to instep stagger (4"-6" back)

Start off with forearms on thighs, knees bent

Bring dominant hand straight down

Step away from child and check that toes are pointed straight, knees are not buckled, back straight and neck bowed with head up

If you continue to have problems- Try this tip: start child in 4 point stance (not too much weight forward) he/she should be able to lift non dominant hand up without assistance and place forearm on thigh.

Test: Weight Distribution

Once child is in stance take your hand and move athletes hand if he rocks forward or falls he has too much weight forward on hand. 

The purpose of this drill is to insure athlete can step, pull and pass protect from this stance

In Goal line and Short Yardage-Athlete can add more weight to hand to increase power.

If teaching center stance-feet are usually a little wider and there is no stagger with feet. First make sure snap to QB is secure and then start practicing stepping and snapping.

Never let your child drop his head,  Head is always up to help prevent neck injuries.

Links:

Rimington Football  Camp

www.rimingtonfootballcamp.com

The No Huddle Offense

I was fortunate to have had Sam Wyche as my Head Coach in Cincinnati, this guy had a very unique way of looking at problems and some very ingenious solutions to these problems.  Sam to me was a mad scientist that was so far ahead of the curve on innovation in the game of football it was ridiculous.  Where most people would see problems, Sam saw opportunity.  As a player I really enjoyed playing for him, because I learned all the time. He is a teacher and does a wonderful job teaching the nuances of football.

Now, don't get me wrong Sam was as nutty as anyone I ever been around.  But I really enjoyed playing for him. Although,  at the time I didn't realize it as much as I have should.  I could tell Sam Wyche stories until I was blue in the face and still have much more to say.  The only thing predictable about Sam was his unpredictability.  As a player you spend a great deal of time trying to figure out your coaches, so you kind of know what to expect.  With Sam you just didn't know...which was good and bad.

Regardless of what the Buffalo Bills say...the Bengals were the first team in the NFL to put in the NO HUDDLE offense. And if it wasn't for Boomer Esiason calling his good friend Frank Reich and raving about the offense I doubt seriously that the Bills would have used it as much as they did or at least they would have been much slower in implementing it.

Defenses began to use situational substitution quite a bit in the early 80's, what happened was the defense would bring in the big run stopping lineman and linebackers on first and second down and then bring in their pass rushers and small backers/nickel guys on third and long situations.  You would see a hoard of guys run in the game and another hoard run off the field.  The defense was just trying to get their best personnel into the game to deal with the expected type of play that they would face.

Sam saw a weakness in this and began exploiting it, what he saw was 16 or more defensive guys on the field at one time and that as you know is against the rules.  So Sam exploited that by coming up with a simple "SET ALERT" play,  When Boomer saw a platoon of guys coming onto the field and another platoon running off ...he would scream set alert and we would rush to the line of scrimmage and run a QB Sneak on the first sound.  After a few "too many players penalties" and easy five yard gains for us the opposing team had to make a decision....do we stick with the run stoppers or do we put in the nickel or come with a hybrid.  The only time we would let them make substitutions was when the clock was stopped for time out or incomplete pass.

From the simple beginning  of a QB sneak,  a whole offense was developed that could be run from the line of scrimmage.  Many people say that it was no difference than the old "hurry up" offense.  But it was much different, the hurry up has been used for years to save time and score quickly at the end of the half or game.  The "No Huddle" is not the same tempo....we could take our time if we wanted or up tempo the offense if we thought that gave us an advantage. It was flexible and potent...we moved the ball on a lot of good defenses with this and it was . It was  espionage type of stuff with code words for formation and more code words for direction and finally code words for play types and another set of code words for snap count. 

It wasn't all smooth in the development and many times it was hilarious...I am not sure you have ever saw the movie the Dirty Dozen...In that movie they have a rhyme that corresponds to each step of their mission. Well we had the same type of rhyme where each number rhymed with the type of play we were going to use.  At meetings Sam would say the number out of the blue and we would then recite the corresponding rhyme...needless to say when the bullets started flying the rhymes went down the toilet with half of the guys getting it and the other half scratching their heads.

So then we developed plan B ...code words for everything, we always worried that defenses would pick up the codes so we changed them often as far as I could tell no one ever picked up what we were doing...lets face most defensive players I met would never have been picked for Bletchley Park code breaking duties during WWII.  Most of these guys had a tough time just remembering where to line up.  I learned to never over estimate the intelligence of the defensive guys.

Ok back to the point of this blog the no huddle turned into a complete offense that we could run at any time.  It trained us to ready for anything, because you never knew when you would get the "AT THE LINE"  call from Boomer.  AT THE LINE meant to line up and get ready with hands on knees.  You learned that you didn't want to get in a stance until you heard all required information.  Once a play was establish and snap count we could get down...I usually went over the ball earlier than the rest because just in case we did get the set alert call I needed to be ready to snap the ball right away. 

A funny thing happened the first season we put in the "NO HUDDLE"  we were still in pre season and playing the Detroit Lions in Detroit.  Sam had the idea of practicing the "NO HUDDLE" in the parking lot of the hotel before the game.  We had just installed hand signals for plays which were going to be used in noisy situations where we couldn't hear one another.  The funny thing was we were only expecting 30-40,000 people for the game and in pre-season the crowd is pretty quiet...but just in case we had all these new hand signals ready.  So here we are in the parking lot of the Hilton and we are going over our hand signals and for some reason some guys were having trouble remembering what the hand signal represented.  Boomer would then give the hand signal and if he thought some guys didn't understand he would mumble or cough and say the play so they could hear it.  After a while of this Sam was getting pissed at Boomer, didn't want him saying what the play was...so after his tirade he started looking around and found a old guy who was cutting the grass... he waved him over and the guy came over with his lawn mower.  He is a professional football team that has a game in a bout 5 hours in the parking lot of the Hilton which is strange enough...but now here is a guy who was cutting the grass a few minutes before  and now is amongst the team.  Sam looks a t the guys and say hey can you rev up the lawn mower while Boomer does the hand signals.  The guys looks bewildered buy says sure...so the guy rolls his lawn mower in front of the offense and starts revving the mower.  Sam wanted to simulate crowd noise...and it was as noisy as hell and then all the rocks/pebbles on the parking lot around the mower was were being whipped around and hitting guys in the legs, guys were screaming like little girls...and Sam just laughed his ass off....meeting adjourned.

That Sam was a character!

You have seen it over and over in pro football, a team is moving up and down the field with ease until they get into a situation that they need to get the final yard to score or get a first down.  Why do great offenses stall in these situations. I have theory that I would like to share with you. 

First off I have to make a disclaimer...I haven't seen any statistics to back up my assertions that teams are having more problems in Goal line and short yardage situations.  It is just anecdotal evidence witnessed on my part. 

My Theory:  Over the past 20 years game of pro football has become more of  game of horizontal movement on the offensive line.   Instead of displacing players vertically, plays and players are taught to get movement horizontally.  Simply put, players are not knocking back players they are moving opponents side to side.   When the inside zone became a big part of most of most pro teams offenses in the mid eighties, lead stepping offensive lineman went out the way of dinosaurs.  Now, it became drop and crossover steps that were being  taught to pro offensive linemen.  The inside zone play is a play that counts on 2 big guys getting a push at the point of attack and then one man coming off late for a LBer who most of the time will flow over the top of the rolling double team.  The lineman who releases then simply screens LBer as he tries to come back on the cutback.  The running back starts as if he is going to hit the tackle area and then if he sees flow over the top he will cut it back behind the two behemoth linemen. If he sees a hole in the tackle area he simply takes to the hole and takes what he can get.

But why was the drop cross over steps taught in the first place.  I think there were a couple obvious reason.  First players were having a hard time moving defensive players vertically.  It take a physical mismatch for a offensive lineman to move somebody back.  The day of the 6'6 275lb NG was over.  Now there were NG's and T's who were short and stout, in the 6'2 320lbs. range.  These guys are built to stand their ground, it takes a hell of a man to push these guys around. 

Reason number two when you take a drop and crossover it reduces the chance of defensive lineman skimming the combo block when 2 guys are working together.  When you lead step into a combo block there is a small area known as no man's land where because you are firing out and stepping forward and the player you are working with is taking a short lateral step, if the defensive line plays the angle right there is a chance that he may split the combo block.  The drop cross over all but eliminates that threat.  But what you gain in security you lose in vertical movement and power.  What usually happens in this scenario is the defensive lineman absorbs the initial shock of two players on him pretty well...there isn't a lot of movement, but as the d lineman rises to find the ball carrier, that is when the rolling combo gets him moving it may be horizontal movement but it is movement just the same.

Nebraska Golf Classic

Empire Challenge

After the gluttony we then went into meetings and tried not to fall a sleep. In the beginning of my career this was pretty simple stuff...coaches would just give a speech to the team and then we would break off into groups by position...the offensive line would take a meeting room, the defensive line would take another  and so on.  As the years passed this simple meeting turned into a mini film festival, complete with highlight films with all the bells and whistles. Didn't have to worry about falling a sleep during this iMax presentation...LOL

Then it was off to our rooms usually about 10 pm with bed check at 11pm we would try and get phone calls and the ticket situation all figured out.  If the NFL wanted to increase productivity a simple way would be to have one guy in charge of acquiring and distributing tickets  for the players.  It is not the players can't handle it...it is the timing.  The whole ticket situation comes to a head right before the game, when the players should be concentrating 100% on the opponent, many would be on the phone trying to dig up tickets for their guests or making phone calls from the locker room making sure their guests were squared away.  It seemed that it was the skilled players (anyone that can score a TD) that had the most demand from friends and family for tickets... so I guess what I am saying it didn't affect me personally that much...

Bed check-Not much to report here---Coach knocks on door, whoever is closest to the door answers, coach peeks in room and checks around, coach says good night and leaves.  Most of the time they didn't even bother entering the room. I could tell coaches hated doing this chore.  I am sure they had to draw straws for this task.  I never heard of anyone from the teams that I played that would try to sneak out the night before a game.  But training camp is another story... Flash back of the Ben Gazarra Show...it was like a jail break at times.

Ok, to save some space and time here is the material I go over in the podcast...check it out

• Lack of Sleep
• Wake up call 7:30 am
• Breakfast
• Off to stadium
• Transportation to stadium cabs-away games
• Tailgaters
• Parking- When at home tried to get the stadium really early ..then I didn't have to walk so far to the players entrance
• How much coffee can a person drink
• Stretch - weight room/shower room
• Study Playbook
• Taping - Over rated
• Grazing with the O-Line

Ok let's pick this up again at the locker room after I have studied playbook, been taped, stretched, and even grazed with my fellow offensive linemen on the field.  After I returned I would then put my jersey on my shoulder pads.  Now this sounds like a simple process.  But for an offensive lineman it was anything but simple.  You see nothing puts the fear in the minds of an O-Lineman more than being grabbed by the defensive lineman.  Because once he gets a hold of you ..put a  folk in you, your done. It doesn't matter in the running game but the passing game is where it makes a big difference. So linemen would go to extraordinary lengths so they would not be grabbed. The following is my jersey process/ordeal ...

Step 1: Go to the trainer get a bottle of rubbing alcohol and get a towel from the shower room.  Step 2: Pour the alcohol on the towel and rub down shoulder pads to take off any sticky tape residue from last weeks game.  Step 3: Let dry and then put on the two way or carpet tape on shoulder pads...the more the better.  The idea was to get as much area covered as possible.  Step 4: Remove backing from tape and then carefully put jersey on the pads.  Since the jerseys were always sized small it was even difficult to get the jersey on and that was without anyone being in the pads.  Usually started with one shoulder and then the other, then the chest plate and finally the back.  I always checked to see that neck hole was centered and name on back of jersey was on straight. But as Ron Propiel says ..and that's not all...Step 5: If we were at home I would take the shoulder pads into the sauna and turn the heat to high and leave them in for about 5-10 minutes.  The dry heat would melt/cure the adhesive on the tape nicely and then I would take another towel and rub down the pads for a good seal. The jersey and the pads became one, there was no way anyone was going to grab me today.  This trend was set by the Pittsburgh Steelers and was soon copied by everyone.  WD-40 became a staple to every equipment  man.  Not to fix rusty equipment but to spray on the O-Line jerseys to make them extra slick...man it was out of control.  Today even the D-Line has the tight jerseys...big D-linemen look like stuffed sausages in those things. The NFL began cracking down on the WD-40 and so that practice was eliminated as the jersey companies began making those tight jerseys direct from the factory.  If a shoulder pad company wanted to improve their pads a simple fix would be to build in velcro on their pads. One part would be attached to the pads and the other would be sewn directly to the jersey on the should areas, chest plate and back plate....These would go like hotcakes.  Every O-lineman would want them.  Watch some company will take my idea and make big $$$ ..oh well

PS ..if you try the Sauna thing...make sure it is a dry sauna and not a stream bath.

After I had jersey on pads I would visit with the QB and discuss any different calls or keys that would be used for this game. This time was used to build QB's confidence and gauge where he was at mentally for game.

When team bus arrived the locker room became electric. Players would quickly get dressed in t-shirts and shorts and then head to training room for last minute touchups on their tape jobs.  Some players would put on on their headphones and rock out to their favorite tunes while studying playbooks.  Others would begin to make the transformation from a mild mannered Clark Kent type of character into a raging maniac.  Some players would joke around while others became deadly serious.  Each guy had his own method of getting ready.  I always felt I played better if I just was myself and stayed somewhat calm. 

Our coaches usually made their rounds visiting their players and made sure the guys were good to go for the game.  Sometimes they would get all their guys together and discuss any last minute changes to the game plan.  All these things were designed to eliminate mistakes on the field.  I think for the most part it did help get everyone ready. 

About 2 minutes before the start of the game the officials would make a quick walk through of the locker room.  I was never quite sure what they were looking for...maybe foreign objects. LOL

Then the head coach usually had the last word before we said the pre-game prayer.  He usually would talk to team captains and tell them what we would do if we won the coin toss (almost always we would choose to receive the ball) and which goal we would defend if we lost. Then he would give the keys to victory speech.  Nothing magical, he would just state what we needed to do to win.  No dumb penalties, eliminate turnovers, rush for X amount and remember to finish strong and believe that no matter what happens on the field we would find a way to win in the end.  Occasionally the coach would have an impassioned speech....but this was few and far between, I think if felt the team wasn't ready to play. He would become emotional, but usually the team was ready to go

Then the team chaplain would come in for the team prayer...The team prayer was always comforting to me, we had guys from all the the country some guys from the city , some from the country ... but this was a time when you could feel the power and unity of the team...This was when it was apparent that the whole of the team was greater than the sum of the parts ....and then that illusion would be destroyed when someone would scream let's kill them and off we would hit the field.... LOL

Then it hit you like a ton of bricks...60-70,000 people screaming at the top of their lungs.  The excitement generated before the game is something that cannot be explained it really has to be experienced and you never get tired of that feeling.  You feel as nothing can stop you and you become transformed into another person.  for a short time you feel bullet proof.  Unfortunately this feeling only lasts until the first play...then it's back to being Clark Kent.

Player introductions were held moments before kick off, When I played for Cincinnati the offense was introduced far more than the defense ...but the rolls were reversed in Philadelphia, probably because our defense in Philly was quite a bit more dominant than our offense.  It was quite a rush to be introduced as a player I just tried to think about picking up my feet high so the turf monster didn't get you.  Nothing is more embarrassing than being introduced taking a few steps and falling on your melon.

After introductions everyone line up for the National Anthem and the game was soon underway.

The Player Haters

Website: Costa Rica Classic
Email: info@costaricaclassic.com

On March 18th-20th te Boomer Esiason Foundation held the Third Annual Costa Rica Classic in Quepos, CR.  Man, If you like to fish...then this is the tournament for you. 262 Sailfish were caught in this 2 day tournament a new tournament record. Check it out as www.costaricaclassic.com

And don't worry if you haven't fished a tournament...My friends from Nebraska came in 2nd Place and it was only the 2nd time they ever did this!!! Of course they say it was because of all th bass fishingthey do.  Probably the most enjoyable event we do.  2006 Tourney is scheduled for March 17-19.

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Costa Rica Classic Press Release

Costa Ricaâs Classic 2005 Results

Quepos, March 20, 2005 -The tournament Costa Rica Classic 2005, held the 19-20th March, in Quepos was more than a charity event it brought fun and lots of hooks.

The Champions

First place
Marsha Bennett, from Gran Escape, Quepos
Patricio Minardi
The captain of the boat was Mainor Oporta Downs, from Quepos
Boat: Magic Moon

âIt was fun, we had lots of funâ, said Marsha Bennett. âI do it for the kidsâ (with CF).

Second place
Todd Calfee
David May
Doug Tegtmeier
Dick Tegtmeier
This team comes from Nebraska
Boat: Swordfish

âBeing on the second place coming from Nebraska is extremely exciting, unbelievable! We came here to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis, compete with all this people from all over the US, being in the middle of the States and getting the Second place make us feel pretty special, stated Todd Calfee. He participated on the CR Classic 2004, âI used to go around home where I catches fishes of 5 ounces not this sizeâ, he added.

Third Place
Danny Derringer
Richard Lebo
Boat: Spanish Fly, de los SueÃos


The best anglers

There was a tie for the biggest table fish:

2 winners:
1) Jay Coughlin-36 pound Cubera,
2) Charlie Max, 36 pound dorado.

Sailfish raffle: 2 winners:
1) Don Bailey
2) Sam Merkin

All winners got a trophy.

98 sailfish caught Saturday, 164 sailfish caught Sunday for a total of 262
sailfish caught during the tournament. On Sunday 5 boats caught more than
20 sailfish each.


The tournament in figures

Number of participants: 76
Number of boats: 18
Total number of sailfish caught and released during the whole tournament: 262


The Rules

Circle hooks
Live bait
Anyone can hook
The real winners

Anglers and amateurs

The participants came from New York, California, Miami, Wisconsin, Florida, Nebraska, and even from Italy. Some of them are experienced angles, others are amateurs with little or no experience at all.

This is the second time Mark Cooper, former Denver Bronco, Super Bowl XXI, celebrity angler, participates on the CR Classic. âThis year we brought a lot of people to participate, I donÂt think we came with other expectation than having lots of fun, for a great cause, and if we caught fish that will be a bonusâ.

Courtney Davis, an experienced angler for 25 years, who goes fishing âas often as I canâ, as he declared, comes form Pensylvannia, and is participating âto support cystic fibrosis and to help the patients hereâ.

âCatching nothing but a buzzâ was the slogan printed on the T-shirts of the Jackass Team. This is the second time that Sean Keating from New York -one of the members of the team- participates on the tournament âto support the Boomers Esiason Foundation and to have fun with everybodyâ, as declared this amateur angler.

Website: Empire Challenge
New York City vs Long Island HS All-Star FB Game
www.empirechallenge.com

June 30, 2005
Hofstra University's Shuart Stadium
7:30 PM Kick-off

Well there really isn't any....but...

Here is how the show shakes down.

Dave intro-

Why Podcasting?

Nebraska Football- Joe Dailey Departure

Boomer Esiason Foundation

Rimington Ramblings- Utter Nonsense

Podcast Voiceovers

Featured Websites

Boomer Esiason Foundation
Costa Rica Classic - March 19-20th, 2005
Nebraska Golf Classic- June 2-3
Key West Classic-April 27- Billfish Tournament
EmpireChallenge.com - July 3, 2005 LI vs NYC High School All-Star FB Game
Dave Rimington Football Camp July 12-13, 2005
Live 365.com - Radio Conference , April 29-May 1- San Francisco, CA
Chris Davies- ProVoiceUSA.com
RadioDaddy.com - Frees Voice Over Service**

Website: Booming Celebration