I pulled this off of a friend’s facebook feed (with permission) a couple of weeks ago. She has a daughter who just started her freshman year at the University of Georgia. Guy at work this morning: Your daughter at UGA must be so excited about tomorrow! Me: Oh. What? Guy: The game! Me: (mentally […]
When you find yourself backed in the corner and have to find something to say, use one of these great college football conversation starters. You’ll never know where the conversation will lead! What are the big college football games this weekend Week 2 is still a lot of the ‘pre-season’ feel in college football where […]
Ok, so we used to call these ‘Pick-up lines’ but so many of our followers are really not picking anyone up anymore. However, everyone needs a good conversation starter at a party, bar, boardroom or on the sofa next to your spouse. Wherever you find yourself watching or talking about football, these will help get […]
Hunker Down You Hairy Dawgs! Football Concept: Hunkered Down Georgia Bulldogs, that is. This battle cry will be heard across the Bulldog Nation, especially when the Dawgs are in a tough spot and need a bit of extra grit and fight to match their opponent – Hunker Down You Hairy Dawgs! To understand what it […]
Thread the Needle This is one of those football expressions taken from a much more literal setting – sewing! Have you ever tried to thread a needle to sew on a button? It’s not always that easy, no matter how many times you lick the thread! In football, the expression to thread the needle is used […]
Where does the expression Play Like a Champion Today come from in football? Football Concept: Play Like a Champion There is a simple wooden sign, painted gold and blue and mounted on a cream-colored brick wall at the foot of a stairwell coming from the Notre Dame locker room. The players tap the sign on […]
Stack the Box Football Concept: Stack the Box In football, this is the saying used when the defense puts a lot of players in ‘the box’ which is the imaginary rectangle in front of the offensive line that is the width of the offensive line and about 3-5 yards deep. It means the defense likely […]
What does it mean to call an audible in football? Football Concept: Call an Audible To call an audible in football happens when the quarterback goes up to the line of scrimmage, sees a defensive alignment he wasn’t expecting, and adjusts by yelling out a new play. You call this ‘calling an audible’. This can […]
What does it mean to ‘Kick it through the uprights’ in football? Football Concept: When a team decides their chance of getting in the end zone for a touch down is far less than kicking a field goal on 4th down, they will kick a field goal. A successful field goal must go through the […]
What does it mean to take a knee in football? Before 2017: There are several ways the football expression, take a knee, is used to explain a situation in the game. #1 – Team winning and time is almost out – If the offense is ahead in the last couple of plays of the half […]
