There are several different ways to score points in football. It’s important to understand the basics of these primary scoring methods as this is how you win the game. If you don’t score, you can’t win. So, how do you score in football? How do you score in football? A team gets points in one […]
The Pace of Play and the Ten Second Rule is all the talk right now in college football. Maybe that’s because there really isn’t that much else to talk about since the combine is over, Spring football hasn’t started, etc. But, Flip the Field likes to keep everyone informed of what is going on so you […]
I was watching the Giants/Cowboys game this past weekend and was confused when I saw this play. The Giants receiver caught a pass, went down to the ground, and then got up and ran into the end zone for a touchdown. I turned to my husband, who is the NFL expert in the house, and asked […]
Ok, so we have worked to explain some of the basics of football. The most important part of football is whoever has the ball is always trying to move the ball towards the goal/end zone in order to score points. So why is it there are times when the guy who receives the ball is content to […]
College Football Overtime Rules After four quarters of play and all the ways a football team can score, it is sometimes surprising when a college football game goes into overtime. Overtime in college football is handled much differently than the regular rules of football. Whenever a game ends in a tie, you can rest assured […]
Onside Kick Some people might call this a trick play but it really is more of a specific strategy utilized in desperate times. If a team is behind with little time left on the clock and they are kicking off to the other team, they may utilize an on-side kick. Why? Well, if they are still […]
If you watched the Alabama/Texas A&M game, then you were most likely on your feet screaming obscenities at the refs when they called a targeting penalty against Alabama’s starting safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (which then you were probably on the floor laughing about HaHa’s name!). Here’s what happened: In the second quarter, A&M had the ball. […]
Penalty: Offsides or Illegal Procedure Did you know most penalties can be ‘guessed’ based on the timing of the flag being thrown and where it is thrown? Flip the Field is here to help you know more about football and to be able to be ahead of the call. Let’s start with how to tell the […]
If you ever picked up the 210 page NCAA Official Rules Book, you’d want to shoot yourself by page 3 of the Charlie Brown teacher ‘wah wah wah wah’ garbage. However, every year, kind of like the US tax code, they decide to add more to it. Most guys have no idea about these changes […]
Football Penalties As with the rest of life, our actions are guided by a lot of rules. In real life, most of these rules are not written down. Things like, you are invited to someone’s house, you don’t come empty handed. However, in football, all the rules are documented, fairly clearly. If you break a […]
