Touchdown

him to a 5-year deal worth $137.5 million dollars making him the highest paid player in NFL history on how much is averaging per year. With Garoppolo locked up, the question now is does he deserve the contract? In six games, Garoppolo threw for 7 touchdowns, 1,560 yards, 5 interceptions and a passer rating of 96.3. Before Garoppolo stepped on the field, the 49ers had Brian Hoyer and CJ Bethard splitting time as the starting quarterback and besides the one game against the New York Giants, they…

While the San Diego Chargers languish towards the bottom of the AFC Conference, Head Coach Mike McCoy seems to be ever the optimist. Instead of focusing on the team's 2-7 record despite having the number two quarterback in the league in Philip Rivers, McCoy is busy contemplating the return of injured wide receiver Malcolm Floyd in hopes he can help the team still win some games. Floyd sustained a torn shoulder injury in his left shoulder two weeks ago against in a home loss to the Chicago Bears…

TANGERINE DIORAMA THE ERIK FISHER FOOTBALL Maryem Bouatlaoui 6A For my diorama project, I used the scene where Erik Fisher, the antagonist, flips over, thinking that he was going to make a field goal. It turns out, Antoine Thomas, the protagonist, took the ball and made a two-point conversion instead. I believe that this was the scene that foreshadowed the Erik Fisher Football Dream's upcoming failure. To make this project, I used LEGOS, cardboard, and cotton balls. I used the LEGOS as a…

Athletic Injuries In High School High school athletes are prone to experience an injury during their participation of either a contact or non contact sport. An injury is defined as a, “harm or damage : an act or event that causes someone or something to no longer be fully healthy or in good condition” (Merriam Webster). Injuries can be caused by excessive physical conduct in practice or competition . A study was conducted in the 2005-2006 school year, by the Research Institute at Nationwide…

The 45th annual BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl features two of college football’s top traditional powers. On New Years Day, the Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish will battle in sunny Glendale, Ariz. Ohio State The Buckeyes saw their College Football Playoff hopes disappear when Michigan State Spartans kicker Michael Geiger hit a 41-yard field goal as time expired in the Horseshoe on Nov. 21. Despite the fact Urban Meyer's team would no longer hold a top four ranking, the loss to…

it would be easier to determine first downs because when the ball crosses the first down marker a sensor will alarm letting the official know it’s a first down and not having to waste time and review a obvious play that is either a first down or touchdown. The microchip will make it easier to determine what is a catch in the NFL. For example when the…

O.J Simpson When you hear the name “O.J Simpson,” do you think of a NFL legend or a murderer? As a kid, O.J Simpson was in love with football, and went on to play in college, and even make it into the NFL. After he retired one of the biggest court cases in history happened. Even with a lot of evidence, O.J was found not guilty. Simpson had even more criminal trouble later on in his life that would send him to prison for 33 years. Simpson was a NFL star until one of the biggest murder trials…

Once he finally got it together he started screaming like a middle-aged woman at her son's house league soccer game. He then came right up to me and I then hit him with the uppercut, which sent Scott spiraling through the air like an Aaron Rogers touchdown pass. Scott was laying on the ground bleeding from the mouth, I felt a sharp pain in my hand and looked down. I noticed Scott's two front teeth…

Steroids is it Cheating? When it comes to the topic of whether using steroids in sports is cheating, most of us will readily agree that it is a form of cheating. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of do people really need the steroids to be better or perform better. Whereas some are convinced that athletes need them to maintain their body shape, others maintain that it’s cheating because there’s people who train hard by working out and then you have those who take the…

chips”). In the United States, the popular sport football involves throwing of a brown oval shaped ball to another player, kicking the ball high enough in the air into the field goal, and/or running the ball past the final white lines to score a “touchdown”. Football anywhere else in the world when players kick a black and white ball up and down the field, defending the ball from other players, to be kicked inside a goal post to score a point (we call this sport in the United States soccer). In…