• In gridiron football, a shift refers to the movement of an offensive player prior to the snap. There is a distinction drawn between a shift and motion...
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    In gridiron football, a penalty is a sanction assessed against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. Officials initially signal penalties...
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    "snapback", or "pass from center") is the backward passing of the ball in gridiron football at the start of play from scrimmage. The ball begins on the ground...
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    Fantasy football is a game in which the participants serve as owners and general managers of virtual gridiron football teams. The competitors select their...
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    In gridiron football, motion refers to the movement of an offensive player at the time of the snap. While there are different rules regarding motion,...
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    College football (French: football universitaire) is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges...
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    American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams...
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  • In gridiron football, blitzing is a tactic used by the defense to disrupt pass attempts by the offense. During a blitz, a higher than usual number of...
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    Flag football is a variant of gridiron football (American football or Canadian football depending on location) where, instead of tackling players to the...
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    The Minnesota shift is an American football offensive maneuver that was a forerunner of other shifts and pre-snap formation changes in the game. It consists...
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  • logos and changing the league tagline from "True Fantasy Football" to "Women of the Gridiron". Along with the rebrand of the league in 2013, the league...
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  • Moving the goalposts (or shifting the goalposts) is a metaphor, derived from goal-based sports such as football and hockey, that means to change the rule...
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    A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the...
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    professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), Arena Football League (AFL)...
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    in gridiron football ("football gear") consists of equipment worn by football players for the protection of the body during the course of a football game...
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    Guardian Cap (category Gridiron football)
    the outside of a gridiron football or ice hockey helmet. They have been used in football practices since 2015, with the National Football League (NFL) first...
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    Life Story of Glen S. (Pop) Warner, Gridiron's Greatest Strategist. Chicago, IL: The Athletic Institute. Football 101: Zone Blocking CoachHuey.com Discussion...
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  • being settled competitively on the gridiron. Instead, the national championships are based on rankings from prep football media analysts, such as USA Today...
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    and all other forms of American football. In the past few decades the role of the halfback has gone through a great shift as most offensive game plans are...
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    College Football ALL-STAR Game Pecking Order Shifting?". Pro Player Insiders. Retrieved October 28, 2014. "College Football at the Kingdome » FootballGeography...
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  • at the coach's say. Ice hockey is one of only a handful of sports (gridiron football and basketball being the two most prominent others) that allows for...
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  • Pump fake (category American football terminology)
    feigned attempt to pass or shoot the ball in football or basketball respectively. In gridiron football, a pump fake is a move by the quarterback to deceive...
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  • especially in contrast with rugby football (rugby union, rugby league) and association football (soccer). See also Gridiron football The word derives from the...
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  • original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2023. "The Gridiron Uniform Database". gridiron-uniforms.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023...
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    However, by the late 1880s, rugby football had become the dominant code in both colonies, as well as in New Zealand. This shift was largely due to rugby's spread...
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    Website. October 22, 2008. Traughber, Bill (2011). Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History. The History Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-60949-423-0...
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  • Illegal procedure (category Gridiron football rules)
    of similar penalties have their own signals. Examples include: Illegal shift Illegal motion Illegal forward pass Illegal touching of a forward pass Ineligible...
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  • Rolando Cantú (category Mexican players of American football)
    finding it. He does not regret pursuing the NFL or the shift into the business side of football since the injury, stating “I feel blessed.” Weinfuss, Josh...
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  • In gridiron football, a safety is scored when the ball becomes dead behind the goal line of the team in possession of the ball (unless the ball arrived...
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  • American football Gridiron football History of American football positions Homosexuality in American football History of association football History of...
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