Three years ago on this date – March 15, 2013 – I published my first Football Weblog post. To mark the anniversary, I’ve created a short video. For those of you that frequent Football Weblog, the video is a celebration. …
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2015 Official NFL Record and Fact Book
The NFL does some incredible things for their fans. When you’re as large and successful as the National Football League, you have some resources to throw around. Earlier this year the NFL Communications Department published their annual Official NFL Record …
Football: A Celebration of Life
My sister-in-law shared a post she saw on Facebook from the Minnesota State High School League that reprinted a letter from a high school football fan. The letter summarized her and her husband’s experience at a local high school football …
Tagged with: celebration of life, excellence, football, kenyon-wanamingo, morality, reverence, st. clair
2015 Memorial Day Tribute
It’s Memorial Day weekend, so I’m diverging from football to pass along a poem by Amanda Bradley. The world needs a little more of the sanity she conveys. Happy Memorial Day weekend, everybody. As always, run to daylight. ~Randy
Samantha Gordon Shines Again in 2014
Last year I posted about nine year old Samantha Gordon after she finished an incredible 2013 season playing football with the boys. It was refreshing to see. She displayed speed and moves, and was clearly a standout player. Despite her …
Pigskin Leeks: Raiders Used Player Scouts to Select Del Rio
1. ALAMEDA, CA – Jack Del Rio was selected as the new Oakland Raiders head coach based on his physical prowess, so says Oakland’s conditioning coach, Paul Ruby. “The Raiders franchise has nobody on the payroll that’s able to evaluate …
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Chris Kluwe on Augmented Reality
Chris Kluwe has been in the news a lot recently regarding his allegations that Minnesota Vikings special-teams coordinator Mike Priefer used homophobic language on many occasions. Even before this most-recent happening, Kluwe has been involved in a number of divisive …
Official Size Football
It’s sad that NFL teams are forced to play with a ball sized for the officials. Why doesn’t the players association do something about this???
Girl Football Star
It’s not every day that I’m inspired by a 9-year old girl, but Samantha Gordon is no ordinary girl. Sam is from the Salt Lake City area in Utah and plays football with the boys. But to simply say that …
Star Wars Football Helmets
A long time ago, in a football league far, far away…. It is a period of gridiron battles. A young and boisterous squad, striking with quick hitting slants, has dominated the first quarter action against the grizzled veteran stalwarts. During …
Cool Fantasy Football Rule 2: Rewarding an Undefeated Season
If you’ve played fantasy football long enough, you know that it’s virtually impossible to run the table on a season and finish undefeated. To achieve such a feat in real football is difficult enough, but it’s even more unusual in …
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Football Sculpture Makes You Smile
Serendipity. That’s the word that popped into my mind when I first saw the Hey Mary Lou! sculpture at this season’s “Walking Sculpture Tour” in my home town. Commingled with 33 other sculptures is an energetic image of a pair …
Make Your Own Football Memorabilia
Are you looking for football memorabilia to dress up your office or commemorate a special player that’s led your team to your fantasy league’s championship? Don’t spend your hard-earned money buying memorabilia. Make your own. It’s not difficult, and it’s …
Cool Fantasy Football Rule 1
This is my first post regarding cool fantasy football rules, and as such, you may expect that this rule will be one of my favorites. You are absolutely right. It ranks right up there at the top. But the beauty …
Best Football Song of All-Time
I’ve been thinking recently about music as it relates to football. There are classics such as those from Sam Spence and NFL Films. Round Up, The Magnificent Eleven, and Up She Rises are all great examples of Spence’s timeless football …