It’s August – That Means Football !! American Football

You can just feel the excitement in the air and around the TV sets at family or friends gatherings. It starts out slowly at first and continues to keep building.

FOOTBALL is just around the corner for both professional and college football.

Whether it’s the NFL, College or even the Pop Warner leagues, it’s all about the game of football. Not soccer, not kick ball but American Football

We love the game of football. Even with last year changes to the game and more changes yet to come this year, we do still love our football.

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ESPN, Sports Central and various other sports programs are all starting to focus more on football and less on ’other sports’.  Even baseball will take a backseat to the start of the football season. It’s all about the game.

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It starts in late July with talks of who is getting trading, or who is coming off an injury from practice or even last year, but it doesn’t stop with that.  The sports reporters are also keeping us informed on the players personal lives as well.  Who got married, divorced, or arrested.

What players and coaches got caught doing drugs, alcohol, who cheated on their wives or girlfriend?  Again, it’s all about keeping football in the headlines even if that means only gossip.

Brady has won power struggle against Belichick, and now he’s sticking it to him

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The hype is on!

There is also the ever-increasing world of ‘Fantasy Football’.  Football fans are spending hours searching the internet for news on their favorite players.  Who’s got the best stats? 

What team has the best defense?  There is a strong believe that Fantasy Football is the reason the football has gain so many new followers than just a few years ago.  TV ratings are good for the individual games shown on regular TV, but with the return of RED ZONE’ by Satellite and cable it will continue to increase to an all-time new level, especially for ‘Fantasy Football fans.

The newest surprise to the world of Fantasy Football is the sudden surge in the amount of women that are now participating

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Red Zone still continues to show all the games played on Sunday during the football season when the teams enter the Red Zone and with almost no commercials. It also keeps track of individual player’s stats.

The problem with Red Zone is the ever-increasing monthly fee, I tried it out when it was only a few bucks a month but now it can cost up to $15.00 a month if you have cable.

ESPN has taken it one step further for the needs of the fantasy football fan, they will keep track of your whole team’s stats and the stats of the teams your team is playing against every week.

This means that just before the season officially starts, sports fans will hurdle together and have their own drafting parties.  At these gathering everyone gets to select their players and their replacements for the season.

Here a link to ESPN that you can use to up-load your fantasy football team,

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With the runaway success of fantasy football last year, the NFL is more than eager to help keep football in the news.  Unfortunately, all the news out there has not always been good, but it does keep football on the front burner.

We still have football players running into trouble with the law before the start of the
regular season.

You have to wonder what goes through their heads, just when the coaches and the team owners are watching every move they make they get into trouble.  Not a good thing when by the start of the regular season in September, the NFL teams will have to be down to around fifty or so players.  As a player who is on the edge and hasn’t quite made the team, I would want to be noticed for my skill and nothing else.

Fantasy Football, Are You Going To Play?

As a fantasy football player, not only do you have to be concerned with injuries, but who might be getting a suspension and for how long.

Good luck to you as you start selecting and assembling your NFL Fantasy Football team!

For those of us that also like watching college football, it is also gearing up to start, preseason will end in August and the regular season starting right around September 2.

I am a UCLA fan and the rivalry game between USC and UCLA, and they will be playing their annual show down on November 17 at the Rose Bowl this year.

There is a lot of talk by sport experts this year on what college team will be the best this year; so far Alabama leads the top of the list of the top 25 college teams once again

As a football fan while gearing up for the new season, will start out with a stop at our favorite local market for chicken wings, chips, and beer or wine, if we are going to be watching the games at our home or at a friend’s.  It will also include a quick arranging of our schedule to make sure we are within range of a television set, computer or even a cell phone to keep track of our fantasy teams.

Let’s play football and good luck to your favorite team this year!

By the way the New LA teams Rams and Chargers will be playing Sept 23 the Chargers at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

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It’s time for Football, American Football

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