College Football 101: A Beginner’s Guide
So you would like to become an NCAA football fan, but the game itself is a bit strange to you? Don’t feel bad. With so much information to keep track of from week to week, even the most seasons fans must catch up on the college football predictions before enjoying their favorite game.
College football is a lot like big league football. Let’s go over the basics. In a football match there is an offense and a defense. The offense generally keeps ownership of the ball, and thus is able to score, while the defense must keep the offense from bringing the ball into the end zone. Teams alternate roles from offense to defense after a certain amount of time to allow both a fair chance to score. The offense or defense is decided prior to the beginning of the game by a coin toss. The visiting team is awarded the chance to call the coin toss. A team usually scores points solely when it is on offense. The task of the offensive team is to head into the other team’s territory and bring the ball to the endzone.
There are two ways to move the ball through the field either by running the ball or throwing it to a receiver who, upon receiving the football, runs with it until he either makes it into the endzone or is tackled by an opposing player.
The defense, conversely, is tasked to prevent the offense from scoring. They kill the advances of the offensive players by stopping their attempts at scoring. Defensive players guard the offensive players, often tackling the one who is carrying the football. The defense should try their best to keep the ball from moving forward. By tackling the ball-carrier, the defense can sometimes even move the ball backward. Once in a while the defense manages to take down the quarterback while the football is still in his hands. This is dubbed a sack. As with pro football, the team that manages to score the most points wins.
It’s just that easy. So now you can amaze your friends with your impressive college football knowledge.
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