Big Blue Huddle

When you realize just how complex zone coverage can get, it's easier to appreciate how some corners do better in a M2M scheme.  In a M2M scheme, responsibilities are greatly simplified.

Well said Pagan!   

Brian,

If you edit this to be the blog piece, I will cut and paste it and post it blog part of the website.

I would agree George.

Scott Shafer gives the pass coverage responsibilities of the nickel back in the robber cover 2.   Scott is the DC at Western Michigan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbbSHiS_lmo

BigHitter posted a similar post back in the BBWC days.  I found it to be very helpful to me personally.  I try to keep these points in mind whenever I make a post.  I find if you are careful to appreciate which catagory, a point your are making, falls into, posts are much better accepted.  If one is sure to include things like "I believe", "in my opinion" or "I feel" one usually finds that their posts and points are much better accepted by the majority of readers.  This in turn creates a higher level of respect.   


Distinguishing Between Fact, Opinion, Belief, and Prejudice

When forming personal convictions, we often interpret factual evidence through the filter of our values, feelings, tastes, and past experiences. Hence, most statements we make in speaking and writing are assertions of fact, opinion, belief, or prejudice. The usefulness and acceptability of an assertion can be improved or diminished by the nature of the assertion, depending on which of the following categories it falls into:

A fact is verifiable. We can determine whether it is true by researching the evidence. This may involve numbers, dates, testimony, etc. (Ex.: "World War II ended in 1945.") The truth of the fact is beyond argument if one can assume that measuring devices or records or memories are correct. Facts provide crucial support for the assertion of an argument. However, facts by themselves are worthless unless we put them in context, draw conclusions, and, thus, give them meaning.

An opinion is a judgment based on facts, an honest attempt to draw a reasonable conclusion from factual evidence. (For example, we know that millions of people go without proper medical care, and so you form the opinion that the country should institute national health insurance even though it would cost billions of dollars.) An opinion is potentially changeable--depending on how the evidence is interpreted. By themselves, opinions have little power to convince. You must always let your reader know what your evidence is and how it led you to arrive at your opinion.

Unlike an opinion, a belief is a conviction based on cultural or personal faith, morality, or values. Statements such as "Capital punishment is legalized murder" are often called "opinions" because they express viewpoints, but they are not based on facts or other evidence. They cannot be disproved or even contested in a rational or logical manner. Since beliefs are inarguable, they cannot serve as the thesis of a formal argument. (Emotional appeals can, of course, be useful if you happen to know that your audience shares those beliefs.)

Another kind of assertion that has no place in serious argumentation is prejudice, a half-baked opinion based on insufficient or unexamined evidence. (Ex.: "Women are bad drivers.") Unlike a belief, a prejudice is testable: it can be contested and disproved on the basis of facts. We often form prejudices or accept them from others--family, friends, the media, etc.--without questioning their meaning or testing their truth. At best, prejudices are careless oversimplifications. At worst, they reflect a narrow-minded view of the world. Most of all, they are not likely to win the confidence or agreement of your readers.

(Adapted from: Fowler, H. Ramsey. The Little, Brown Handbook. Boston: Little, Brown, 1986.)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVUXjC5LWnM

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suPMw_MjyjY

QuoteBut their loyalty remains constant to the once mighty Giants. 

Good points BM.  I don't know about that play though.  For me that was a do or die situation.  It just seemed like after that, there was a confidence (at least on my part) that when things were down, Simms would come through.  Prior to that, it seemed like he would more likely throw an INT. 

One thing that really stood out for me, with those two videos,  was the impact that McKonkey made as a WR.  I always just thought of him as a punt returner.

This has that great 4 and 17 pass from Simms to Johnson.  I always felt that was the play that turned things around for Simms.

another good one

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8229064878034509036&q=giants+highlights&total=488&start=20&num=20&so=0&type=search&plindex=12

Interesting stuff

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=760381709271756837&q=giants+highlights&total=488&start=0&num=20&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

Welcome schloss22!

It's amazing that you can remember that sort of detail.  It's good to have another football history buff. 

Not for the faint of heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGbmctX9WBQ&NR=1