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Fun and games are always an inevitable part of entertainment for the young and the old alike. People in America celebrate this festival of charitable giving through their avid participation in the game of football that brings in waves of sheer joy and pleasure in the hearts of multitudes of fanatic football fans who are driven mad by football mania during this festive season. Over the years, football has become synonymous with this joyous festival of Thanksgiving.

Many interesting traditions permeate deep into the festival of Thanksgiving such as the game of football compliments this festival of merrymaking. Professional football was the last of the contemporary trends of celebrating the spirit of Thanksgiving. In 1874, eleven years after Lincoln’s proclamation, the first intercollegiate football game was played. Two year later the Intercollegiate Football Association was formed in the northeast, which instituted a championship game principally to amuse the people on Thanksgiving Day. Every year, strong competitors like Princeton and Yale would vie with each other to bag the most coveted winner’s trophy. Players, students and fans would wear their school colors as a mark of representation with banners flying high from carriages, hotels and business establishments of New York City. On Thanksgiving Day church services would wind up early to accommodate the fans, with the game kicking off the season of festivity for the social elite in New York. It had gained such popularity that soon by mid-1890s, 1,20,000 athletes from colleges, clubs and high schools partook in 5,000 Thanksgiving Day football games across the nation.

The custom of watching a match of football on Thanksgiving Day has evolved during the early decades of twentieth century. As football paved its way into the heart of the people winning hearts of millions, giving it a huge popularity as early as 1920s and 1930s and earning itself the much prestigious position that it enjoys at present, many people began to visit the football stadium to watch the same. Renowned teams playing for the world famous football league of America eventually established the tradition of playing nationally televised games on Thanksgiving afternoon. Besides the conventional competition organized by the nationally recognized football league in America, many high schools and colleges also organize «Turkey Day» football games over Thanksgiving weekend, often between regional or historic rival. However, Thanksgiving football played in schools and colleges of America, has now more or less faded into oblivion in most sections of the country with it being kept alive only in two franchise cities of this globally recognized football league of America, namely Detroit and Dallas, where Thanksgiving football is very much a way of life.

Thanksgiving football more often than not is associated with the team of Lions and a tradition that has been popular since 1934 in the city of Detroit. The game has been the idea of G.A. Richards, the first owner of the team with ferocious lion like quality players comprising the team. In fact four generations of Detroiters have been a proud part of the American celebration of Thanksgiving. Some 71 years later, fans residing in the state of Michigan have transformed a local event into an annual holiday event, giving it the shape of single greatest tradition in the history of American professional team sports. In fact no other team in professional sports can claim to be so much a part of an American holiday as that team with ferocious lion like players’ team with Thanksgiving. This team has hosted a game every Thanksgiving Day since 1934, with the exception of 1939-1944 due to World War II. The Dallas have also hosted football matches every Thanksgiving Day since 1966.

We thus find that it all saw its genesis in 1934 when a local radio executive, G.A. Richards, had purchased the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans and moved the team to Detroit, the Motor City. The Lions being nouveau arrive in town had taken a backseat to the Baseball Tigers in the sport pages. Richards had practical reasons for scheduling the game on Thanksgiving Day as he was also wise enough to figure out that the best way to give publicity to the team would be opting for the Thanksgiving Day contest for attracting the Motor City fans during the teams’ first season. The fierce clash between the Lions and the invincible World Champion, meaning the robust Bears of Chicago proved to be an all time classic. The Lions were exceptionally good with eight wins backing them, leading them to their entry alongside the Bears with a 10-1 record. But Chicago had even a better record holding a commanding position with 11 straight wins. The match then reached an interesting phase where a win in the sole fateful game would ensure whether the Lions will get the first-place tie with the Bears. Two weeks in advance of that fateful match, 26,000 tickets were sold out for the «Turkey Day» clash in the University of Detroit Stadium. Richards was not disheartened over the last two losses rather pretty content the way his team performed in its very first year. His faith and confidence in the team was well rewarded when Lions won the 1935 America’s popular football league Championship. The final match was scheduled on Thanksgiving Day when the Lions defeated the Bears 14-2 to bag the west Championship trophy. Radio with its huge publicity potential was used as a bait to capture the audience. Richards along with the nationally recognized broadcasting radio company, set up a 94-station network to broadcast the Lions-Bears showdown. Since then the league conventionally schedules two nationally televised games on Thanksgiving, usually featuring the famous football players of Dallas, one of the most successful and popular franchises in the sport and the players of Detroit, one of the least successful.

2006 will be the 87th season of globally acclaimed American football and is presumed to run from September 7 to New Year’s Eve, December 31. Three games have been ideally scheduled to be played on Thanksgiving Day. In addition to the traditional annual game between the world renowned American football players of Detroit and Dallas home games during that day, the Kansas City Chiefs who hosted games during their days in the football league of America, will relive that tradition in 2006 by hosting the players of Denver on Thanksgiving. All these games are scheduled to be broadcast in prime time.

Friends and family all over America usually prefer to huddle around their radio or TV sets to catch the live telecast of the match while munching on the special dishes prepared to commemorate Thanksgiving. Thus each Thanksgiving would actually revive the old, classic tradition of enjoying a match of football as a part of the celebration. Over decades, football and Thanksgiving has established a strong bond, leading to a high adrenaline rush.

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A Trip Down Football’s Memory Lane

Before kicking off another season, let us take one last look at the season past to remember the good times. And to put the bad ones to a dignified end. Lessons of the past may be useful in preventing failures in the future. Unfortunately, many of the schools that appeared in the 2006 FirstWorst Futility rankings seem destined to stay there.

There are some perennial powerhouses that live among the FirstWorst. The Bleu Devils of Duke know this place well. Although Army and Navy have a fabulous record turning out people who can blow things up and take things from other people, Army can rarely manage to produce more than a 3-and-out on the gridiron. Perhaps this is because their graduates are expected to achieve things and so the best high school recruits go elsewhere. The Army Mules are still trying to convince each other that a victory over Kent State counts as a win.

Losers deserve respect. Without them, Nebraska’s Cornhucksters would have no schedule. Eastern, Western, Southern, Central, Lower and Upper Michigans would have no way to fund their sports programs. Troy State (who?) financed a good chunk of its athletic budget by sending eleven poor sods to Lincoln in September to bend over for a 56-0 pasting by the Big Red. Nebraska charged admission for this. Big Red fans actually paid.

Being cannon fodder by playing against a top school has its rewards, although winning isn’t usually among them. The Sage acknowledges that although Montana State’s Bobcats whipped up on the Colorado B’lows in their season opener in Boulder, most underdog schools grit their teeth, take the beating and the paycheck. The underdog players and coaches, though, need to question their self respect. Still, the Sage bets that Montana State had fewer players arrested in the offseason than did CU – unless you can get arrested for shooting rabbits in Bozeman.

Losers deserve respect because they may not always be among the best of the worst. The Sage will miss Rutgers. The Knights destroyed years of school tradition last year by sinking to a dismal 11-2 record. The campus still hasn’t recovered. The monkey wrench the Knights threw into predictions at the start of last year has prognosticators twirling their Cross pens wondering how they got it so wrong. And now sportswriters from CA have to learn to spell ‘Piscataway.’ By building a legitimate program, Rutgers has failed fans nationwide and has relegated their program to respectability. A worse fate the Sage cannot imagine.

Losers have their place in this world. They balance everything. The Sage loves finding tidbits of wisdom and irony in losing football. To these small bits of fun, this column is officially dedicated.

Presented here are the original picks for the ten worst of College Football. Before proceeding, the Sage points out that this list: · Is devoid of any scientific process · Focuses on but is not limited to BCS teams · Is developed completely at the whim of the Sage of College Football · May contain inappropriate references for underaged readers · May require literate adults to explain the finer points to children or people who paid to see Troy State play Nebraska · Might not have anything to do with an actual football game

Number One – The Poor Blew Devils of Duke

This one is a no-brainer. Basketball schools shouldn’t attempt football; dunking the ball over the goal posts doesn’t score any points. Besides, that ball bounces funny. The BDs rose to lofty status of number one on the FirstWorst list by virtue of it’s sparkling 0-12 record last season. Capped by a season finale loss to rival powerhouse North Carolina, the Bleu Devils stole defeat from the jaws of defeat by coming back to have an extra point blocked late in the fourth quarter to seal the one-point loss. This solid record and the strong finish sets up the Duke coach – whomever loses and gets the job. – for another splendid recruiting season.

Included in the head coach job description is: «Study, evaluate and recommend innovations in football strategy and equipment. Required Qualifications at this Level: Education/Training N/A»

At least the University is realistic. The Sage wonders if it is possible to produce a winner by designing new pants. In any event, the University capped it’s celebration of the perfect season by adding new stadium parking for over 500 cars. The occupants of said vehicles can anticipate another spectacularly futile season.

2- Temple Owls

After coasting through their challenging schedule, facing down and losing to teams such as Buffalo (not the Bills) in which neither team scored a touchdown, the Owls fought hard to close the season with a five game losing streak, including losses to Toledo and Akron. The pitiful Owls also had to play Ohio State and survived by losing 35 -7. That seven points were scored in Temple’s favor was cause for celebration. Pennsylvania produces hundreds of star high school recruits each year. Unfortunately for Temple, they all choose other schools.

3-Illinois

The forces that be in Chambana recently declared a second «St. Patrick’s Day.» When Spring Break coincided with alcohol’s holy day, the local bars let out a howl that they were losing business with students soaking up suds in Florida. So to prop up local barkeeps, the university introduced a second St. Patrick’s Day celebration. It is this kind of visionary leadership that has earned Illinois third place in the FirstWorst rankings. The (D)UI leadership also showed foresight and strength in retiring Chief Illiniwek this off season. The whimpering Illini then had an extra reason, as well as an extra day to drown their sorrows in green beer consumed from Gatorade cups. The orange and blue finished the 2006 season with wins against Eastern Illinois (yes there is such a place and they do play football), and were dealt an upset by winning at Michigan State. If the Illini can win at home this year against a Big Ten school, the University has promised to declare a third St. Patrick’s Day.

4-Army

It pains the Sage to declare Army a member of the FirstWorst club. The only «Shock and Awe» delivered by the Mules in 06 was that people kept coming to see them. The Black ‘Nights’ of Army just can’t produce a win against a quality team. Beating VMI, Kent State and Baylor doesn’t qualify as a stellar season. The Sage wishes Army the best this year, but the brass at West Point may have to call in close air support to complete a pass. We’ll see if Air Force can help out.

5-Boise State

The Sage can hear it now.. ‘How can a big time win in the Fiesta against OU on New Years Day qualify a school for among the worst in College Football? The simple reason is the hideous blue football field they play on. Just because it is possible to create blue grass doesn’t mean that it should be done. A quality team deserves to play in something other than the Tidy Bowl. A blue football field doesn’t exist in nature for a reason. The Sage doesn’t know what that reason is, but is sure it is a good one. BS alums must be smoking something different in their pipes before home games to make the thing look real. BSU showed that it doesn’t need a blue field for any competitive advantage and can win in a big-time game. Lose the blue field!

6-Oregon

A team called the Fighting Ducks should find it’s way onto the FirstWorst list. But that isn’t the reason for the Ducks inclusion this year. Oregon puts a good team on it’s two-toned field, but each year, it displays an incredible lack of taste in putting its team in – properly descriptive wording eludes the Sage – those God-awful yellow uniforms with tire tracks on the shoulders. The Ducks look like highlight pens against green felt. The Psych Department TAs must have come up with some kind of experiment to see if a football team so awfully clad, can generate a competitive advantage. The Sage thinks that a state where the other University is called the Beavers, would insist on putting a team on the field that could look as good as it’s record. Frequently, the Ducks appear looking like cheap office supplies.

7-North Carolina

The aforementioned Bleu Devils of Duke nearly caused the Heels to re-think appearing in those baby blue uniforms last year. NC couldn’t pull off the loss in it’s season ending game against the Duke, but made it close enough to earn a place in the FirstWorst list. Blocking an extra point in the closing minutes against the Dukers blew the Heels’ chance at a top five finish. Perhaps Duke and NC should play football on the basketball court. How can two southern schools have such poor football programs?

8-Colorado

The Buffalos of Colorado started last season strong at home with a solid loss to the Division II Bobcats of Montana State. Then the B’low’s season went quickly downhill. CU was in contention for a top tier finish and had a real shot at number one in the FirstWorst rankings before falling from form and failing to lose to conference foes Texas Tech and Iowa State. Former Boise State coach Dan Hawkins is going to dye the Folsom Field grass pink in 2007 to go with the red noses of those in the CU student section.

8-Stanford

The Stanford ‘Cardinal’ nickname was declared after school admin-types threw out the «Indians» moniker in 1972. At least «Indians» was plural and implied that there would be more than one person on the football field clad in red. (Yes, the Sage acknowledges that «Cardinal» is technically plural, but without an ‘s,’ the ghosts of college football tradition have abandoned the kids from Stanford and cast their curse upon the red eggheads.)

Although producing some good teams in the past, Stanford is a perennial favorite in the losers bracket. The school is still best known for sending its band onto the field to stop a Cal kickoff return in ’82. Even that failed and Stanford went on to record history’s greatest final-play loss. The 2006 season produced a single win against PAC-10 foe Washington. Stanford has always had trouble finding people who can pass for first downs as well as pass the entrance exam. The plan for 07 is to multi task the tuba players into playing offensive line between tunes.

9, 10 and more-The Western Pathetic Conference

If losers all play each other in the same conference, some will come out winners. The boys that play home games in the toilet bowl in Boise turned in a respectable season. The rest of the conference is successful at losing. Four WAC teams combined for a whopping total of seven conference wins in 2006. The Sage can only imagine the WAC Skywriters Tour in July, starting in Hawaii, followed by visits to garden spots such as Boise, Louisiana Tech, Fresno and Las Cruces, NM. Hawaii, despite it’s winning record deserves honorable mention.. any team named the Rainbow Warriors qualifies. Imagine being assigned to cover the New Mexico State – Idaho game. The Sage shudders.

The Sage wishes these schools the best of fortune in 2007. Check http://firstworst.com weekly for wit and wisdom from the Scholarly Sage as well as updates to the FirstWorst College Football Futility Rankings.

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The national football team of Portugal is member UEFA and it is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation. The team got its greatest performance in 1966 in England when they managed to qualify for the final tournament, in a semifinal, when they were defeated by England. We have to mention that England obtained the title that year. They were leaded by Eusebio, a legendary football player and they managed to defeat Brazil with nil to three and defeated North Chorea with 5 to 3. That year Portugal was the third football team in the world and Eusebio was considered the best player of the tournament.

Now, in 2008, the Turkish coach, Fatih Terim, has declared that he has been disappointed at the result obtained in the match with Portugal, in which his trainees have lost with a score of two to nil.

He said that at a moment, they were equal in the first half and the Portuguese had moments of weakness as well, but the first goal did change the match. Portugal is one of the best football teams in Europe and the result of this game has confirmed it.

In order to show their sympathy for the Portuguese team almost 12,000 fans have bought tickets to watch the training of this team in Neuchatel.

The entrance tickets cost almost 15 dollars and the training with audience was programmed on the stadium called La Maladiere in Neuchatel. Tickets were sold at a price four times higher than the official one. All in all these aspects show that Portugal is a popular team with great chances to be a top team this year as well.

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Next season’s UEFA Europa League matches will be the first to trial new a ‘five officials’ scheme, with two extra assistant referees, one behind each goal.

The proposed system, which has already been trialled at under-19 level, involves the use of the additional officials to help referees with decisions such as penalties and handballs, as well as making it easier to determine whether the ball has crossed the goal-line or not.

The news means that the first English clubs to play with the new system in place will be Everton, Aston Villa and Fulham, all of whom qualified for the Europa League through the qualification spots in the Premier League.

FIFA President, Sepp Blatter said: «The International FA board decided ‘let’s have experiments with two additional assistant referees’ and we were looking where we can have such experiments. Now we have found a solution together with Michel Platini and UEFA.»

And UEFA President, Michel Platini, who has always been publicly against the use of video replays to aid referee’s decisions, is convinced that the idea, is the next step to be taken in order to make football a fairer sport.

«I am still against a video referee,» said Platini after a meeting of the International FA Board in March. «If you have an additional referee, he can see if the ball is in the goal – and also handballs. You don’t need another system. I am sure it will come into football. It is logical and would improve the morality.»

If approved, the system will most likely mean that the use of video replays will not be introduced into the game for a considerable period. So it will spark an old debate amongst football fans about the use of technology to aid referees’ decisions.

Many believe that a ‘video referee’ should be used, but only to determine if the ball has crossed the goal-line, and not for other decisions as it would disrupt the flow of the game.

But there are calls from some fans for football to follow the lead of other sports such as tennis, rugby and cricket – all of which successfully use a ‘video referee’ or ‘hawk-eye’ technology.

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Coaches and teammates use sports motivational quotes to boost an athlete’s confidence before a game or contest. They may also use them to console an athlete after a defeat. They are meant to be philosophical and encouraging, or consolatory and light-hearted. Whatever the need, be it to lead the charge to victory, or to compensate for a weakness, rest assured there’s a quote relative to virtually any situation. Often these quotes are metaphors for life, as well as having a direct bearing on the sport. This is why it is so common to see famous coaches quoted in business literature.

While not every person who plays sports plays professionally, there are lessons to be learned even in recreational play. These lessons carry over into everyday life. This fact explains the popularity of sports motivational quotes and their prevalence in society. Athletes, even amateur ones, are known for perseverance, dedication, and drive. Coaches are known for bringing those qualities out in their players and athletes. So naturally, those involved in sporting activities are prime candidates to be quoted. The universal appeal of sports and the parallel to everyday life challenges make these quotes ideal motivators.

Paul Bryant, one of the most famous college football coaches of all time, is a favorite candidate for sports motivational quotes. A prime example: «Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.» Not only does this quote apply to the game of football, but also to life in general. It is because of this universal application that many of Paul Bryant’s quotes are so popular in sports and business, as well as academia. Many other famous coaches are often quoted, such as Abe Lemons, Homer Rice, and Bobby Dodd. In fact, it has been said that Abe Lemons, winner of the 1978 National Coach of the Year award, may be the wittiest coach most often quoted.

As a coach, the goal of sports motivational quotes is not to make history or to set records for being quoted. The goal is to inspire and pump up confidence in athletes. The fact that these quotes often apply to business situations, personal tribulations, or other areas of life simply propels their popular use. Nevertheless, words alone are not enough to build self-confidence. Drive, ambition, a clear purpose, and personal intention determine a person’s success and accomplishments. Quotes merely help remind one of what can and has already been done.

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