Football Clock Management index
Index
A
Aberdeen 251, 252
absorb your opponents’ losses 12
Acalanes High School 224
AFC championship game 163, 180
AFC divisional playoff game 58, 190, 219
AFC Wild-Card Playoff game 187
AFL 50
age of your players 254
Aikman, Troy 140
Aircraft carrier flight deck crewmen 28
Aires, Jeff 129, 130
Air Force 145, 146, 147, 221, 253
Alabama 124, 164, 181, 193
Alamo Bowl 192, 224
Alexander, Brent 124
Alexander, Shaun 181
Allen, George 4, 27, 215
Allen, James 85
Alley Oop 178
All the Right Moves 14
Aloha Bowl 127, 205
altitude 253, 257
alumni 3
Alvarez, Barry 5, 13, 68
A&M 38
American Cryptogram Association 108
American Football Coaches Association 57
American Football Coaches Association Code of Ethics 42
American Football Quarterly University 85, 207
Amherst 222
Ampipe 14
Anderson, Andre 177
Anderson, Dick 180
Anderson, Donny 198
and-goal plays 165
anterior cruciate ligament 220, 222
Appalachian State 179
appeal 194, 257
April, Bobby 207
Arcaro, Gino 122, 251, 252
Arizona 76, 98
Arizona State 18, 40, 44, 125, 126, 154, 155, 156, 158, 160, 161, 184, 203, 210
Arkansas 14, 15
Army 13, 15, 25, 29, 41, 91, 97, 104, 118, 119, 128, 129, 131
Army-Navy 13, 15, 16, 29, 41, 91, 118, 119
assist the runner 219
astroturf 185
ASU 126, 127, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 194
asymmetry 261
athletic director 3, 4
Atlanta 119, 145, 198
Attacking Football Defenses with Radar Blocking 112
Auburn 17, 93, 128, 219, 223
audible 42, 45, 56, 100, 104, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 123, 130, 132, 137, 143, 146, 267
Audiblitis 146
Audubon 190
Avezzano, Joe 213
B
backed up 64
backed-up take-a-knee play 263
backward pass 95, 98, 125, 185, 187, 188, 224
backward-pass kick return 48
backward pass out of bounds 95
bad snap 10, 92, 93, 98, 196
Bad Timing Costs NJ Team a title 63
ball carrier 266
ball-control offense 48, 250
ball on the ground 52, 56
ball placing 37, 61
ball-placing time 36, 37, 55, 62, 63, 66, 67, 69, 75, 86, 103, 104, 133, 146, 153, 206
Baltimore 20
Barber, Ronde 148
Barber, Tiki 190
Barnes, Pat 127
Barnett, Phil 66
base 113
base block 113
base defense 119, 122
basketball 192
basketball-style time out 248, 253
bat 191
batted it upward 148
Baylor 2, 61
BCS championship 226
BCS Championship Sugar Bowl 75, 191
Beard, Santonio 181
Bears 74, 185, 198, 250
Beck, Tom 112, 130, 179, 209
Beebe, Don 219
belated stoppage of the clock 24
Bell, Todd 185
Belvidere (IL) High School 22, 109, 120
bend-don’t-break 119
Bengals 52, 123, 142, 195, 246, 247, 249, 255
Benicia, CA 246
Benicia Cougars 91
Bernards High School 63, 64
Bernardsville, NJ 63, 218
Bettis, Jerome 75
bias against the defense 50
Bible, Dana 27, 209, 249, 254
Big Game 3, 46, 185, 216, 217, 225
Biggest Little Game in America 222
Billick, Brian 20, 22
Bills 47, 77, 84, 85, 142, 145, 163, 180, 187, 198, 211, 212, 219, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255
Bingo! ‘transition’ offense 251, 252
Bishop, Darryl 181
Blackwell, Will 177
Blaik, Red 25
blast 80
Bledsoe, Drew 47, 80, 142
bleed (slow down) 59
blind pass 185, 189
blitz 119, 156
blocked kick 196
blocked punt 10, 91, 92, 93
blocking back 246
Blooper 219
Blue Herron Middle School 130
Boise State 130
Boller, Kyle 62
Bolt, Usain 227
bomb 163
Bominski, Stephen 230
Boomer 162
booth 100
Bootlegger’s Boy 216
Borges, Al 100, 145
Bosco 14
Boston College 177, 220
boundary conscious 39
Bowden, Terry 32
bowl game 224
Bowl Series level 122
Boy Scout Manual 111
Brackens, Tony 219
Brady, Tom 197
Branndon Stewart 38
brawl 220
break 104
breakeven point 30
broken play 98
Brooks, Aaron 220
Brown 189
Brown, Bobby 218
Brown, Jerome 247
Brown, Josh 246
Brown, Kris 225
Brown, Mack 226
Brown, Ted 190
Brown, Timmy 179
Brunell, Mark 141
Bryant, Bear 3
Bucaneers 185, 223
Buck and Wing play 189
Buddy Ryan 252
Buffalo Bills 21, 98, 100, 109, 123, 180, 198, 207, 211, 219, 246, 247, 249, 251, 253
Buffalo Bills and the Almost-Dream Season 211, 253
bulletin board material 219, 220
Burger, Steve 181
Burnsed, Floyd 18, 233
Burns, Heather 63
Burns, Joe 38
Burnstein, Brent 184
Burress, Plaxico 222
Bush, George 224
Butkus, Dick 221
Butterfield, Tyrone 148
buzzer 258
Byner, Earnest 148
BYU 74, 93, 177
C
Cacchiotti, Ace 190
cadence 42, 100, 104, 107, 112, 114, 117, 119, 247
Calame, Gene Dan 96, 213
Cal, Berkely, CA 3, 46, 77, 95, 100, 127, 128, 145, 183, 185, 205, 216, 217, 221, 225
calculated risks 49
California-Texas Shrine All-Star Classic Game 62
call sheet 130
Cal-Stanford Band five-lateral play 185
camera angle 267
camp followers 264
Campolindo High School, Moraga, CA 55, 105, 129, 130, 207, 247, 257
Camp, Walter 34
Capital One Bowl 75
captains 206
Cardinals 21, 47, 77, 92, 94, 97, 222
Carolina Panthers 86, 92, 142, 186, 192, 269
Carr, David 265
Carr, Lloyd 24, 83
Carroll, Bob 8, 22
Carroll, Pete 24
carrying the coach off the field 215
Carthage College 97
Carucci, Vic 211, 247, 253
Cassidy, Butch 248
castrating a real Texas longhorn steer 226
CA-TX High School All-Star Game 62
cautionary tale 227
Cavanaugh, Matt 213
celebration 3, 17, 24, 46, 47, 64, 185, 207, 213, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 231, 243, 261, 263
center the ball 193
Central College of Iowa 187, 218
Central Jersey Group I championship 63
Cervantes, Artie 246
chain gang 161, 264, 265
challenge 204, 214, 224
Chamberlain, Wilt 189
Champi, Frank 177
Chandler, Chris 145
change of possession 20, 33, 37, 40, 67, 85, 104, 197, 205, 258
changing speeds 245
Chargers 32, 108, 190, 195, 198, 226
charging into the neutral zone 88
Check with me (Joe Namath) 105
cheerleaders 224
Chiarelli, Ryan 246
Chicago 74, 185, 250
Chicago Cardinal 185
Chiefs 32, 191, 222
Chinn, Richard 246
chop 36, 67, 133, 161
choreography 117
chuck pass 119
Cincinnati Bengals 87, 137, 142, 246, 247, 249
Clayton Valley (CA) High School 2, 98
Clemson 125, 225
Cleveland Browns 21, 124, 181, 185, 190, 191, 195, 222, 225, 249, 257
cliffhangers 54
clipping 88, 92
clock coach 79, 84, 85, 132, 154, 161, 266
clock management coach 27, 29, 38, 119, 158, 161, 163, 264, 267
Clock Management: Everything Else 78
clock management game plan 79
clock operator 23, 24, 57, 72, 73, 126, 146, 187, 193, 197, 264
clock-stopping play 46
clock tendencies 12
clumps 13
Coach and Athletic Director article 252
coaching malpractice 6
Coaching the No-Huddle Offense 251
Coaching the West Coast Quarterback 145
coach panic 210
code 100, 105, 107, 108, 109, 112
Code of Ethics 42
coin toss 235, 243, 259
Coles, Laveranues 192
Cole, Trent 225
College Football USA 268
College Park High School 224
college presidents 4
Collingswood 190
Collins, Kerry 190, 221
Colonia (NJ) High School 120
Colorado 76, 119, 141, 144, 177, 213, 220, 231
Colorado State 39, 221, 253
Colts 6, 50, 53, 54, 75, 77, 84, 95, 136, 142, 185, 192, 211, 223, 249, 253
Columbia 29, 124, 220, 233, 235, 266, 267
comeback 21
Commitment to Excellence 58
communicating 249, 251
Complete Linebacking 51
completion rate 41, 51
Concord (CA) High School 259
concussion 223
conditioning 132, 248, 249, 251, 256, 257
conference 201
conservative 49, 190
contrarian 65, 249
control pass 119
conventional wisdom 163, 177
Cooley, Archie 120
Cooley, Jeff 130
Cooper, John 159, 160, 161
Copper Bowl 221
Cornell 141
cornerbacks 247
Corso, Lee 5
Cosell, Howard 91
Costantino, Mark 63
Cotton Bowl 38, 57, 177
Couch, Tim 257
coverages 251
Covington, Raheem 83
Crable, Shawn 226
Craft, Tom 247, 252, 256
Creehan, Dennis 112
criminal assault 221
Cromartie, Bill 16
Cromwell, Darren 48, 185
cronyism 4
cross block 113
cross-field lateral kickoff return 188
cross the goal line 35, 52, 56, 85, 187, 272
cross wind 233
Crouch, Johnny 141
crowd noise 24
Cruise, Tom 14
Cullpepper, Duante 224
D
Dallas Cowboys 46, 47, 62, 77, 85, 91, 140, 178, 186, 189, 197, 198, 220, 227
Damhof, Ron 91
dance 224
Danielson, Gary 5
Dartmouth 25, 124, 141
Davenport, Matt 221
Davis, Al 103, 207, 209
Davis, John 66
Dawg Pound 225
Dayne, Ron 5, 68
dead ball 221
dead ball foul 88, 133
dead ball penalty 88, 139
Decision Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty. 25
decision tree 25, 33
decoy 107
defense 179, 186, 249, 255, 256
defense call sheet 56
defense recognition 112
defensive holding 197
defensive huddle 251
defensive pass interference 180
defensive penalty 191, 197, 222, 225
defensive slowdown time out 44
Defiance College 218
De La Salle High School 1, 2, 48, 98, 123
delay penalty 17, 36, 37, 41, 43, 44, 54, 56, 64, 72, 73, 74, 88, 96, 141, 145, 164, 193, 195, 199, 208, 209, 211, 221, 242, 269, 272
delay penalty, deliberate 74
delay touchdown 52
Delhomme, Jake 142
deliberate defensive penalties 87
Del Rio, Jack 53, 82
demoralized 210
Denver Broncos 6, 21, 52, 54, 84, 98, 142, 187, 192, 199
Detroit Lions 81, 92, 144, 178, 195, 223
Developing an Offensive Game Plan 22
DeYoung, Kyle 246
Digital Scout 229
Directory of Surprise Plays for Winning Football 188
direct single-wing style snap 139
direct-snap take-a-knee 65
divisional championship 199
Division III national championship 47, 187, 217
Division III playoff game 218
Dixon, Ron 190
Doerner, Cy 105
Doerner, Paul 246
domed stadium 39
Donovan, Tim 48, 185
don’t like what they see 206
Dorsey, Ken 146, 220
double foul 88
double overtime 199
double-whistle drill 118
double wing 65
down indicator straps 49
downing the ball 191
down management 34, 259
drop-back pass 260
dry or change the game ball 86
Dr. Z 163
Duke 25, 208
Dummit, Dennis 181
dummy 109
dummy audible 39, 254
Dungy, Tony 249, 265
Dye, James 93
E
Eagles 110
early down 145
EA’s NCAA Football 2001 266
Eason, Tony 18
East Bay Athletic League 143, 183
Eastern Kentucky 74
Edwards, Herman 5
Elam, Jason 191
El Cerrito (CA) High School 18
Elma High School 98, 222
Elway, John 3, 46
Emerald Bowl 49
empty polo shirt 4
empty suits 4
end around 51
end of a tie game 80
end of first half 2, 25, 29, 59, 61, 78, 145, 151, 177, 191, 203, 208, 218, 272
end-of-half situations 12
end of quarter 257
enough 83
equipment problem 202, 206, 247, 278
equipment repair 86
Esiason, Boomer 162, 180
ESPN 5, 13, 68, 69
ESPY Award 219
ethics 42
Evans, Reid 187, 218
Evans, Shane 188
excessive celebration 224
exhibition games 266
expanded neutral zone 136
expected value 33
extra point 81, 221, 222
extreme slowdown 48
F
face mask 225
fade pass 252
Fainting Irish 87
fair catch 45, 46, 94, 198, 199, 226, 234, 235, 237, 279
fair-catch free-kick field goal 6, 45, 131, 198, 237, 240, 241, 263
fair-catch of the free kick after the safety 14
Fairfield Suisun Indians 91
fake field goal 13, 146, 196, 199, 235, 241
fake injury 123, 251
fake lateral 189
fake-P.A.T. kick 231
fake punt 6, 46, 204
fake spike 78, 139, 141, 142, 143, 149, 263
fake-sweep-slide 86
fake take-a-knee 2, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 241, 272
fake time out 213, 214
Falcons 145, 181, 198
false start 39, 74, 87, 88, 114, 115, 118, 133, 135, 245
famous NFL touchdown 190
fans 3
fantasy football 53
Farifield Falcons 188
Farley, Dick 222
fast-break offense 245
fatigue 34, 240, 247, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254, 257, 259, 267
fat lady 224
Faulk, Marshall 213, 267
favorite 13, 59, 239
Favre, Brett 47, 73, 119, 144, 199
feigning injury.^^>See fake injury
Feller, Happy 15
Fesler, Wes 59
field condition 239, 241, 243
field goal 2, 12, 38, 47, 55, 58, 61, 75, 76, 124, 125, 136, 147, 181, 185, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199, 203, 207, 209, 212, 213, 216, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 230, 235, 240, 242, 260, 269, 272
field-goal formation 208
field goal on first down 212
field-goal pace graph 151, 152, 154
field-goal range 30, 45, 46, 61, 81, 95, 125, 127, 144, 152, 193, 198, 225, 241, 272
field-goal team 77, 79, 101, 127, 140, 141, 160, 195, 196, 199, 202, 207, 209, 216, 222, 240, 241, 242, 259, 273
field position 59, 72, 74, 75, 76, 80, 81, 99, 132, 151, 152, 161, 209
fifth down 141, 231
final gun 56
final-play field goal 23
final play of game 263
fire drill 196, 199
first-and-10 39
First Book of Trick and Special Plays 189
first down 2, 10, 11, 13, 17, 29, 30, 32, 36, 37, 39, 43, 54, 59, 67, 74, 79, 86, 99, 100, 102, 122, 126, 128, 151, 157, 161, 203, 206, 233, 256
first down and slide 84
first-down field goal 163
first-down-gaining play 131
first-down spike 145
first half 29
first-half fake take-a-knee 78
first scorer 7
first sound 32, 39, 114, 118, 120, 245
first touching 20
Fisher, Bill 186
five-down series 231
five-lateral Cal-Stanford Band play 183
five-lateral kick return 46
flag 227
Flores, Tom 51
Florida 47, 185, 219, 220, 224, 226
Florida State 92, 147, 185
flow chart 28
Flutie, Doug 177
Football Clock Management 143
Football Clock Management News 28
Football Physics 115
Football, the Violent Chess Match 51
Foothill High School 20, 248
Ford, Cole 53
Ford, Mariet 185
forward lateral 184, 188
forward pass 225
Fourcade, John 184
four downs 250
four-minute drill 6, 269
four-minute passing offense 39
FOUR-play sequence 111
four-point stance 245
fourth and goal 13, 181, 214
fourth down 76, 147, 181, 240, 242, 272
fourth-down fumble 184
fourth-down hard count 204
fourth-down quick kick 204
Fouts, Dan 108, 181, 207
Francis, Russ 78
Frankel, Josh 217
free kick 17, 57, 73, 75, 76, 91, 92, 93, 97, 98
free kick after safety 98
free-kick distance 93
free-kick field goal 6, 45, 94, 131, 198, 199, 234, 235, 237, 240, 241, 263
freeze play 32
Frerotte, Gus 144
Fresno State 145, 146, 147, 265
Frieden, Tanja 220
friendly-side flanker streak 247
friendly-side hash 247, 257
friendly-side sweep 245
frustration 88, 215
Fulmer, Phillip 111, 130
fumble 5, 14, 41, 42, 64, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 96, 124, 127, 139, 184, 185, 189, 192, 222, 224, 225, 230, 267, 279
fumble recovery 85
fumblerooski 191
Fumble, The 5
fumble the snap 64, 66
fun 215, 251, 252
G
gaffe 197
Gailey, Chan 198
game clock 36
game field 264
Game of the Century 226
game situation 79
game-winning field goal 58, 193, 197
game-winning touchdown 24, 84
Gap-8 158
Gap-Air-Mirror defense 269
Garcia, Jeff 125, 142
Garner, Dwight 185
Garrett, Jason 48
gassers 251
Gastineau, Mark 225
Gatorade 215, 218
Gator Bowl 225
Gatto, Vic 177
gave the crowd the finger 221
Gay, Timothy 115
gentlemen’s agreement 78
George, Eddie 162
Georgevich, Stefan 14
Georgia 41, 75, 125, 226
Georgia Tech 38
Germaine, Joe 126
Gibbs, Joe 4
Gibson, Bob 5
Ginn, Ted 226
Gladysiewski, Greg 94
Glanville, Jerry 161
Glickman, Marty 96
go-ahead field goal 192
goal-line defense 143
goal line stand 136
Goal posts 194
go for two 224
go-go tempo 246
Gonzales, Justin 130
goose and go 143
Grambling 265
Grammatica, Bill 222
Granada 190
Granada High School 55, 129, 223
Grand Valley State 112, 130, 179, 209
Green Bay 54, 73, 86, 92, 119, 140, 141, 144, 195
Green, Trent 191, 222
Griese, Bob 91
Grogan, Steve 18
H
Hail Mary 3, 48, 72, 73, 97, 120, 149, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 189, 190, 203, 225, 281
halftime 79
Hall of Fame 4, 190, 221
handicapping 12
Hand, Leo 112
handoff 76
handshake 218
hand signals 111, 224
hand the ball to the ref 104
hand-to-hand snap 139
hang time on a throw away 54, 148
hard count 64, 204, 245
Harper, Nick 75
Harrington, Joey 195, 223
Harris, Duriel 190
Harris, Franco 190
Harris, Kwame 136
Harvard 24, 95, 124
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 177
Harvard Business School 25
hashes 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 69, 103, 104, 130, 234, 264, 271
hash marks 194
Haslett, Jim 221
Hawaii 58
Hawaii Bowl 58
Hayes, Bob 96
Hayes, Mercury 148
Hayes, Woody 159, 180, 225
Hazlett, Jim 143
head coach’s conference 37
heartbreaker loss 2
Heart Stoppers and Hail Marys 71
Heisman Trophy 119, 147, 177, 209, 220
helmet 222
Hemingford, NE 22, 246
Henne, Chad 24
Henry, Kevin 188
Hidden Game of Football 8, 15, 22, 99, 210
high arc 76
high, deep forward pass 97, 98
high-percentage pass 40, 51, 260
high school 259
Hill, Jim 223
Hill Park (Ontario, Canada) High School 121, 251, 252
hitch 39, 40
hit late 222
Holcomb, Kelly 124
holder 46, 195, 196, 197, 234
holding 88, 199
Holiday Bowl 1980 74
Holleman, Mark 98, 222
Holmgren, Mike 6, 54, 136
Holmoe, Tom 216
Holt, Tim 246
Holy Cross 48, 185
hook-and-ladder pass 189, 190, 192, 224
Hopkins, John 217
Horan, Mike 92
hot color 109
hot pass 119
hot weather 257
Houston 21, 38, 57, 58, 85, 98, 108, 195, 225
huddle 42, 99, 104, 109, 121
Hull, Kent 247
human play clock 43, 44, 153, 263
hurry up 7, 11, 22, 33, 39, 40, 53, 54, 77, 95, 154, 193, 201, 205, 209, 210, 263, 269
hurry-up and wait 257
hurry-up intentional safety 98
hurry-up place kick 131
Hurry-up punt 131
hurry-up safety 97
hurry-up time out 44, 80, 131, 156, 161, 205
hurry up to prevent a challenge 136
I
Ibis 220
icing 201, 211
illegal forward pass 125, 184, 226
illegal participation 88
Illegal substitution 88
Illinois 207, 222
Illinois College 179
Immaculate reception 190
inadvertent whistle 37, 86, 88, 143, 202, 206
inbounds 50, 56, 61, 67, 79, 81, 124, 132, 144, 181, 212, 213, 222, 263, 266
inbounds and upright 35, 271
inbounds hurry-up 155
incomplete 20, 33, 37, 39, 40, 48, 51, 54, 58, 61, 67, 73, 93, 96, 97, 98, 103, 104, 118, 123, 128, 129, 131, 148, 162, 163, 188, 193, 195, 202, 205, 208, 209, 211, 212, 221, 258, 263
incomplete backward pass 225
incomplete, deliberate 210
incomplete pass 50, 76, 203, 207, 222, 257
incomplete pass, intentional 197
Independence Bowl 128, 129
Indiana 5, 125, 221
Indianapolis 223, 252
ineligible receiver 196, 197
I Never Played the Game 91
Infante, Lindy 6, 77
Ingram, Mark 142
injuries 37, 65, 86, 87, 95, 101, 123, 140, 202, 206, 214, 222, 243, 265, 267, 274
injury 124
injury time out 87
Innumeracy 58
instant-replay review 20, 136, 137, 204, 258
instant response 268
instincts 161
insurance 162, 209
intellectual prowess 136
intent 135
intentional grounding 36, 48, 54, 76, 97, 148, 197, 198, 272
intentional incomplete pass 139, 147
intentional-incompletion “spike” play 263
intentionally batting a ball down 148
intentionally dropping the pass 148
intentional safety 2, 35, 55, 56, 63, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 92, 93, 98, 242, 271, 272
interception 50, 74, 84, 85, 208, 224
interference 197
interim pace 128, 161
interim tempo 25, 153, 154, 156, 158
interior linemen 140
Iowa 87, 220
Ismail, Rocket 23
Ivy League 24, 234
J
Jackson, Bo 220
Jackson, DeSean 227
Jackson, Jesse 183
Jacksonville 72, 141, 180, 219, 257
Jackson, Willie 141, 180
Jacobellis, Lindsey 220
Jaguars 53, 72, 82, 141, 257
James Madison 179
Jauron, Dick 207
Jenkins, Robert 39
Jennings, Brandon 38
Jericho Mount Mansfield 227
Jets 5, 15, 47, 50, 53, 59, 82, 95, 141, 148, 180, 192, 220, 225, 251
job security 3
Johnson, Dan 106
Johnson, Jimmy 74, 77
Johnson, Loren 230
Jones, Bert 24
Jones-Drew, Maurice 53, 82
Jones, Kevin 223
Jurgensen, Sonny 179
K
Kaemingk, Dan 223
Kansas City 1, 191
Kansas State 177, 224
Kasay, John 142
Katz, Ryan 217
Kavanagh, Brian 177
Kay, Joe 223
Keenan, David 130
keep-hope-alive play 75, 183, 191, 192, 196, 263
keep-it-simple-stupid 194
Kehres, Larry 218
Keller, Sam 158
Kelley, Bill 24
Kelly, Jim 100, 123, 180, 211, 247, 248, 249, 252, 253
Kendra, Dan 124
Kentucky 3, 181
K-Gun 246, 249, 252
kick lose ball out back or side of end zone 98
kickoff 23, 181, 191, 197, 207, 222
kick return 48, 192, 225
kick-return touchdown 32
Kiernan, Ryan 234
“Killer”, Keith McKeller 249
King, Andre 124
Knap, Tom 130
knee 74, 231
Kosar, Bernie 47
Kramer, Tommy 190
Krzyzewski, Mike 25
Kukahiko, Mike 129, 130
L
Labadie, Ron 83
Landry, Tom 189
Lansdale Catholic High School 190
Laramie 253
last play of a quarter 35, 73, 239, 271
last possession of every half 31
last possession of the first half 49
last possession of the game 35, 41, 242, 272
last possession of the half 18, 25, 29, 48, 58, 151, 153
last two minutes of half 101, 202, 243, 274
lateral 3, 47, 48, 62, 75, 77, 125, 155, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 196, 212, 217, 222, 225
lateraled out of bounds 124
lateral kick return 46, 145, 192
Law of Averages 26
Lawrence, Amos 208
Leach, Bobby 185
Leaf, Ryan 149
Lee, Brad 24
Leinart, Matt 24
less than eleven defenders 258
less than two minutes left in half 214
let the clock run down to :03 181
Lett, Leon 197, 219, 220, 226
Levy, Marv 100, 249, 250
Liberty Bowl 23, 102
line calls 45, 112, 130
line to gain 81, 85
Linfield 187, 218
Little Giants 191
Little, Sean 74
live-ball foul 133
Lombardi, Vince 3, 4, 21, 215
lonesome polecat 208
Long Beach State 215
Long, Chuck 220
long count 64, 245
longest NCAA drive 49
long snap 42, 72, 74, 92, 96, 97, 122, 196, 221, 246
Longwell, Ryan 195
long-yardage situation 30, 31, 80
look-in 121
loose ball 97
Los Angeles Rams 4
loss play 260
Louisiana Tech 181
Louisville 5
LSU 23, 75, 95, 164, 223
Lubick, Sonny 39, 40
Luntz, Chris 48
Lynden Christian High School 98, 222, 223
M
Machiavelli, Nicolo 4
Madden, John 20, 190, 248
Magna Doodle 105, 106, 107, 108
Maisel, Ivan 39, 43
Major League Baseball All-Star Game 50
Majors, Johnny 213
man 56
managers 264
man defender 230
Mandell, Ted 71
Mangold, Nick 192
manhood 39
Manning, Eli 225
Manningham, Mario 24
Manning, Peyton 142, 149
Manny Matsakis 43
Marchibroda, Ted 148, 251
Mare, Olindo 191
Marino, Dan 141, 219
Mariucci, Steve 128, 205
Marlin, Fred 41
Marshall, Brandon 52
Marshall, Leonard 224, 247
Martin, Curtis 76
Martz, Mike 163, 164, 213
Maryland 21, 38
mascot 220
Matsakis, Manny 106, 253
Matson, Ollie 185
maximum protection 43, 48, 54
Maynard, Brad 98
McCareins, Justin 192
McCartney, Bill 141
McDowell, Bubba 21
McElroy, Mark 246, 247, 251
McElwee, Bob 213
McGarry, Kevin 11, 67
McKeller, Keith “Killer” 249
McKenzie, Kareem 225
McMahon, Jim 74
McNabb, Donovan 227, 230
McNair, Steve 162, 212
meaningless information 109
measurement 20, 37, 72, 202, 206, 214, 263
memorized play sequence 105, 112
meniscus cartilege 222
Merchant, Larry 12
Meredith, Don 91
messenger 104, 109, 112, 268
Metcalf, Eric 186
Miami Dolphins 18, 21, 22, 47, 74, 80, 91, 141, 146, 147, 180, 190, 191, 197, 199, 219, 220
Michaels, Al 162, 198
Michigan 24, 58, 59, 82, 83, 85, 125, 148, 165, 177, 192, 207, 213, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226
Michigan State 24, 41, 206
middle of the field 194, 201
Miles, Les 164
Millen, Matt 137
Millikin College 97
Milsaps College 192
minimum-play rule 58, 59
Minnesota 21, 58, 81, 92, 144, 178, 190, 192, 210, 224
Miracle at Lubbock 185
Miracle of the Meadowlands 5, 19, 61, 64
Miramonte High School 18, 20, 190, 222, 247, 257, 266
misdirection 51, 108
Mississippi 23, 187, 217
Mississippi State 17, 93, 120, 124, 187, 217
Mississippi Valley State 120
Missouri 3, 141, 231
mistake-free football 260
Moen, Kevin 185
Moe, Peter 121, 252
Monday Night Football 190
Montana, Joe 38, 57, 210
Monte Vista High School 143
Moore, Tom 249
more versus enough 13, 53, 77, 85, 230
Morrison, Joe 73
Moss, Randy 192
Moss, Santana 220
most famous NFL touchdown 190
motion 42, 56, 100, 104, 112, 118, 130, 132, 260
motivation derangement syndrome 226
Mount Union 47, 187, 217, 218
move the chains 40
Moving the ball to the middle of the field 120
moving to the middle 194
muffed snap 92, 98, 139, 196, 197
Muhammed, Muhsin 142
Muhs, Tom 121
Mulloy, Bruce 95
multiple-lateral kick return 47, 187, 217, 218, 226
Mussberger, Brent 156
N
Nall, Craig 141
Namath, Joe 18, 105
Napa 122
Nathan, Tony 190
national championship 40, 47, 92, 216
National Federation of Interscholastic Coaches Association 42
National Football Lottery 12
National Interscholastic Coaching Affiliates Football Manual 1994 22
Navy 13, 15, 29, 41, 49, 91, 97, 104, 118, 119, 127, 128, 131, 205
NCAA 226
NCAA 2001 161
NCAA Football 2001 266, 267
NCAA Football 2002 265
NCAA Football Code 42, 87
Nebraska 84, 192, 224
Nelson, Craig T. 14
Nessler, Brad 5
Neuheisel, Rick 50, 51, 119, 122, 123, 201, 210, 251, 252
New England 18, 80, 98, 192, 197
Newman, Holly 65
New Orleans 1
New Thinking Man’s Guide to Pro Football 103, 249
New York 47
New York Giants 5, 19, 47, 61, 62, 64, 77, 97, 98, 140, 186, 189, 190, 196, 197, 222, 225, 247, 250
next-to-last play clock stoppage 46
Neyland, Bob 25, 180
NFC Division Championship 75
NFC Wild Card game 92
NFL Blitz 266
NFL Films 185
NFL Quarterback Club 268
NFL Record and Fact Book 195
NFL Week 4, 1999 1
Nguyen, Dat 38
nine men on the field 185
Niners 110
Nitschke, Ray 221
no-huddle 22, 24, 42, 109, 119, 121, 122, 123, 130, 137, 155
noise 37, 86, 124
noise time out 124
Nolan, Mike 136, 214
non-fourth-down, intentional incomplete pass after a botched field goal snap 197
Noon, Chris 188
Nordgren, Justin 130
North Carolina State 73
Northeast Louisiana 74
Northern Illinois 5
Northwestern 5, 6, 13, 68, 69, 82, 83, 125, 186, 221
Norwood, Scott 250
Notre Dame 23, 24, 38, 50, 53, 57, 74, 85, 87, 89, 95, 213, 215, 218, 221
numbering defenders 112
number of plays in a game 32
number-of-possessions battle 31
number-of-possessions margin 32
NYPD Blue 132
O
Oakland 1, 53, 73, 212
Oakland Raider 39, 207
obscene gesture 221
odd-numbered quarter 204, 205, 212
O’Donnell, Neil 142
offense 255
offensive penalty 197, 199
Official College Football Records Book 10
Official National Football League 1997 Fact & Record Book 141
Official National Football League 1998 Record & Fact Book 148
Official National Football League Record & Fact Book 180
official’s timeout 61, 86, 103, 153, 205, 208, 211, 239
offsetting penalties 225
offside 204
off-tackle play 113
Ohio State 3, 18, 40, 41, 59, 82, 119, 125, 126, 127, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 184, 203, 225, 226
Oklahoma 16, 75, 92, 96, 141, 147, 191, 195, 213, 216, 218, 246
Oklahoma Sooner Schooner 216
Oklahoma State 195
Ole Miss 164, 193
O’Neill, Pat 63
one-play two-minute drill 122
onside 45, 128, 233, 235, 240
onside kick 6, 24, 41, 74, 81, 96, 119, 129, 179, 217
option 42, 113, 146, 183, 196
Orange Bowl 92, 149, 216, 220
Oregon 50, 181, 217
Oregon State 50
orientation 237
Orton, Kyle 52
Oski 203
OSU 154, 160
Otter Valley 227
outlet receiver 54
out management 259
out of bounds 20, 24, 35, 36, 37, 38, 55, 56, 58, 61, 73, 85, 97, 103, 104, 118, 124, 125, 128, 130, 140, 155, 187, 189, 192, 195, 202, 203, 205, 206, 208, 210, 212, 226, 240, 242, 266, 271, 272
out-of-bounds play 67, 250, 257
out pass 130, 155, 156, 233
outs 259
outside-handoff reverse 260
overlapping of legs 64, 139
overtime 20, 34, 38, 58, 75, 80, 92, 93, 125, 187, 188, 195, 225, 243, 257, 259, 260
overtime coin toss 236, 263
Owens, R.C. 178
Owens, Terrell 220
owners 4
P
pace graph 40, 41, 78, 80, 99, 144, 163, 164, 208, 236, 263
Packers 5, 6, 47, 53, 54, 77, 144, 198
Palmer, Pete 22, 55, 102, 230
Panthers 47, 59, 77, 186, 195, 197, 199
Parcells, Bill 41, 119
Parcells, Don 41, 119
Pardi, Herc 2
parents 3, 227
partial game 268
Pasqualoni, Paul 231
pass 39, 40, 41, 51, 56, 123, 148, 158, 159, 163
pass back to the end zone 95
pass, blind 189
pass interference 3, 163
pass out of the end zone 76
pass play 221
P.A.T. 11, 126, 127, 131, 146, 151, 161, 183, 185, 186, 197, 205, 207, 208, 211, 213, 221, 223, 224, 231, 234, 240, 261, 269
P.A.T. card 229
Paterno, Joe 164
P.A.T. in college on last play 54
P.A.T. kick 74
P.A.T.-kick success rate 230
Patriots 15, 18, 23, 47, 58, 98, 136, 180, 188, 197, 222
Paulos, John 58
Paup, Bryce 219
pause button 267
Payback, The 217
Payton, Walter 246
Pearson, Drew 178
Peart, Chris 129
penalties 3, 20, 37, 38, 46, 47, 49, 133, 139, 147, 180, 199, 202, 203, 205, 210, 221, 260, 265
penalty decision 27, 88, 104
penalty flag 86, 87
penalty on the last play 88
Penn 95
Pennington, Chad 192
Penn State 21, 24, 164, 193, 206, 221
Percival, Mac 198
personal foul 223, 225, 226
Pete Palmer win probabilities 8
Phelan, Gerard 177
Philadelphia Eagles 1, 5, 21, 47, 64, 177, 179, 180, 190, 225, 227, 247, 252, 253
pick ’em 12, 13
Pickens, Carl 142
picking up fumbles 85
Pinney, Dan 246
pitch 233
Pitt 124, 137, 213
Pittsburgh 75, 124, 142, 145
Pittsburgh (CA) High School 2
place-kicking block 196
play-action pass 108
play-by-play 74
play call list 142, 260
play clock 27, 35, 36, 39, 43, 44, 50, 56, 59, 61, 62, 67, 103, 181, 240, 242, 254, 264, 268, 271
play-clock time 66
playing possum 80, 241
play sheet 40, 42, 54
play signals 104
plays per game 22
PlayStation 265
play until the whistle 224
Plummer, Jake 18, 126, 127, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159
pocket 197
police phonetic alphabet 122
politics 4
Portis, Clinton 191
Portland Trail Blazers 24
possession 31, 255, 256, 260
Pottinger, Lavern 22, 109
practice 15, 19, 41, 43, 44, 52, 65, 85, 132, 183, 263, 268, 269
practice script 56, 137
practice time 192
practice-time rules 161
pre-field goal clock stoppage 263
pre-field goal spike 147
pre-game discussion 135
pre-game favorite 12
prematurely assuming the play is over 223
premature mourning 224, 227
premature stoppage of the clock 24
prevent 119
Prince, The 4
Princeton 48, 185, 266, 267
principals 4
Principia College 179
probability assumptions 136
projection TV 267
Promise Keepers 141
protest 24
protractor 194
Prude, Ronnie 223
pseudo coaches 4, 14
public address microphone 269
pull the ball down and run 56
punt 10, 23, 33, 54, 56, 57, 59, 64, 72, 73, 74, 92, 94, 98, 191, 204, 206, 213, 221, 233, 269
punt block 235
punt defense 269
punter 92
punt return 191
punt slowdown 45
Purdue 75
Q
Quads two-minute offense 120
quarterback draw 204
quarterback-keep-sweep-slide 4, 35, 36, 45, 51, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 68, 69, 75, 76, 84, 86, 95, 148, 271
quarterback sneak 14, 24, 63, 74, 76, 204
quarterback-under-center 65, 96
quarter end 37
quick count 32
quick kick 235
R
radio and TV play-by-play and color men 3
radio or TV time out 37
Rafferty, Kevin 177
Raiders 58, 73, 103, 189, 190, 209, 211, 213, 226, 253
rain 105, 269
raise hell 135
Rams 23, 32, 92, 125, 162, 163, 164, 195, 197, 199, 213
Rashad, Ahmad 190
Rattay, Tim 181
Ravens 20, 22, 148, 223
read routes 122
ready-to-play whistle 36, 43, 104, 143, 206, 245, 246
Reagan, Ronald 224
realistic game 266
Redskins 46, 47, 94, 186
red zone 80, 241
Reed, Andre 180, 253
Reed, Dan 110, 124, 266, 267
Reed, Ed 223
Reed’s Rule of Play Calling 33
Reese, Jonathan 266
Reeves, Dan 4
referee’s time out 123
Reich, Frank 21, 180
Reid, Lawrence 125
Reilly, Kevin 120, 251, 252
rekick 199
retaliate 88
returner 204
return the punt 75, 191, 235
reverse 51
reverse-direction play 62
rhythm 201, 211, 250, 252, 253
Rice, Jerry 120
Richert, John 66
Richmond 188
Richt, Mark 226
Ricks, Aaron 246
Ritzert, Joe 187, 218
Rivers, Robert 221
Robinson, Damien 220
Robinson, Eddie 265
Rockne, Knute 3
Rodgers, Derrick 184
Rodgers, Jeff 198
Rodgers, Richard 185
Roethlisberger, Ben 75
Rose Bowl 18, 40, 41, 44, 50, 82, 119, 125, 127, 149, 154, 158, 159, 161, 184, 203
Rose, Caleb 223
Ross, Butch 66
roughing the passer 223, 225, 230
Royal, Darrell 14
Roye, Orpheus 188
rubber block 196
Rudd, Dwayne 191, 222
Rudy (the movie) 215
Ruettiger, Rudy 215
rugby 192
Rule of Thirds 26
rules challenge 86
Rules committee 78
run and pass plays 181
run block 247
running play 39, 40, 41, 51, 56, 163, 241, 260
running up the score 77
Russell, Gary 58
Rutgers University 112
Ryan, Buddy 77, 92, 94
S
Saban, Nick 75
sack 40, 76, 123, 128, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 181, 195, 210, 211, 212, 213, 221, 230
safety 6, 10, 14, 16, 17, 57, 62, 64, 68, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 122, 135, 221, 223, 263
Saints 142, 184, 220, 221
salary cap 264
Salpointe High 223
Sanders, Deion 62
Sanders, Randy 100
San Diego 190, 195, 198
San Diego State 247, 252, 253, 256
San Francisco 49ers 25, 125, 136, 142, 178, 196, 211, 212, 220
San Leandro 260
San Ramon Bears 91, 122
San Ramon Valley High School 143, 144
Sapp, Warren 223
Schenck, Mike 221
Schnellenberger, Howard 22, 250
Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director 121, 234
school board 4
score before half 79
scoreboard 161, 264
scoring probability 30
scoring rate 20, 230
Scott, Bo 189
Scott, Brad 114, 247, 248
scout film 122
scouting 33, 107
scout team 251
scramble 158, 187
scrimmage kick 93, 269
script in practice 125
Seattle Seahawks 20, 212, 213
second half 29
Semaphore signal system 111
Senser, Joe 190
Shawnee Mission High School 218
Shawnee Mission South 65, 66
shift 42, 100, 104, 112, 118, 130, 132, 204, 260
Shockey, Jeremy 225
Shore Regional High School 63, 64, 218
short punt 65
short-yardage situation 30, 31, 102
shotgun 42, 65, 139, 208, 212, 247
sideline 100
sideline warning 86, 202, 206
Sievers, Todd 220
signals system 111
Sigrist, Matt 222
silent cadence 114
silent snap 246
Silicon Valley Bowl 66, 145, 146, 147
Simonton, Tom 188
simulated slowdown period 44
simulators 265
single wing 42, 65, 108, 122, 196, 246
situation 132, 264, 268
slide 85, 125
Slocum, R.C. 265
slow clock operator 23
slowdown 6, 16, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 64, 79, 80, 82, 145, 151, 153, 154, 156, 159, 160, 161, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 213, 250, 253, 254, 255, 257, 263, 268, 269
slowdown field goal 46
slowdown on kickoff 45
slowdown on kick return 45
slowdown punt 46
slowdown punt return 46
slowdown safety 95
slowdown timeout 44, 56, 205
Smith, Antowain 84, 85
Smith, Brad 192
Smith, Derek 184
Smith, Homer 62, 69, 78
Smith, Jamel 230
Smith, LeKevin 84
Smith, Myron 233, 234, 235
Smith, Rod 191
Smith, Troy 226
SMU 74, 185
snap 58, 104
snap count 32, 39, 118, 119, 121, 252, 260
snap fast 257, 258
snap to end-of-play whistle 103
sneak 81, 143, 246
snowboarder cross 220
Snyder, Bruce 40, 44, 155, 156, 158, 159, 161, 210
solitaire 268
Solwold, Mike 221
Sooner Schooner 216
Sorge, West Point swim instructor 267
South Carolina 41, 114, 122, 247, 248
Specht, Greg 181
special teams 6, 36, 258, 268
speed 249
speeded-up slowdown 268
spike 128, 194
spiking 6, 17, 19, 23, 24, 47, 48, 53, 73, 76, 83, 118, 124, 130, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 162, 187, 195, 196, 197, 206, 207, 209, 222, 230, 257, 263
spikitis 144, 146
Sporting News 215
Sports Illustrated 16, 39, 42, 59, 100, 159
Sports Illustrated for Kids 246
sportsmanship 42, 78, 218
sports radio talk show 3
sports writers 3
sprint-out 54
sprint-out scramble 204
squeeze-bunt syndrome 78
squib 45, 186, 187, 218, 240
Stallworth, Brian 181
stamina 249, 254
stance 130
Stanford 2, 3, 27, 46, 53, 77, 85, 89, 145, 183, 185, 209, 216, 217, 223, 249, 264
Stanford band 3, 46, 185, 217, 225
stats 27, 63
Staubach, Roger 41, 119
Steele, Kevin 2
Steelers 83, 91, 124, 142, 188, 189, 213, 222, 249
Stewart, Kordell 177, 180
Stichweh, Rollie 119
St. John Fisher College 120
St. John’s College 217, 224
St. Louis 21
St. Mary’s College 10, 11, 54
Stofko, Greg 218
Stokley, Brandon 52, 187
stopped-clock first down 57
stop-the-clock play 38, 100, 201, 254
Strack, Richard 120, 252
strategy 266
streak 2
stripping 56, 75, 81, 84, 152
Strock, Don 190
stroke 223
strut 52
stunts 251
Styron, Craig 179
substitutions 130, 201, 251
sudden death 195, 236, 260
sudden no-huddle 245
Sugar Bowl 185
Sundance Kid 248
Sunday Night Football 220
Super Bowl 6, 41, 48, 246, 249, 250, 255
Super Bowl III 50, 105
Super Bowl XXVII 219
Super Bowl XXXII 54, 136
Super Bowl XXXIV 72, 162, 164
Super Bowl XXXVI 23, 197
Super Bowl XXXVIII 192, 197
superintendent 4
Superman Syndrome 248, 251
Supino, Peter 222
surprise 32, 79, 119, 156, 163, 188, 257
Sutherland, Jeff 227
sweep 75, 80
sweep-slide period 66, 72, 73, 81, 84, 85, 87, 97, 110
sweep-slide play 62, 63, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 203, 206, 221
sweep-slide table 86
swinging-gate 208
Swinson, Randy 124
Switzer, Barry 216
sycophantic assistants 226
Sykes, Will 246
Syracuse 96, 216, 230
T
Tait, John 191, 222
take-a-knee formation 64
take a knee on the fly 61, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84
take-a-knee period 2, 6, 7, 10, 45, 46, 53, 55, 61, 63, 66, 75, 77, 79, 81, 85, 188
take-a-knee play 14, 35, 36, 37, 49, 51, 52, 53, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 74, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 110, 212, 231, 242, 263, 271, 272
take-a-knee point 5, 11
take-a-knee team 58
takeaway 245, 260
takeway touchdown 32
Tampa Bay 1, 21, 53, 74, 84, 136, 140, 185, 223, 265
Tarkenton, Fran 190
Taubert, Jim 41
taunt 52, 187
TCU 76, 141
team orientation 63
team owners 4
team room 267
tee 196, 234
Teeter, Bill 120
Temple 177
tempo 122
Tempo 7
Tempo rules 31
Tempo-selection rules 28
tendency 12, 102
ten men on the field 208
Tennessee 72, 111, 130, 149, 162, 180, 212, 225
Tennessee Titans 32, 47, 72, 77, 83, 100, 145, 162, 163, 187, 211, 212, 225
Tepper, Lou 51
terminal zigging 123, 125, 141, 148, 179, 192, 263
Testaverde, Vinny 148
Texans 225
Texas 14, 15, 96
Texas A&M 38, 40, 203, 218, 265
Texas Tech 43, 84, 106, 185, 203, 226, 253
Theder, Roger 108
THE Game 24
The Play 225
They Call Me Coach 219
think about it time out 211
third down 196
Thomas, Anthony 82
Thomas More College 218
Thomas, Thurman 211, 253
Thorn, John 8, 22
three-point stance 257
throwback 185
throwback play 230
throw the ball away 54, 56
tie 13, 61, 81, 98, 99, 151, 187, 195
tie breaker 78
tight end 223
Tiller, Joe 93
time of day 267
time of possession 27, 32, 250, 256
timeout 10, 19, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 44, 46, 47, 49, 53, 57, 61, 66, 72, 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 97, 98, 120, 141, 144, 145, 146, 148, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, 181, 186, 187, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212, 213, 217, 218, 222, 223, 230, 241, 252, 253, 257, 259, 263, 268, 272, 274
timeout-calling window 203
timeout hierarchy 130
tip 179
tip-off 204
too many men on the field 251, 252
Toronto Raptors 24
total offense 255
touchback 46, 72, 137, 190, 191, 198, 227, 235
touchdown 81, 151
touched the ground 197
Townsend, Deshea 124
track lap counter 106
Tramaglini, Richard 63
trap 141
trick play 257
tricky 143
Trinity University 192
trip 187
trips no-huddle offense 121
Tuberville 17, 93
Tucson High 223
Tulane 3
Turin, Italy 220
Turley, Kyle 220, 221
Turner, Cecil 198
turnover 11, 152, 217, 252, 256, 260
turnover avoidance 19
turn the ball over on downs 74
TV coaches 3
TV-radio time out 86
TV sports talk show hosts 3
TV-VCR 268
twelve men on the field 213
twitch 266
two-minute drill 5, 6, 19, 42, 55, 104, 105, 112, 114, 119, 122, 130, 206, 209, 210, 250, 251, 252, 269
two-minute offense 252
two-minute warning 35, 37, 49, 56, 73, 74, 81, 85, 86, 148, 210, 239, 240, 241
two-play kick or punt return 245
two-play-kick-return-friendly-side-sweep 257
two-point conversion 13, 93, 180, 181, 216, 219, 221, 222, 229, 230, 236
two-point run back by the defense 230
two-point stance 130, 245, 257
two-point touchdown 230
U
UCLA 38, 39, 100, 181
unbalanced-line 122
underdog 13, 99, 102, 239
unexpected formation 208
Unitas, Johnny 180
University of Houston 25, 57
University of Minnesota 249
University of North Carolina 208
University of San Diego 10, 67
UNLV 2, 61
unpiling 35, 41, 55, 56, 104, 271
unsportsmanlike conduct 3, 17, 42, 88, 133, 191, 213, 216, 217, 218, 221, 222, 226, 267
untimed down 97, 131, 191, 198, 205, 222, 225, 241
untimed free-kick play 95
untimed P.A.T. down 158
unusual action or inaction 88
unusual delay 86
Upper Perkiomen High School 190
upright and inbounds 55, 56, 263
USA Today 63, 218
USC 24, 41, 76, 144, 181, 217
USD 10, 11
V
Vanderbilt 181, 224
Vanderjagt, Mike 75
Varrichione, Frank 87
Vataha, Collin 222
Vataha, Randy 222
veer 25, 57, 120
Ventura, Jesse 100
Vermiel, Dick 126, 127, 159
victory formation 5, 64
video 27
video game 161, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269
Vietnam 108
Vikings 47, 81, 144, 179, 190, 192
Villegas, Nathan 217
Vincelli, Pete 63
Virginia 148
Virginia Tech 71, 203, 230
visual ‘audibles’ 147
Vlasic, Mark 220
volleyball 211
vomit 230
W
wait for defender before crossing goal line 263
wake-up call 114, 246
Waldrop, Ken 41
walk-away 224
Walker, Kenyatta 223
Walnut Heights Knights 14
Walsh, Bill 4, 27, 77, 129, 190, 198, 210, 264
Warner, Kurt 213
warning 37
warn the officials 143
warp-speed, no-huddle 22, 43, 58, 105, 107, 112, 113, 118, 122, 123, 246, 248, 253, 255, 257, 263
Washburn (ND) High School 121, 252
Washington 21, 50, 122, 123, 146, 147, 186, 201, 216, 251, 252
Washington, Leon 192
Washington State 149
water 201
weather 267
Weatherbie, Charlie 13
wedge 122
Weitharn, Brian 48, 227
Wersching, Ray 198, 211
Westbrook, Michael 177, 220
Westhampton Beach (NY) High School 121
West Point 25, 265, 267
West Virginia 124, 213
What you emphasize you achieve. 227
What you tolerate you encourage. 221
whistle 143, 224
white board 105
whole-game clock management 13, 131
whole-game, hurry-up 87, 123, 246, 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 255, 256, 257
whole-game, warp-speed, no-huddle 211
WI 194
Wichita High School Southeast 106
Wickersham, Seth 136
wide right kick 250
Wieber, Sean 83
Wiggins, Jermaine 224
Wiggins, Paul 216
Wilkinson, Bud 50, 96, 213, 246
William & Mary 71, 203
Williams 222
Williams, Erik 140
Williams, Moe 192
Williamson, Brent 72
Willingham, Tyrone 2, 85
Wilson, Cedrick 125
Wilson, Dahlin 130
wind 45, 57, 87, 233, 239, 241, 243, 259, 263
wind direction 233
wind speed 236
wind-the-clock 37
wind-the-clock motion 67
wind-the-clock signal 133
windy-day practice 236
wing-T 122
Wing-T from A to Z: The Base Plan 112
winning is not enough 4
winning percentage 255
Winona State 22, 233, 234
win probability 7, 15, 29, 55, 57, 99, 102, 136, 230, 236, 239
win streak 50, 98, 246
Wisconsin 5, 6, 13, 68, 69, 71, 92, 125, 186, 221
Wise, Mike 124
Wooden, John 219
Wooten, Mike 129
working assumptions 136
wrist coaches 121
wrist plan 106, 121
wrist-watch time 240
wrong-way play 107
www.condellpark.com/kd/reactiontime.htm 115
www.dallasnews.com 219
www.espn.com 192
www.homersmithfootball.com 281
www.johntreed. com 28
www.johntreed.com/coaching.html ii
www.nfhs.org 49, 281
www.nfl.com 125, 191, 219
www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20020908_KC@CLE 222
www.nfl.com/stats 62, 72, 73, 142, 145, 211, 212
www.nfl.com/stats/1998/week14/gamebook/nygari/GBPlayByPlay 1.html 98
www.nfl.com/stats/1999/week4/gamebook/tensfo/GBPlayByPlay1.html 212
www.nfl.com/stats/1999/week6/gamebook/mindet/GBPlayByPlay1.html 144
www.scores.nfl.com 74, 143
www.superbowl.com 219
www.theolympian.com/home/news/20021201/sportssection/18714.shtml 223
www.youtube.com 192
www.youtube.com/v/N1JpJ53FbXg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en 227
Wyatt, Patrick 189
Wyche, Sam 254
Wyoming 93, 221, 253
Y
Yale 24, 124, 177, 233, 235
yards after catch 179
yards at catch 179
yards per play 30, 99, 255
Yastrzemski, Carl 50
yellow flag 227
Yeoman, Bill 25, 57
Yepremian, Garo 196
Youth Baseball Coaching 78, 259
youth football 58, 231
youth league board 3
Z
zig zagging 45, 137
Zimmerman, Paul 103, 108, 163, 189, 190, 209, 249
zone blocking 113
zone pass coverage 56
Symbols
1.00 7
1.10 31, 33
1.10 Exception (d) 136, 257
1.20 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 48, 49, 53, 62, 72, 73, 81, 84, 153, 155, 254, 271
1.20(o) 98
1.20(o)(2) 92
1.20(u) 24
1.21 47, 48, 62, 197
2.00 7
2.01 7
2.02 61, 83
2-point conversion 212
3.00 2, 53, 61, 62, 74, 81
3.01 61
3.02 82, 83, 84, 272
3-2-5-a-8 124
3-4-3 124
4.00 95, 107, 113, 131, 160, 202
4.00(b)(2) 111
4.00(r) 48, 190, 191
4.00(u) 24
4.10 102
4th-down hard count 205
4th-&-short 204
4th & short failed hard count 204
5.20 153, 274
6.00 229
6.00 (4) 231
7-2-1 124
10-second runoff 124
40-second play clock 37, 43, 47
49er 78
49ers 21, 26, 196, 211, 212, 223
86 throwback pass to the tight end 14
100 Greatest Touchdowns 180, 185, 189, 190
2006 Winter Olympics 220
A
Aberdeen 251, 252
absorb your opponents’ losses 12
Acalanes High School 224
AFC championship game 163, 180
AFC divisional playoff game 58, 190, 219
AFC Wild-Card Playoff game 187
AFL 50
age of your players 254
Aikman, Troy 140
Aircraft carrier flight deck crewmen 28
Aires, Jeff 129, 130
Air Force 145, 146, 147, 221, 253
Alabama 124, 164, 181, 193
Alamo Bowl 192, 224
Alexander, Brent 124
Alexander, Shaun 181
Allen, George 4, 27, 215
Allen, James 85
Alley Oop 178
All the Right Moves 14
Aloha Bowl 127, 205
altitude 253, 257
alumni 3
Alvarez, Barry 5, 13, 68
A&M 38
American Cryptogram Association 108
American Football Coaches Association 57
American Football Coaches Association Code of Ethics 42
American Football Quarterly University 85, 207
Amherst 222
Ampipe 14
Anderson, Andre 177
Anderson, Dick 180
Anderson, Donny 198
and-goal plays 165
anterior cruciate ligament 220, 222
Appalachian State 179
appeal 194, 257
April, Bobby 207
Arcaro, Gino 122, 251, 252
Arizona 76, 98
Arizona State 18, 40, 44, 125, 126, 154, 155, 156, 158, 160, 161, 184, 203, 210
Arkansas 14, 15
Army 13, 15, 25, 29, 41, 91, 97, 104, 118, 119, 128, 129, 131
Army-Navy 13, 15, 16, 29, 41, 91, 118, 119
assist the runner 219
astroturf 185
ASU 126, 127, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 194
asymmetry 261
athletic director 3, 4
Atlanta 119, 145, 198
Attacking Football Defenses with Radar Blocking 112
Auburn 17, 93, 128, 219, 223
audible 42, 45, 56, 100, 104, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 123, 130, 132, 137, 143, 146, 267
Audiblitis 146
Audubon 190
Avezzano, Joe 213
B
backed up 64
backed-up take-a-knee play 263
backward pass 95, 98, 125, 185, 187, 188, 224
backward-pass kick return 48
backward pass out of bounds 95
bad snap 10, 92, 93, 98, 196
Bad Timing Costs NJ Team a title 63
ball carrier 266
ball-control offense 48, 250
ball on the ground 52, 56
ball placing 37, 61
ball-placing time 36, 37, 55, 62, 63, 66, 67, 69, 75, 86, 103, 104, 133, 146, 153, 206
Baltimore 20
Barber, Ronde 148
Barber, Tiki 190
Barnes, Pat 127
Barnett, Phil 66
base 113
base block 113
base defense 119, 122
basketball 192
basketball-style time out 248, 253
bat 191
batted it upward 148
Baylor 2, 61
BCS championship 226
BCS Championship Sugar Bowl 75, 191
Beard, Santonio 181
Bears 74, 185, 198, 250
Beck, Tom 112, 130, 179, 209
Beebe, Don 219
belated stoppage of the clock 24
Bell, Todd 185
Belvidere (IL) High School 22, 109, 120
bend-don’t-break 119
Bengals 52, 123, 142, 195, 246, 247, 249, 255
Benicia, CA 246
Benicia Cougars 91
Bernards High School 63, 64
Bernardsville, NJ 63, 218
Bettis, Jerome 75
bias against the defense 50
Bible, Dana 27, 209, 249, 254
Big Game 3, 46, 185, 216, 217, 225
Biggest Little Game in America 222
Billick, Brian 20, 22
Bills 47, 77, 84, 85, 142, 145, 163, 180, 187, 198, 211, 212, 219, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255
Bingo! ‘transition’ offense 251, 252
Bishop, Darryl 181
Blackwell, Will 177
Blaik, Red 25
blast 80
Bledsoe, Drew 47, 80, 142
bleed (slow down) 59
blind pass 185, 189
blitz 119, 156
blocked kick 196
blocked punt 10, 91, 92, 93
blocking back 246
Blooper 219
Blue Herron Middle School 130
Boise State 130
Boller, Kyle 62
Bolt, Usain 227
bomb 163
Bominski, Stephen 230
Boomer 162
booth 100
Bootlegger’s Boy 216
Borges, Al 100, 145
Bosco 14
Boston College 177, 220
boundary conscious 39
Bowden, Terry 32
bowl game 224
Bowl Series level 122
Boy Scout Manual 111
Brackens, Tony 219
Brady, Tom 197
Branndon Stewart 38
brawl 220
break 104
breakeven point 30
broken play 98
Brooks, Aaron 220
Brown 189
Brown, Bobby 218
Brown, Jerome 247
Brown, Josh 246
Brown, Kris 225
Brown, Mack 226
Brown, Ted 190
Brown, Timmy 179
Brunell, Mark 141
Bryant, Bear 3
Bucaneers 185, 223
Buck and Wing play 189
Buddy Ryan 252
Buffalo Bills 21, 98, 100, 109, 123, 180, 198, 207, 211, 219, 246, 247, 249, 251, 253
Buffalo Bills and the Almost-Dream Season 211, 253
bulletin board material 219, 220
Burger, Steve 181
Burnsed, Floyd 18, 233
Burns, Heather 63
Burns, Joe 38
Burnstein, Brent 184
Burress, Plaxico 222
Bush, George 224
Butkus, Dick 221
Butterfield, Tyrone 148
buzzer 258
Byner, Earnest 148
BYU 74, 93, 177
C
Cacchiotti, Ace 190
cadence 42, 100, 104, 107, 112, 114, 117, 119, 247
Calame, Gene Dan 96, 213
Cal, Berkely, CA 3, 46, 77, 95, 100, 127, 128, 145, 183, 185, 205, 216, 217, 221, 225
calculated risks 49
California-Texas Shrine All-Star Classic Game 62
call sheet 130
Cal-Stanford Band five-lateral play 185
camera angle 267
camp followers 264
Campolindo High School, Moraga, CA 55, 105, 129, 130, 207, 247, 257
Camp, Walter 34
Capital One Bowl 75
captains 206
Cardinals 21, 47, 77, 92, 94, 97, 222
Carolina Panthers 86, 92, 142, 186, 192, 269
Carr, David 265
Carr, Lloyd 24, 83
Carroll, Bob 8, 22
Carroll, Pete 24
carrying the coach off the field 215
Carthage College 97
Carucci, Vic 211, 247, 253
Cassidy, Butch 248
castrating a real Texas longhorn steer 226
CA-TX High School All-Star Game 62
cautionary tale 227
Cavanaugh, Matt 213
celebration 3, 17, 24, 46, 47, 64, 185, 207, 213, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 231, 243, 261, 263
center the ball 193
Central College of Iowa 187, 218
Central Jersey Group I championship 63
Cervantes, Artie 246
chain gang 161, 264, 265
challenge 204, 214, 224
Chamberlain, Wilt 189
Champi, Frank 177
Chandler, Chris 145
change of possession 20, 33, 37, 40, 67, 85, 104, 197, 205, 258
changing speeds 245
Chargers 32, 108, 190, 195, 198, 226
charging into the neutral zone 88
Check with me (Joe Namath) 105
cheerleaders 224
Chiarelli, Ryan 246
Chicago 74, 185, 250
Chicago Cardinal 185
Chiefs 32, 191, 222
Chinn, Richard 246
chop 36, 67, 133, 161
choreography 117
chuck pass 119
Cincinnati Bengals 87, 137, 142, 246, 247, 249
Clayton Valley (CA) High School 2, 98
Clemson 125, 225
Cleveland Browns 21, 124, 181, 185, 190, 191, 195, 222, 225, 249, 257
cliffhangers 54
clipping 88, 92
clock coach 79, 84, 85, 132, 154, 161, 266
clock management coach 27, 29, 38, 119, 158, 161, 163, 264, 267
Clock Management: Everything Else 78
clock management game plan 79
clock operator 23, 24, 57, 72, 73, 126, 146, 187, 193, 197, 264
clock-stopping play 46
clock tendencies 12
clumps 13
Coach and Athletic Director article 252
coaching malpractice 6
Coaching the No-Huddle Offense 251
Coaching the West Coast Quarterback 145
coach panic 210
code 100, 105, 107, 108, 109, 112
Code of Ethics 42
coin toss 235, 243, 259
Coles, Laveranues 192
Cole, Trent 225
College Football USA 268
College Park High School 224
college presidents 4
Collingswood 190
Collins, Kerry 190, 221
Colonia (NJ) High School 120
Colorado 76, 119, 141, 144, 177, 213, 220, 231
Colorado State 39, 221, 253
Colts 6, 50, 53, 54, 75, 77, 84, 95, 136, 142, 185, 192, 211, 223, 249, 253
Columbia 29, 124, 220, 233, 235, 266, 267
comeback 21
Commitment to Excellence 58
communicating 249, 251
Complete Linebacking 51
completion rate 41, 51
Concord (CA) High School 259
concussion 223
conditioning 132, 248, 249, 251, 256, 257
conference 201
conservative 49, 190
contrarian 65, 249
control pass 119
conventional wisdom 163, 177
Cooley, Archie 120
Cooley, Jeff 130
Cooper, John 159, 160, 161
Copper Bowl 221
Cornell 141
cornerbacks 247
Corso, Lee 5
Cosell, Howard 91
Costantino, Mark 63
Cotton Bowl 38, 57, 177
Couch, Tim 257
coverages 251
Covington, Raheem 83
Crable, Shawn 226
Craft, Tom 247, 252, 256
Creehan, Dennis 112
criminal assault 221
Cromartie, Bill 16
Cromwell, Darren 48, 185
cronyism 4
cross block 113
cross-field lateral kickoff return 188
cross the goal line 35, 52, 56, 85, 187, 272
cross wind 233
Crouch, Johnny 141
crowd noise 24
Cruise, Tom 14
Cullpepper, Duante 224
D
Dallas Cowboys 46, 47, 62, 77, 85, 91, 140, 178, 186, 189, 197, 198, 220, 227
Damhof, Ron 91
dance 224
Danielson, Gary 5
Dartmouth 25, 124, 141
Davenport, Matt 221
Davis, Al 103, 207, 209
Davis, John 66
Dawg Pound 225
Dayne, Ron 5, 68
dead ball 221
dead ball foul 88, 133
dead ball penalty 88, 139
Decision Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty. 25
decision tree 25, 33
decoy 107
defense 179, 186, 249, 255, 256
defense call sheet 56
defense recognition 112
defensive holding 197
defensive huddle 251
defensive pass interference 180
defensive penalty 191, 197, 222, 225
defensive slowdown time out 44
Defiance College 218
De La Salle High School 1, 2, 48, 98, 123
delay penalty 17, 36, 37, 41, 43, 44, 54, 56, 64, 72, 73, 74, 88, 96, 141, 145, 164, 193, 195, 199, 208, 209, 211, 221, 242, 269, 272
delay penalty, deliberate 74
delay touchdown 52
Delhomme, Jake 142
deliberate defensive penalties 87
Del Rio, Jack 53, 82
demoralized 210
Denver Broncos 6, 21, 52, 54, 84, 98, 142, 187, 192, 199
Detroit Lions 81, 92, 144, 178, 195, 223
Developing an Offensive Game Plan 22
DeYoung, Kyle 246
Digital Scout 229
Directory of Surprise Plays for Winning Football 188
direct single-wing style snap 139
direct-snap take-a-knee 65
divisional championship 199
Division III national championship 47, 187, 217
Division III playoff game 218
Dixon, Ron 190
Doerner, Cy 105
Doerner, Paul 246
domed stadium 39
Donovan, Tim 48, 185
don’t like what they see 206
Dorsey, Ken 146, 220
double foul 88
double overtime 199
double-whistle drill 118
double wing 65
down indicator straps 49
downing the ball 191
down management 34, 259
drop-back pass 260
dry or change the game ball 86
Dr. Z 163
Duke 25, 208
Dummit, Dennis 181
dummy 109
dummy audible 39, 254
Dungy, Tony 249, 265
Dye, James 93
E
Eagles 110
early down 145
EA’s NCAA Football 2001 266
Eason, Tony 18
East Bay Athletic League 143, 183
Eastern Kentucky 74
Edwards, Herman 5
Elam, Jason 191
El Cerrito (CA) High School 18
Elma High School 98, 222
Elway, John 3, 46
Emerald Bowl 49
empty polo shirt 4
empty suits 4
end around 51
end of a tie game 80
end of first half 2, 25, 29, 59, 61, 78, 145, 151, 177, 191, 203, 208, 218, 272
end-of-half situations 12
end of quarter 257
enough 83
equipment problem 202, 206, 247, 278
equipment repair 86
Esiason, Boomer 162, 180
ESPN 5, 13, 68, 69
ESPY Award 219
ethics 42
Evans, Reid 187, 218
Evans, Shane 188
excessive celebration 224
exhibition games 266
expanded neutral zone 136
expected value 33
extra point 81, 221, 222
extreme slowdown 48
F
face mask 225
fade pass 252
Fainting Irish 87
fair catch 45, 46, 94, 198, 199, 226, 234, 235, 237, 279
fair-catch free-kick field goal 6, 45, 131, 198, 237, 240, 241, 263
fair-catch of the free kick after the safety 14
Fairfield Suisun Indians 91
fake field goal 13, 146, 196, 199, 235, 241
fake injury 123, 251
fake lateral 189
fake-P.A.T. kick 231
fake punt 6, 46, 204
fake spike 78, 139, 141, 142, 143, 149, 263
fake-sweep-slide 86
fake take-a-knee 2, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 241, 272
fake time out 213, 214
Falcons 145, 181, 198
false start 39, 74, 87, 88, 114, 115, 118, 133, 135, 245
famous NFL touchdown 190
fans 3
fantasy football 53
Farifield Falcons 188
Farley, Dick 222
fast-break offense 245
fatigue 34, 240, 247, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254, 257, 259, 267
fat lady 224
Faulk, Marshall 213, 267
favorite 13, 59, 239
Favre, Brett 47, 73, 119, 144, 199
feigning injury.^^>See fake injury
Feller, Happy 15
Fesler, Wes 59
field condition 239, 241, 243
field goal 2, 12, 38, 47, 55, 58, 61, 75, 76, 124, 125, 136, 147, 181, 185, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199, 203, 207, 209, 212, 213, 216, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 230, 235, 240, 242, 260, 269, 272
field-goal formation 208
field goal on first down 212
field-goal pace graph 151, 152, 154
field-goal range 30, 45, 46, 61, 81, 95, 125, 127, 144, 152, 193, 198, 225, 241, 272
field-goal team 77, 79, 101, 127, 140, 141, 160, 195, 196, 199, 202, 207, 209, 216, 222, 240, 241, 242, 259, 273
field position 59, 72, 74, 75, 76, 80, 81, 99, 132, 151, 152, 161, 209
fifth down 141, 231
final gun 56
final-play field goal 23
final play of game 263
fire drill 196, 199
first-and-10 39
First Book of Trick and Special Plays 189
first down 2, 10, 11, 13, 17, 29, 30, 32, 36, 37, 39, 43, 54, 59, 67, 74, 79, 86, 99, 100, 102, 122, 126, 128, 151, 157, 161, 203, 206, 233, 256
first down and slide 84
first-down field goal 163
first-down-gaining play 131
first-down spike 145
first half 29
first-half fake take-a-knee 78
first scorer 7
first sound 32, 39, 114, 118, 120, 245
first touching 20
Fisher, Bill 186
five-down series 231
five-lateral Cal-Stanford Band play 183
five-lateral kick return 46
flag 227
Flores, Tom 51
Florida 47, 185, 219, 220, 224, 226
Florida State 92, 147, 185
flow chart 28
Flutie, Doug 177
Football Clock Management 143
Football Clock Management News 28
Football Physics 115
Football, the Violent Chess Match 51
Foothill High School 20, 248
Ford, Cole 53
Ford, Mariet 185
forward lateral 184, 188
forward pass 225
Fourcade, John 184
four downs 250
four-minute drill 6, 269
four-minute passing offense 39
FOUR-play sequence 111
four-point stance 245
fourth and goal 13, 181, 214
fourth down 76, 147, 181, 240, 242, 272
fourth-down fumble 184
fourth-down hard count 204
fourth-down quick kick 204
Fouts, Dan 108, 181, 207
Francis, Russ 78
Frankel, Josh 217
free kick 17, 57, 73, 75, 76, 91, 92, 93, 97, 98
free kick after safety 98
free-kick distance 93
free-kick field goal 6, 45, 94, 131, 198, 199, 234, 235, 237, 240, 241, 263
freeze play 32
Frerotte, Gus 144
Fresno State 145, 146, 147, 265
Frieden, Tanja 220
friendly-side flanker streak 247
friendly-side hash 247, 257
friendly-side sweep 245
frustration 88, 215
Fulmer, Phillip 111, 130
fumble 5, 14, 41, 42, 64, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 96, 124, 127, 139, 184, 185, 189, 192, 222, 224, 225, 230, 267, 279
fumble recovery 85
fumblerooski 191
Fumble, The 5
fumble the snap 64, 66
fun 215, 251, 252
G
gaffe 197
Gailey, Chan 198
game clock 36
game field 264
Game of the Century 226
game situation 79
game-winning field goal 58, 193, 197
game-winning touchdown 24, 84
Gap-8 158
Gap-Air-Mirror defense 269
Garcia, Jeff 125, 142
Garner, Dwight 185
Garrett, Jason 48
gassers 251
Gastineau, Mark 225
Gatorade 215, 218
Gator Bowl 225
Gatto, Vic 177
gave the crowd the finger 221
Gay, Timothy 115
gentlemen’s agreement 78
George, Eddie 162
Georgevich, Stefan 14
Georgia 41, 75, 125, 226
Georgia Tech 38
Germaine, Joe 126
Gibbs, Joe 4
Gibson, Bob 5
Ginn, Ted 226
Gladysiewski, Greg 94
Glanville, Jerry 161
Glickman, Marty 96
go-ahead field goal 192
goal-line defense 143
goal line stand 136
Goal posts 194
go for two 224
go-go tempo 246
Gonzales, Justin 130
goose and go 143
Grambling 265
Grammatica, Bill 222
Granada 190
Granada High School 55, 129, 223
Grand Valley State 112, 130, 179, 209
Green Bay 54, 73, 86, 92, 119, 140, 141, 144, 195
Green, Trent 191, 222
Griese, Bob 91
Grogan, Steve 18
H
Hail Mary 3, 48, 72, 73, 97, 120, 149, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 189, 190, 203, 225, 281
halftime 79
Hall of Fame 4, 190, 221
handicapping 12
Hand, Leo 112
handoff 76
handshake 218
hand signals 111, 224
hand the ball to the ref 104
hand-to-hand snap 139
hang time on a throw away 54, 148
hard count 64, 204, 245
Harper, Nick 75
Harrington, Joey 195, 223
Harris, Duriel 190
Harris, Franco 190
Harris, Kwame 136
Harvard 24, 95, 124
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 177
Harvard Business School 25
hashes 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 69, 103, 104, 130, 234, 264, 271
hash marks 194
Haslett, Jim 221
Hawaii 58
Hawaii Bowl 58
Hayes, Bob 96
Hayes, Mercury 148
Hayes, Woody 159, 180, 225
Hazlett, Jim 143
head coach’s conference 37
heartbreaker loss 2
Heart Stoppers and Hail Marys 71
Heisman Trophy 119, 147, 177, 209, 220
helmet 222
Hemingford, NE 22, 246
Henne, Chad 24
Henry, Kevin 188
Hidden Game of Football 8, 15, 22, 99, 210
high arc 76
high, deep forward pass 97, 98
high-percentage pass 40, 51, 260
high school 259
Hill, Jim 223
Hill Park (Ontario, Canada) High School 121, 251, 252
hitch 39, 40
hit late 222
Holcomb, Kelly 124
holder 46, 195, 196, 197, 234
holding 88, 199
Holiday Bowl 1980 74
Holleman, Mark 98, 222
Holmgren, Mike 6, 54, 136
Holmoe, Tom 216
Holt, Tim 246
Holy Cross 48, 185
hook-and-ladder pass 189, 190, 192, 224
Hopkins, John 217
Horan, Mike 92
hot color 109
hot pass 119
hot weather 257
Houston 21, 38, 57, 58, 85, 98, 108, 195, 225
huddle 42, 99, 104, 109, 121
Hull, Kent 247
human play clock 43, 44, 153, 263
hurry up 7, 11, 22, 33, 39, 40, 53, 54, 77, 95, 154, 193, 201, 205, 209, 210, 263, 269
hurry-up and wait 257
hurry-up intentional safety 98
hurry-up place kick 131
Hurry-up punt 131
hurry-up safety 97
hurry-up time out 44, 80, 131, 156, 161, 205
hurry up to prevent a challenge 136
I
Ibis 220
icing 201, 211
illegal forward pass 125, 184, 226
illegal participation 88
Illegal substitution 88
Illinois 207, 222
Illinois College 179
Immaculate reception 190
inadvertent whistle 37, 86, 88, 143, 202, 206
inbounds 50, 56, 61, 67, 79, 81, 124, 132, 144, 181, 212, 213, 222, 263, 266
inbounds and upright 35, 271
inbounds hurry-up 155
incomplete 20, 33, 37, 39, 40, 48, 51, 54, 58, 61, 67, 73, 93, 96, 97, 98, 103, 104, 118, 123, 128, 129, 131, 148, 162, 163, 188, 193, 195, 202, 205, 208, 209, 211, 212, 221, 258, 263
incomplete backward pass 225
incomplete, deliberate 210
incomplete pass 50, 76, 203, 207, 222, 257
incomplete pass, intentional 197
Independence Bowl 128, 129
Indiana 5, 125, 221
Indianapolis 223, 252
ineligible receiver 196, 197
I Never Played the Game 91
Infante, Lindy 6, 77
Ingram, Mark 142
injuries 37, 65, 86, 87, 95, 101, 123, 140, 202, 206, 214, 222, 243, 265, 267, 274
injury 124
injury time out 87
Innumeracy 58
instant-replay review 20, 136, 137, 204, 258
instant response 268
instincts 161
insurance 162, 209
intellectual prowess 136
intent 135
intentional grounding 36, 48, 54, 76, 97, 148, 197, 198, 272
intentional incomplete pass 139, 147
intentional-incompletion “spike” play 263
intentionally batting a ball down 148
intentionally dropping the pass 148
intentional safety 2, 35, 55, 56, 63, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 92, 93, 98, 242, 271, 272
interception 50, 74, 84, 85, 208, 224
interference 197
interim pace 128, 161
interim tempo 25, 153, 154, 156, 158
interior linemen 140
Iowa 87, 220
Ismail, Rocket 23
Ivy League 24, 234
J
Jackson, Bo 220
Jackson, DeSean 227
Jackson, Jesse 183
Jacksonville 72, 141, 180, 219, 257
Jackson, Willie 141, 180
Jacobellis, Lindsey 220
Jaguars 53, 72, 82, 141, 257
James Madison 179
Jauron, Dick 207
Jenkins, Robert 39
Jennings, Brandon 38
Jericho Mount Mansfield 227
Jets 5, 15, 47, 50, 53, 59, 82, 95, 141, 148, 180, 192, 220, 225, 251
job security 3
Johnson, Dan 106
Johnson, Jimmy 74, 77
Johnson, Loren 230
Jones, Bert 24
Jones-Drew, Maurice 53, 82
Jones, Kevin 223
Jurgensen, Sonny 179
K
Kaemingk, Dan 223
Kansas City 1, 191
Kansas State 177, 224
Kasay, John 142
Katz, Ryan 217
Kavanagh, Brian 177
Kay, Joe 223
Keenan, David 130
keep-hope-alive play 75, 183, 191, 192, 196, 263
keep-it-simple-stupid 194
Kehres, Larry 218
Keller, Sam 158
Kelley, Bill 24
Kelly, Jim 100, 123, 180, 211, 247, 248, 249, 252, 253
Kendra, Dan 124
Kentucky 3, 181
K-Gun 246, 249, 252
kick lose ball out back or side of end zone 98
kickoff 23, 181, 191, 197, 207, 222
kick return 48, 192, 225
kick-return touchdown 32
Kiernan, Ryan 234
“Killer”, Keith McKeller 249
King, Andre 124
Knap, Tom 130
knee 74, 231
Kosar, Bernie 47
Kramer, Tommy 190
Krzyzewski, Mike 25
Kukahiko, Mike 129, 130
L
Labadie, Ron 83
Landry, Tom 189
Lansdale Catholic High School 190
Laramie 253
last play of a quarter 35, 73, 239, 271
last possession of every half 31
last possession of the first half 49
last possession of the game 35, 41, 242, 272
last possession of the half 18, 25, 29, 48, 58, 151, 153
last two minutes of half 101, 202, 243, 274
lateral 3, 47, 48, 62, 75, 77, 125, 155, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 196, 212, 217, 222, 225
lateraled out of bounds 124
lateral kick return 46, 145, 192
Law of Averages 26
Lawrence, Amos 208
Leach, Bobby 185
Leaf, Ryan 149
Lee, Brad 24
Leinart, Matt 24
less than eleven defenders 258
less than two minutes left in half 214
let the clock run down to :03 181
Lett, Leon 197, 219, 220, 226
Levy, Marv 100, 249, 250
Liberty Bowl 23, 102
line calls 45, 112, 130
line to gain 81, 85
Linfield 187, 218
Little Giants 191
Little, Sean 74
live-ball foul 133
Lombardi, Vince 3, 4, 21, 215
lonesome polecat 208
Long Beach State 215
Long, Chuck 220
long count 64, 245
longest NCAA drive 49
long snap 42, 72, 74, 92, 96, 97, 122, 196, 221, 246
Longwell, Ryan 195
long-yardage situation 30, 31, 80
look-in 121
loose ball 97
Los Angeles Rams 4
loss play 260
Louisiana Tech 181
Louisville 5
LSU 23, 75, 95, 164, 223
Lubick, Sonny 39, 40
Luntz, Chris 48
Lynden Christian High School 98, 222, 223
M
Machiavelli, Nicolo 4
Madden, John 20, 190, 248
Magna Doodle 105, 106, 107, 108
Maisel, Ivan 39, 43
Major League Baseball All-Star Game 50
Majors, Johnny 213
man 56
managers 264
man defender 230
Mandell, Ted 71
Mangold, Nick 192
manhood 39
Manning, Eli 225
Manningham, Mario 24
Manning, Peyton 142, 149
Manny Matsakis 43
Marchibroda, Ted 148, 251
Mare, Olindo 191
Marino, Dan 141, 219
Mariucci, Steve 128, 205
Marlin, Fred 41
Marshall, Brandon 52
Marshall, Leonard 224, 247
Martin, Curtis 76
Martz, Mike 163, 164, 213
Maryland 21, 38
mascot 220
Matsakis, Manny 106, 253
Matson, Ollie 185
maximum protection 43, 48, 54
Maynard, Brad 98
McCareins, Justin 192
McCartney, Bill 141
McDowell, Bubba 21
McElroy, Mark 246, 247, 251
McElwee, Bob 213
McGarry, Kevin 11, 67
McKeller, Keith “Killer” 249
McKenzie, Kareem 225
McMahon, Jim 74
McNabb, Donovan 227, 230
McNair, Steve 162, 212
meaningless information 109
measurement 20, 37, 72, 202, 206, 214, 263
memorized play sequence 105, 112
meniscus cartilege 222
Merchant, Larry 12
Meredith, Don 91
messenger 104, 109, 112, 268
Metcalf, Eric 186
Miami Dolphins 18, 21, 22, 47, 74, 80, 91, 141, 146, 147, 180, 190, 191, 197, 199, 219, 220
Michaels, Al 162, 198
Michigan 24, 58, 59, 82, 83, 85, 125, 148, 165, 177, 192, 207, 213, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226
Michigan State 24, 41, 206
middle of the field 194, 201
Miles, Les 164
Millen, Matt 137
Millikin College 97
Milsaps College 192
minimum-play rule 58, 59
Minnesota 21, 58, 81, 92, 144, 178, 190, 192, 210, 224
Miracle at Lubbock 185
Miracle of the Meadowlands 5, 19, 61, 64
Miramonte High School 18, 20, 190, 222, 247, 257, 266
misdirection 51, 108
Mississippi 23, 187, 217
Mississippi State 17, 93, 120, 124, 187, 217
Mississippi Valley State 120
Missouri 3, 141, 231
mistake-free football 260
Moen, Kevin 185
Moe, Peter 121, 252
Monday Night Football 190
Montana, Joe 38, 57, 210
Monte Vista High School 143
Moore, Tom 249
more versus enough 13, 53, 77, 85, 230
Morrison, Joe 73
Moss, Randy 192
Moss, Santana 220
most famous NFL touchdown 190
motion 42, 56, 100, 104, 112, 118, 130, 132, 260
motivation derangement syndrome 226
Mount Union 47, 187, 217, 218
move the chains 40
Moving the ball to the middle of the field 120
moving to the middle 194
muffed snap 92, 98, 139, 196, 197
Muhammed, Muhsin 142
Muhs, Tom 121
Mulloy, Bruce 95
multiple-lateral kick return 47, 187, 217, 218, 226
Mussberger, Brent 156
N
Nall, Craig 141
Namath, Joe 18, 105
Napa 122
Nathan, Tony 190
national championship 40, 47, 92, 216
National Federation of Interscholastic Coaches Association 42
National Football Lottery 12
National Interscholastic Coaching Affiliates Football Manual 1994 22
Navy 13, 15, 29, 41, 49, 91, 97, 104, 118, 119, 127, 128, 131, 205
NCAA 226
NCAA 2001 161
NCAA Football 2001 266, 267
NCAA Football 2002 265
NCAA Football Code 42, 87
Nebraska 84, 192, 224
Nelson, Craig T. 14
Nessler, Brad 5
Neuheisel, Rick 50, 51, 119, 122, 123, 201, 210, 251, 252
New England 18, 80, 98, 192, 197
Newman, Holly 65
New Orleans 1
New Thinking Man’s Guide to Pro Football 103, 249
New York 47
New York Giants 5, 19, 47, 61, 62, 64, 77, 97, 98, 140, 186, 189, 190, 196, 197, 222, 225, 247, 250
next-to-last play clock stoppage 46
Neyland, Bob 25, 180
NFC Division Championship 75
NFC Wild Card game 92
NFL Blitz 266
NFL Films 185
NFL Quarterback Club 268
NFL Record and Fact Book 195
NFL Week 4, 1999 1
Nguyen, Dat 38
nine men on the field 185
Niners 110
Nitschke, Ray 221
no-huddle 22, 24, 42, 109, 119, 121, 122, 123, 130, 137, 155
noise 37, 86, 124
noise time out 124
Nolan, Mike 136, 214
non-fourth-down, intentional incomplete pass after a botched field goal snap 197
Noon, Chris 188
Nordgren, Justin 130
North Carolina State 73
Northeast Louisiana 74
Northern Illinois 5
Northwestern 5, 6, 13, 68, 69, 82, 83, 125, 186, 221
Norwood, Scott 250
Notre Dame 23, 24, 38, 50, 53, 57, 74, 85, 87, 89, 95, 213, 215, 218, 221
numbering defenders 112
number of plays in a game 32
number-of-possessions battle 31
number-of-possessions margin 32
NYPD Blue 132
O
Oakland 1, 53, 73, 212
Oakland Raider 39, 207
obscene gesture 221
odd-numbered quarter 204, 205, 212
O’Donnell, Neil 142
offense 255
offensive penalty 197, 199
Official College Football Records Book 10
Official National Football League 1997 Fact & Record Book 141
Official National Football League 1998 Record & Fact Book 148
Official National Football League Record & Fact Book 180
official’s timeout 61, 86, 103, 153, 205, 208, 211, 239
offsetting penalties 225
offside 204
off-tackle play 113
Ohio State 3, 18, 40, 41, 59, 82, 119, 125, 126, 127, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 184, 203, 225, 226
Oklahoma 16, 75, 92, 96, 141, 147, 191, 195, 213, 216, 218, 246
Oklahoma Sooner Schooner 216
Oklahoma State 195
Ole Miss 164, 193
O’Neill, Pat 63
one-play two-minute drill 122
onside 45, 128, 233, 235, 240
onside kick 6, 24, 41, 74, 81, 96, 119, 129, 179, 217
option 42, 113, 146, 183, 196
Orange Bowl 92, 149, 216, 220
Oregon 50, 181, 217
Oregon State 50
orientation 237
Orton, Kyle 52
Oski 203
OSU 154, 160
Otter Valley 227
outlet receiver 54
out management 259
out of bounds 20, 24, 35, 36, 37, 38, 55, 56, 58, 61, 73, 85, 97, 103, 104, 118, 124, 125, 128, 130, 140, 155, 187, 189, 192, 195, 202, 203, 205, 206, 208, 210, 212, 226, 240, 242, 266, 271, 272
out-of-bounds play 67, 250, 257
out pass 130, 155, 156, 233
outs 259
outside-handoff reverse 260
overlapping of legs 64, 139
overtime 20, 34, 38, 58, 75, 80, 92, 93, 125, 187, 188, 195, 225, 243, 257, 259, 260
overtime coin toss 236, 263
Owens, R.C. 178
Owens, Terrell 220
owners 4
P
pace graph 40, 41, 78, 80, 99, 144, 163, 164, 208, 236, 263
Packers 5, 6, 47, 53, 54, 77, 144, 198
Palmer, Pete 22, 55, 102, 230
Panthers 47, 59, 77, 186, 195, 197, 199
Parcells, Bill 41, 119
Parcells, Don 41, 119
Pardi, Herc 2
parents 3, 227
partial game 268
Pasqualoni, Paul 231
pass 39, 40, 41, 51, 56, 123, 148, 158, 159, 163
pass back to the end zone 95
pass, blind 189
pass interference 3, 163
pass out of the end zone 76
pass play 221
P.A.T. 11, 126, 127, 131, 146, 151, 161, 183, 185, 186, 197, 205, 207, 208, 211, 213, 221, 223, 224, 231, 234, 240, 261, 269
P.A.T. card 229
Paterno, Joe 164
P.A.T. in college on last play 54
P.A.T. kick 74
P.A.T.-kick success rate 230
Patriots 15, 18, 23, 47, 58, 98, 136, 180, 188, 197, 222
Paulos, John 58
Paup, Bryce 219
pause button 267
Payback, The 217
Payton, Walter 246
Pearson, Drew 178
Peart, Chris 129
penalties 3, 20, 37, 38, 46, 47, 49, 133, 139, 147, 180, 199, 202, 203, 205, 210, 221, 260, 265
penalty decision 27, 88, 104
penalty flag 86, 87
penalty on the last play 88
Penn 95
Pennington, Chad 192
Penn State 21, 24, 164, 193, 206, 221
Percival, Mac 198
personal foul 223, 225, 226
Pete Palmer win probabilities 8
Phelan, Gerard 177
Philadelphia Eagles 1, 5, 21, 47, 64, 177, 179, 180, 190, 225, 227, 247, 252, 253
pick ’em 12, 13
Pickens, Carl 142
picking up fumbles 85
Pinney, Dan 246
pitch 233
Pitt 124, 137, 213
Pittsburgh 75, 124, 142, 145
Pittsburgh (CA) High School 2
place-kicking block 196
play-action pass 108
play-by-play 74
play call list 142, 260
play clock 27, 35, 36, 39, 43, 44, 50, 56, 59, 61, 62, 67, 103, 181, 240, 242, 254, 264, 268, 271
play-clock time 66
playing possum 80, 241
play sheet 40, 42, 54
play signals 104
plays per game 22
PlayStation 265
play until the whistle 224
Plummer, Jake 18, 126, 127, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159
pocket 197
police phonetic alphabet 122
politics 4
Portis, Clinton 191
Portland Trail Blazers 24
possession 31, 255, 256, 260
Pottinger, Lavern 22, 109
practice 15, 19, 41, 43, 44, 52, 65, 85, 132, 183, 263, 268, 269
practice script 56, 137
practice time 192
practice-time rules 161
pre-field goal clock stoppage 263
pre-field goal spike 147
pre-game discussion 135
pre-game favorite 12
prematurely assuming the play is over 223
premature mourning 224, 227
premature stoppage of the clock 24
prevent 119
Prince, The 4
Princeton 48, 185, 266, 267
principals 4
Principia College 179
probability assumptions 136
projection TV 267
Promise Keepers 141
protest 24
protractor 194
Prude, Ronnie 223
pseudo coaches 4, 14
public address microphone 269
pull the ball down and run 56
punt 10, 23, 33, 54, 56, 57, 59, 64, 72, 73, 74, 92, 94, 98, 191, 204, 206, 213, 221, 233, 269
punt block 235
punt defense 269
punter 92
punt return 191
punt slowdown 45
Purdue 75
Q
Quads two-minute offense 120
quarterback draw 204
quarterback-keep-sweep-slide 4, 35, 36, 45, 51, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 68, 69, 75, 76, 84, 86, 95, 148, 271
quarterback sneak 14, 24, 63, 74, 76, 204
quarterback-under-center 65, 96
quarter end 37
quick count 32
quick kick 235
R
radio and TV play-by-play and color men 3
radio or TV time out 37
Rafferty, Kevin 177
Raiders 58, 73, 103, 189, 190, 209, 211, 213, 226, 253
rain 105, 269
raise hell 135
Rams 23, 32, 92, 125, 162, 163, 164, 195, 197, 199, 213
Rashad, Ahmad 190
Rattay, Tim 181
Ravens 20, 22, 148, 223
read routes 122
ready-to-play whistle 36, 43, 104, 143, 206, 245, 246
Reagan, Ronald 224
realistic game 266
Redskins 46, 47, 94, 186
red zone 80, 241
Reed, Andre 180, 253
Reed, Dan 110, 124, 266, 267
Reed, Ed 223
Reed’s Rule of Play Calling 33
Reese, Jonathan 266
Reeves, Dan 4
referee’s time out 123
Reich, Frank 21, 180
Reid, Lawrence 125
Reilly, Kevin 120, 251, 252
rekick 199
retaliate 88
returner 204
return the punt 75, 191, 235
reverse 51
reverse-direction play 62
rhythm 201, 211, 250, 252, 253
Rice, Jerry 120
Richert, John 66
Richmond 188
Richt, Mark 226
Ricks, Aaron 246
Ritzert, Joe 187, 218
Rivers, Robert 221
Robinson, Damien 220
Robinson, Eddie 265
Rockne, Knute 3
Rodgers, Derrick 184
Rodgers, Jeff 198
Rodgers, Richard 185
Roethlisberger, Ben 75
Rose Bowl 18, 40, 41, 44, 50, 82, 119, 125, 127, 149, 154, 158, 159, 161, 184, 203
Rose, Caleb 223
Ross, Butch 66
roughing the passer 223, 225, 230
Royal, Darrell 14
Roye, Orpheus 188
rubber block 196
Rudd, Dwayne 191, 222
Rudy (the movie) 215
Ruettiger, Rudy 215
rugby 192
Rule of Thirds 26
rules challenge 86
Rules committee 78
run and pass plays 181
run block 247
running play 39, 40, 41, 51, 56, 163, 241, 260
running up the score 77
Russell, Gary 58
Rutgers University 112
Ryan, Buddy 77, 92, 94
S
Saban, Nick 75
sack 40, 76, 123, 128, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 181, 195, 210, 211, 212, 213, 221, 230
safety 6, 10, 14, 16, 17, 57, 62, 64, 68, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 122, 135, 221, 223, 263
Saints 142, 184, 220, 221
salary cap 264
Salpointe High 223
Sanders, Deion 62
Sanders, Randy 100
San Diego 190, 195, 198
San Diego State 247, 252, 253, 256
San Francisco 49ers 25, 125, 136, 142, 178, 196, 211, 212, 220
San Leandro 260
San Ramon Bears 91, 122
San Ramon Valley High School 143, 144
Sapp, Warren 223
Schenck, Mike 221
Schnellenberger, Howard 22, 250
Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director 121, 234
school board 4
score before half 79
scoreboard 161, 264
scoring probability 30
scoring rate 20, 230
Scott, Bo 189
Scott, Brad 114, 247, 248
scout film 122
scouting 33, 107
scout team 251
scramble 158, 187
scrimmage kick 93, 269
script in practice 125
Seattle Seahawks 20, 212, 213
second half 29
Semaphore signal system 111
Senser, Joe 190
Shawnee Mission High School 218
Shawnee Mission South 65, 66
shift 42, 100, 104, 112, 118, 130, 132, 204, 260
Shockey, Jeremy 225
Shore Regional High School 63, 64, 218
short punt 65
short-yardage situation 30, 31, 102
shotgun 42, 65, 139, 208, 212, 247
sideline 100
sideline warning 86, 202, 206
Sievers, Todd 220
signals system 111
Sigrist, Matt 222
silent cadence 114
silent snap 246
Silicon Valley Bowl 66, 145, 146, 147
Simonton, Tom 188
simulated slowdown period 44
simulators 265
single wing 42, 65, 108, 122, 196, 246
situation 132, 264, 268
slide 85, 125
Slocum, R.C. 265
slow clock operator 23
slowdown 6, 16, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 64, 79, 80, 82, 145, 151, 153, 154, 156, 159, 160, 161, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 213, 250, 253, 254, 255, 257, 263, 268, 269
slowdown field goal 46
slowdown on kickoff 45
slowdown on kick return 45
slowdown punt 46
slowdown punt return 46
slowdown safety 95
slowdown timeout 44, 56, 205
Smith, Antowain 84, 85
Smith, Brad 192
Smith, Derek 184
Smith, Homer 62, 69, 78
Smith, Jamel 230
Smith, LeKevin 84
Smith, Myron 233, 234, 235
Smith, Rod 191
Smith, Troy 226
SMU 74, 185
snap 58, 104
snap count 32, 39, 118, 119, 121, 252, 260
snap fast 257, 258
snap to end-of-play whistle 103
sneak 81, 143, 246
snowboarder cross 220
Snyder, Bruce 40, 44, 155, 156, 158, 159, 161, 210
solitaire 268
Solwold, Mike 221
Sooner Schooner 216
Sorge, West Point swim instructor 267
South Carolina 41, 114, 122, 247, 248
Specht, Greg 181
special teams 6, 36, 258, 268
speed 249
speeded-up slowdown 268
spike 128, 194
spiking 6, 17, 19, 23, 24, 47, 48, 53, 73, 76, 83, 118, 124, 130, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 162, 187, 195, 196, 197, 206, 207, 209, 222, 230, 257, 263
spikitis 144, 146
Sporting News 215
Sports Illustrated 16, 39, 42, 59, 100, 159
Sports Illustrated for Kids 246
sportsmanship 42, 78, 218
sports radio talk show 3
sports writers 3
sprint-out 54
sprint-out scramble 204
squeeze-bunt syndrome 78
squib 45, 186, 187, 218, 240
Stallworth, Brian 181
stamina 249, 254
stance 130
Stanford 2, 3, 27, 46, 53, 77, 85, 89, 145, 183, 185, 209, 216, 217, 223, 249, 264
Stanford band 3, 46, 185, 217, 225
stats 27, 63
Staubach, Roger 41, 119
Steele, Kevin 2
Steelers 83, 91, 124, 142, 188, 189, 213, 222, 249
Stewart, Kordell 177, 180
Stichweh, Rollie 119
St. John Fisher College 120
St. John’s College 217, 224
St. Louis 21
St. Mary’s College 10, 11, 54
Stofko, Greg 218
Stokley, Brandon 52, 187
stopped-clock first down 57
stop-the-clock play 38, 100, 201, 254
Strack, Richard 120, 252
strategy 266
streak 2
stripping 56, 75, 81, 84, 152
Strock, Don 190
stroke 223
strut 52
stunts 251
Styron, Craig 179
substitutions 130, 201, 251
sudden death 195, 236, 260
sudden no-huddle 245
Sugar Bowl 185
Sundance Kid 248
Sunday Night Football 220
Super Bowl 6, 41, 48, 246, 249, 250, 255
Super Bowl III 50, 105
Super Bowl XXVII 219
Super Bowl XXXII 54, 136
Super Bowl XXXIV 72, 162, 164
Super Bowl XXXVI 23, 197
Super Bowl XXXVIII 192, 197
superintendent 4
Superman Syndrome 248, 251
Supino, Peter 222
surprise 32, 79, 119, 156, 163, 188, 257
Sutherland, Jeff 227
sweep 75, 80
sweep-slide period 66, 72, 73, 81, 84, 85, 87, 97, 110
sweep-slide play 62, 63, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 203, 206, 221
sweep-slide table 86
swinging-gate 208
Swinson, Randy 124
Switzer, Barry 216
sycophantic assistants 226
Sykes, Will 246
Syracuse 96, 216, 230
T
Tait, John 191, 222
take-a-knee formation 64
take a knee on the fly 61, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84
take-a-knee period 2, 6, 7, 10, 45, 46, 53, 55, 61, 63, 66, 75, 77, 79, 81, 85, 188
take-a-knee play 14, 35, 36, 37, 49, 51, 52, 53, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 74, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 110, 212, 231, 242, 263, 271, 272
take-a-knee point 5, 11
take-a-knee team 58
takeaway 245, 260
takeway touchdown 32
Tampa Bay 1, 21, 53, 74, 84, 136, 140, 185, 223, 265
Tarkenton, Fran 190
Taubert, Jim 41
taunt 52, 187
TCU 76, 141
team orientation 63
team owners 4
team room 267
tee 196, 234
Teeter, Bill 120
Temple 177
tempo 122
Tempo 7
Tempo rules 31
Tempo-selection rules 28
tendency 12, 102
ten men on the field 208
Tennessee 72, 111, 130, 149, 162, 180, 212, 225
Tennessee Titans 32, 47, 72, 77, 83, 100, 145, 162, 163, 187, 211, 212, 225
Tepper, Lou 51
terminal zigging 123, 125, 141, 148, 179, 192, 263
Testaverde, Vinny 148
Texans 225
Texas 14, 15, 96
Texas A&M 38, 40, 203, 218, 265
Texas Tech 43, 84, 106, 185, 203, 226, 253
Theder, Roger 108
THE Game 24
The Play 225
They Call Me Coach 219
think about it time out 211
third down 196
Thomas, Anthony 82
Thomas More College 218
Thomas, Thurman 211, 253
Thorn, John 8, 22
three-point stance 257
throwback 185
throwback play 230
throw the ball away 54, 56
tie 13, 61, 81, 98, 99, 151, 187, 195
tie breaker 78
tight end 223
Tiller, Joe 93
time of day 267
time of possession 27, 32, 250, 256
timeout 10, 19, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 44, 46, 47, 49, 53, 57, 61, 66, 72, 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 97, 98, 120, 141, 144, 145, 146, 148, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, 181, 186, 187, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212, 213, 217, 218, 222, 223, 230, 241, 252, 253, 257, 259, 263, 268, 272, 274
timeout-calling window 203
timeout hierarchy 130
tip 179
tip-off 204
too many men on the field 251, 252
Toronto Raptors 24
total offense 255
touchback 46, 72, 137, 190, 191, 198, 227, 235
touchdown 81, 151
touched the ground 197
Townsend, Deshea 124
track lap counter 106
Tramaglini, Richard 63
trap 141
trick play 257
tricky 143
Trinity University 192
trip 187
trips no-huddle offense 121
Tuberville 17, 93
Tucson High 223
Tulane 3
Turin, Italy 220
Turley, Kyle 220, 221
Turner, Cecil 198
turnover 11, 152, 217, 252, 256, 260
turnover avoidance 19
turn the ball over on downs 74
TV coaches 3
TV-radio time out 86
TV sports talk show hosts 3
TV-VCR 268
twelve men on the field 213
twitch 266
two-minute drill 5, 6, 19, 42, 55, 104, 105, 112, 114, 119, 122, 130, 206, 209, 210, 250, 251, 252, 269
two-minute offense 252
two-minute warning 35, 37, 49, 56, 73, 74, 81, 85, 86, 148, 210, 239, 240, 241
two-play kick or punt return 245
two-play-kick-return-friendly-side-sweep 257
two-point conversion 13, 93, 180, 181, 216, 219, 221, 222, 229, 230, 236
two-point run back by the defense 230
two-point stance 130, 245, 257
two-point touchdown 230
U
UCLA 38, 39, 100, 181
unbalanced-line 122
underdog 13, 99, 102, 239
unexpected formation 208
Unitas, Johnny 180
University of Houston 25, 57
University of Minnesota 249
University of North Carolina 208
University of San Diego 10, 67
UNLV 2, 61
unpiling 35, 41, 55, 56, 104, 271
unsportsmanlike conduct 3, 17, 42, 88, 133, 191, 213, 216, 217, 218, 221, 222, 226, 267
untimed down 97, 131, 191, 198, 205, 222, 225, 241
untimed free-kick play 95
untimed P.A.T. down 158
unusual action or inaction 88
unusual delay 86
Upper Perkiomen High School 190
upright and inbounds 55, 56, 263
USA Today 63, 218
USC 24, 41, 76, 144, 181, 217
USD 10, 11
V
Vanderbilt 181, 224
Vanderjagt, Mike 75
Varrichione, Frank 87
Vataha, Collin 222
Vataha, Randy 222
veer 25, 57, 120
Ventura, Jesse 100
Vermiel, Dick 126, 127, 159
victory formation 5, 64
video 27
video game 161, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269
Vietnam 108
Vikings 47, 81, 144, 179, 190, 192
Villegas, Nathan 217
Vincelli, Pete 63
Virginia 148
Virginia Tech 71, 203, 230
visual ‘audibles’ 147
Vlasic, Mark 220
volleyball 211
vomit 230
W
wait for defender before crossing goal line 263
wake-up call 114, 246
Waldrop, Ken 41
walk-away 224
Walker, Kenyatta 223
Walnut Heights Knights 14
Walsh, Bill 4, 27, 77, 129, 190, 198, 210, 264
Warner, Kurt 213
warning 37
warn the officials 143
warp-speed, no-huddle 22, 43, 58, 105, 107, 112, 113, 118, 122, 123, 246, 248, 253, 255, 257, 263
Washburn (ND) High School 121, 252
Washington 21, 50, 122, 123, 146, 147, 186, 201, 216, 251, 252
Washington, Leon 192
Washington State 149
water 201
weather 267
Weatherbie, Charlie 13
wedge 122
Weitharn, Brian 48, 227
Wersching, Ray 198, 211
Westbrook, Michael 177, 220
Westhampton Beach (NY) High School 121
West Point 25, 265, 267
West Virginia 124, 213
What you emphasize you achieve. 227
What you tolerate you encourage. 221
whistle 143, 224
white board 105
whole-game clock management 13, 131
whole-game, hurry-up 87, 123, 246, 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 255, 256, 257
whole-game, warp-speed, no-huddle 211
WI 194
Wichita High School Southeast 106
Wickersham, Seth 136
wide right kick 250
Wieber, Sean 83
Wiggins, Jermaine 224
Wiggins, Paul 216
Wilkinson, Bud 50, 96, 213, 246
William & Mary 71, 203
Williams 222
Williams, Erik 140
Williams, Moe 192
Williamson, Brent 72
Willingham, Tyrone 2, 85
Wilson, Cedrick 125
Wilson, Dahlin 130
wind 45, 57, 87, 233, 239, 241, 243, 259, 263
wind direction 233
wind speed 236
wind-the-clock 37
wind-the-clock motion 67
wind-the-clock signal 133
windy-day practice 236
wing-T 122
Wing-T from A to Z: The Base Plan 112
winning is not enough 4
winning percentage 255
Winona State 22, 233, 234
win probability 7, 15, 29, 55, 57, 99, 102, 136, 230, 236, 239
win streak 50, 98, 246
Wisconsin 5, 6, 13, 68, 69, 71, 92, 125, 186, 221
Wise, Mike 124
Wooden, John 219
Wooten, Mike 129
working assumptions 136
wrist coaches 121
wrist plan 106, 121
wrist-watch time 240
wrong-way play 107
www.condellpark.com/kd/reactiontime.htm 115
www.dallasnews.com 219
www.espn.com 192
www.homersmithfootball.com 281
www.johntreed. com 28
www.johntreed.com/coaching.html ii
www.nfhs.org 49, 281
www.nfl.com 125, 191, 219
www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20020908_KC@CLE 222
www.nfl.com/stats 62, 72, 73, 142, 145, 211, 212
www.nfl.com/stats/1998/week14/gamebook/nygari/GBPlayByPlay 1.html 98
www.nfl.com/stats/1999/week4/gamebook/tensfo/GBPlayByPlay1.html 212
www.nfl.com/stats/1999/week6/gamebook/mindet/GBPlayByPlay1.html 144
www.scores.nfl.com 74, 143
www.superbowl.com 219
www.theolympian.com/home/news/20021201/sportssection/18714.shtml 223
www.youtube.com 192
www.youtube.com/v/N1JpJ53FbXg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en 227
Wyatt, Patrick 189
Wyche, Sam 254
Wyoming 93, 221, 253
Y
Yale 24, 124, 177, 233, 235
yards after catch 179
yards at catch 179
yards per play 30, 99, 255
Yastrzemski, Carl 50
yellow flag 227
Yeoman, Bill 25, 57
Yepremian, Garo 196
Youth Baseball Coaching 78, 259
youth football 58, 231
youth league board 3
Z
zig zagging 45, 137
Zimmerman, Paul 103, 108, 163, 189, 190, 209, 249
zone blocking 113
zone pass coverage 56
Symbols
1.00 7
1.10 31, 33
1.10 Exception (d) 136, 257
1.20 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 48, 49, 53, 62, 72, 73, 81, 84, 153, 155, 254, 271
1.20(o) 98
1.20(o)(2) 92
1.20(u) 24
1.21 47, 48, 62, 197
2.00 7
2.01 7
2.02 61, 83
2-point conversion 212
3.00 2, 53, 61, 62, 74, 81
3.01 61
3.02 82, 83, 84, 272
3-2-5-a-8 124
3-4-3 124
4.00 95, 107, 113, 131, 160, 202
4.00(b)(2) 111
4.00(r) 48, 190, 191
4.00(u) 24
4.10 102
4th-down hard count 205
4th-&-short 204
4th & short failed hard count 204
5.20 153, 274
6.00 229
6.00 (4) 231
7-2-1 124
10-second runoff 124
40-second play clock 37, 43, 47
49er 78
49ers 21, 26, 196, 211, 212, 223
86 throwback pass to the tight end 14
100 Greatest Touchdowns 180, 185, 189, 190
2006 Winter Olympics 220