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Why CAF Should Not Continue to Thrive on Partiality

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The confederation of African Football (CAF) is supposed to be a detribalized, impartial, fair and just umbrella body of football administration in Africa. Unfortunately recent developments in the continent have shown that the body that is supposed to treat everyone equally is actually bias when it comes to certain players and certain football federations. To start with, Nigeria’s Samuel Okwaraji died at the national stadium in Lagos on the 12th of August 1989 while playing in the CAF/FIFA organized world cup qualifying match between Nigeria and Angola, and that was …

A Story From The Stands – What Have Former Nebraska Football Players Learned From The Game – Janssen

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THE BALLAD OF AN UNSUNG HERO If you are a devout Husker fan, get out your tape of the 1972 National Championship game with Alabama. Fast foreword to the last play of the first quarter and you’ll find Johnny Rodgers galloping down the field for a 77 yard Nebraska touchdown. Watch carefully as the wall forms and three Husker defensive linemen take out seven Alabama players and spring Johnny for another of his famous “put ‘em in the aisles” runs. But today isn’t Johnny’s day. It belongs to one of …

Coaching Youth Football – Offensive Line

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The offensive lineman is the unsung hero of any good offense. He is not always recognized as the hero of the game. But without him the backs can’t run anywhere. NO line, NO scoring, NO winning. This tells me the better the offensive line the better the team. The offensive line is a team within a team. They have to play as a unit from left end to right end. They can and should help each other. They MUST work together. The offensive lineman must have the determination and the …