College Football 101: A Beginner’s Guide
So you would like to become an NCAA football fan, but the game itself is a bit strange to you? Don’t feel bad. With so much information to keep track of from week to week, even the most seasons fans must catch up on the college football predictions before enjoying their favorite game.
College football is a lot like professional football. Let’s cover the fundamentals. In a football game there is both an offense and a defense. The offense generally has ownership of the football, and therefore is able to score, while the defense tries to keep the offense from putting the football into the end zone. Teams alternate roles from offense to defense after a certain amount of time to give both an equal opportunity to score. The offense or defense is decided prior to the start of the game by a coin toss. The away team is afforded the chance to call the coin toss. A team usually scores points solely when it is on offense. The task of the offensive team is to make their way into the other team’s territory and bring the ball to the endzone.
There are two ways to advance the ball through the field either by running the ball or passing it to a receiver who, after receiving the ball, runs with it until he either reaches the endzone or is tackled by an opposing player.
The defense, on the other hand, is tasked to prevent the offense from scoring. They thwart the efforts of the offensive players by snuffing out their attempts at scoring. Defensive players cover the offensive players, often tackling the one who is holding the ball. The defense should do whatever it takes to stop the ball from moving forward. By taking down the ball-carrier, the defense can sometimes even move the ball backward. Once in a while the defense manages to take down the quarterback while the football is still in his posession. This is known as a sack. As with professional football, the team that scores the most points emerges victorious.
It’s just that easy. So now you can wow your friends with your in depth college football knowledge.
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