Coach Shawn

Excellent! I used that thought when I created my Boston College team…ie. The “Flutie Hail Mary”.

I have always enjoyed reading posts. You love for the game is obvious and I hope you save these articles to reread in the future. I enjoy reliving past seasons by reviewing my game sheets and stats. For my part I must admit that for last few months I have not been very active on the board.

Well if you want to use the same ratio you could add half of the #1 stick to your ball placement when pressure is achieved. or just add the 13/16” that is used for tje buzz ball sized sticks.

I have a RG and LG that I sub in when I need a solid pocket to pass from. They both use dual dial bases and are adjusted to move forward at an oblique towards the center. I tweaked them to decent strength, though my starters are stronger. I also will use the to oblique out depending on where i need blocking. I think the oblique setting is the most useful for me, but I have had success with dual dial loopers also.

They look great. I used Beenutt figures for my Boise State team and am very pleased with them.

I pivot then place the sticks. To me this represents the receiver making his “cut” on his route. I do not allow pivots after the catch. This I believe matches the TAP rules. I do however, allow the QB to throwaway the ball. In fact I use that as a stat for the defense (ie. How many forced throwaways the defense can accrue).

I was referring to the magnetic field covers. Those appear to be the peel and stick kind,

I have been waiting for these. I can’t find them on the website though?? Anyone?

I enjoy sacks and pressures. using stick passing allows you to add pressure on the QB as a stat. If pressure is achieved you add an extra measure to your target ball placement thus making it a more difficult completion.

Well said. My EF philosophy is to do that…set up the play and then let the players on the field perform. Multi stop is definitely a legit method to play but it is not my preference. I think it would increase the game duration and then, at least in solitaire, I would be responsible for multiple decisions for both teams every play.

Yes, we trim them as small as possible, however, we have a clock running for setting up your formation so in the rush to beat the clock we get a little sloppy with the placement of the felt pad.

We use felt under the base to create a standstill player. Our rule is that the felt is part of the base. So if it sticks out and is touched it is equal to touching the base.

Had a question about the first play here. It looks like the QB’s drop back is stopped by the Shamrocks looper and they are in contact. Wouldn’t that have been a sack?

Wow. The game opened with a bang! Loved the Shamrocks first play from scrimmage, it is epic. Beautiful blocking and the runner slips just inside the looper. At this point it looked to me like his angle would take him out of bounds but he makes the corner and breaks it down to the 1 yard line! great videos and as usual some awesome and interesting plays.

I hope the Stadium becomes available again. I definitely want it. Other purchases kept taking priority but I have placed the stadium at the top of my buy list,

GTO has a strong running game. The linemen do a great job of opening holes. The hoosiers managed to halt that over time drive which surprised me. The GTO looked like they were going downfield with ease. The FG was a good was to end it though. Fo you include a chance to block the FG?

Nice, it potentially rewards the defender for an outstanding hit, but leaves room for the QBs athleticism to avoid falling.

Another factor would be what kind of scrambling rules you have. My rule is once the offense stops the field to check for an open receiver then the QB must pass, which may be a throwaway pass if he is out of the pocket, or he can choose to run the ball. The QB cannot be pivoted to run. The defense is allowed to pivot all non-engaged figures.

It looks like your QB is in a freeze frame, thus “standstill “. This helps see all the implications. The fallen player is effectively “blocking” and preventing the sack (and likely a safety). I do not remove fallen players. If this was my league the QB is still free to pass if he has an open receiver. If he cannot or chooses not to pass (a safety is cheaper than a pick six) then it is a coverage sack. Since he is in the pocket he cannot throw the ball away.

In my league When a receiver falls he can stand back up and he is still a valid target, however, the orange stick is added to whatever passing stick is called for. For the fallen QB the same rule would apply. So the QB could still pass but the orange stick would increase the ball marker placement. Now you have me thinking..,should the QB that has been placed upright be allowed to run with the ball? I’ll have to think about that.

By placing the RB behind the standstill QB he hoped to gain several advantages; First he ends up with what is, in effect, an extra standstill player. Once the RB contacts the QB he usually stops. This leaves the RB in position for the short red stick pass if no one else gets open. This backfired at least once when the RB hit the QB but did not stop, but instead he pushed the QB forward and my line got a sack. Second, It also forces me to guard against him using the RB to run the ball. I believe he abandoned this practice after that season. Thanks again for the compliments. It was an exciting game. I need to get TB v and VI edited and put on youtube. I won TB V in overtime and Lost TB VI on the last play of regulation!! Very exciting games.

Yes! It is so fun to relive those EF moments. video is also very instructive. You can slow down the playback and really see what happened. Even better, you can see how the play might have gone better if only this guy was angled this way or that, etc.

Those look nice. Maybe I need to paint my early Tudor teams. I just have two teams of this style

Okay. My scanner could not connect to my phone so I had to take photos and put them together. Not great but will at least let you guys see the booklet. The original is normal paper size. I apparently bought it from Tudor in 1978. The copyright is dated 1976. I will get a good scan as soon as I can. in the meantime I hope this version is useful. Also sorry but as a kid I put notes on the pages.8ManEF.pdf

When my brother and I played in the 70’s and 80’s we only had a Tudor 500 field and a Coleco field to use. The Coleco was bigger than the 500 but we still used both fields. Due to the field size we decided to play 8 man football. In fact Tudor sold a paper booklet full of info on plays to run using 8 man football formations. I still have it and will try to post it to this board if I can get it scanned. My memory recalls the author was Brian Hainline (?).