DO Wins 28-9. For DO, that will be 28 games in 2 years. Since 2-4, Casey leads them on a 7 game run to Title Game @ Sac State!

Del Oro holds Patt on a 4th & 5 on the 6. DO takes over on 6

2:50 left. DO 28-9. Patt driving. 1&10 @ DO 13

Folsom leads Buhach 42-20; Grant up on St. Mary's 17-8; MTrail up GBay 22-17, though GB driving #beepreps

Patterson scores on 1yd QB keeper. 28-9. DO blocks pat

Grant leads StM 17-8 after 3; Folsom leads Buhach 34-14; GBay leads MT 23-14; PGrove leads Lodi 55-23 (PG's Mark Jenkins 309, 5 TD)

Beginning 4th. DO 28-3.

Beginning of 3rd. DO Received and R on the move. DO 28-3

Mark Jenkins has 230 yards,4 TDs and PG leads Lodi 34-17 at half;Shaq Thompson and Ference Lange both out for Grant

#21 Andri intercepts. 2nd play from scrimmage #5 (soph-jv) runs 74 yd TD. DO 28-3

Big Moe just sat down on DO sideline. #10 Bertrando just picked it on 10yd line and ran it back. DO 21-3

DO punts, patterson fumbles it on 7. 1st play Andri#21 punches it in. DO 14-3

sb_joedavidson: Stunner early at Grant: St. Mary's uses trick play TD pass to QB Walding for 8-0 lead in 2nd. Also a safety. #beepreps

Above the Snub

National cameras are rolling. Thousands of fans are looking on. You know this. The opposing coach offers a hand shake. You refuse. What happens?

Regardless of what the turmoil is at the moment, sportsmanship includes a handshake to the offered and extended hand.

HERE IS THE INSANITY

Character Combine coaches and players...please live above the snub.

JAS

The Ride Premiers on MTV

The Ride is a new program on MTV2 that premiers Saturday. The Ride is shot in the venue called Football University. Eight HS QB's seek a shot at starting in the US ARMY HS BOWL.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE RIDE PROFILE

I love that our many of our area QB's would have dominated the competition.

Give em Jimmy!

Give em Dano!

Sacramento represent!

"Fess Up or Fail"

Busted is not even a strong enough word. Two-hundred students at the University of Central Florida were caught cheating. The 1/3 ratio stunned the professor who has each student's testing digital thumbprint has come up with a solution: Fess Up or Fail.



One student's opinion of "you'd be hard pressed to find someone in this testing lab who hasn't cheated. Everyone cheats."

Mull it over. Check with yourself. Ask your players. Play the story for them and get their feedback. Then ask them questions to lead them to greater understanding.

jas

Georigia D Coordinator shouts “You’re gonna [bleepin'] choke!”

Georgia D Coordinator shouts “You’re gonna [bleepin'] choke!” while grabbing his throat to opposing team's kicker as he lines up for a field goal.
“I’m aware of it and I’ll just say that emotions run high and people do things that they probably wish they didn’t do,” Head Coach Richt says.


Coaches, let's coach to encourage and inspire. Think twice when you may want to curse out that ref or even opposing team. Be examples to those you are leading!

Check out full story here. http://tiny.cc/ex2ci

Creativity Changes Everything

Sometimes the mind creates parameters. Self imposed rules of what "must be" based on what has always "been." Teams think because its always been done a certain way, it must be against the rules to mix it up.

A friend of mine is an incredible coach in Louisiana. He once said to me "the rules define the time of the game and the dimensions of the field. Everything else is up to me."

Granted there is movement, procedure and a few other items that make the playing field level, but creativity can change the score.

Take this video for instance:



Mark your calendars...Sacramento's Character Combine is April 30! Registration begins February 1.

Peace.

JAS

CIF HS FOOTBALL BRACKETS POSTED

The CIF HS Football Playoff Brackets are up.

CLICK HERE

Lets do this.

JAS

The Hardest On the Planet

It is known as the hardest on the planet. Badwater.

135 Miles.

135 Degree Heat.

Many have asked how we faired running, pacing, and crewing the last of 3 races in Ray Sanchez' pursuit of the elusive Badwater World Cup.

This video shows a level of pain, endurance, and tenacity that words can't describe.



Moving forward, don't lose site that in addition to these three races, in between, he raced an unheard of 20 other races. An insane year for Ray. An insane year for Be Change.

Today, look to your horizon. Look for the audacious. Then go for it.

Jharp

Small Man Makes Big Impact

The NFL is notorious for monster sized players. Often its thought,"if they are bigger, then they are better."

Its not the case here.

Only listed at 5'7" and 150 means he is probably 5'6" and 145. Again, bigger?

Let him run.

Coaches. Think inclusion. Think of the players that are waiting to hear that they too have the potential to be great...through you.


Much hope.

You Quit On a Play? GET FIRED!

Randy Moss is drama. He quits on a play and the Vikes said, "where done."

Good riddance.

Go be a slacker on someone else's millions.

Here is the whole story from yahoo sports.

Pass it on to all the prep stars who think hustle doesn't matter.

Camo'd Competition

The Army unveiled their new uniforms as they make a push towards a bowl bid.

Donned in complete a 'complete camo' set-up. Hoping it would, and it did, help propel them to a 29-7 win over Virginia Military Institute. Now at a 5-3, they are one win from securing an automatic birth i n the Armed Forces Bowl. This season may be their best showing since 1996.

For Character Combine, we support the men and women of the armed forces. Recently, Character Combine solidified a strong partnership with Battle at the Capital weekend football showcase. The Battle at the Capital is a 6-game series over the 2-days of Labor Day Weekend, 2011. The Battle at the Capital pits top teams on a performance platform of high value exposure for some of the West Coast's top football players.

Over the course of 2-days, thousands of fans pack into see a complete 'bowl-game' experience at the beginning of the season. Sports vendors, all branches of the Armed Forces, a cheerleader showcase, and Character Awards are just a small portion of the weekend's festivities.

As the premier football showcase event on tne West Coast, BAC brings awareness to the service and sacrifice of our soldiers, top-notch football, and raises significant funds for the Wounded Warriors Project. The Wounded Warrior Project assures that soldiers upon their return are cared for physically, emotionally, and where needed financially.






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