3afan
10-25-2005, 07:37 AM
Back east a few of the colleges play SPRINT FOOTBALL. What is it? Here's an explanation from the Cornell U. web site ::
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WHAT IS SPRINT FOOTBALL?
Division I Football for the outstanding student football player who weighs less than 175 pounds
Sprint football is Division I varsity collegiate football. Sprint football has the same rules as all collegiate football, except that every player must weigh no more than 172 pounds both Monday and Wednesday every week of the season. This leads to philosophical differences in the sport. "It's not a faster game, but it is a much quicker game," said Cornell head coach Terry Cullen. "The players are all the same size." This is a fast, hard-hitting brand of football. Sprint football brings the game back to fundamentals. The focus is on technique and execution, not simply bulking up. Sprint teams regularly beat varsity JV teams, even when facing 300 pounders.
"It gives the smaller athlete an opportunity to play football," said Collegiate Sprint Football League commissioner Gene Taylor.
"The players are overachievers and all are highly motivated," said Cullen. "Overcoming size differentials on a football field and excellence in the classroom are the norm in this sport."
Cornell is one of five teams currently in the CSFL, along with Army, Navy, Pennsylvania and Princeton. Sprint football truly embodies the student-athlete ideal-an academic star and an elite football player.
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Collegiate Sprint Football League link (http://sprintfootball.com/index.html)
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WHAT IS SPRINT FOOTBALL?
Division I Football for the outstanding student football player who weighs less than 175 pounds
Sprint football is Division I varsity collegiate football. Sprint football has the same rules as all collegiate football, except that every player must weigh no more than 172 pounds both Monday and Wednesday every week of the season. This leads to philosophical differences in the sport. "It's not a faster game, but it is a much quicker game," said Cornell head coach Terry Cullen. "The players are all the same size." This is a fast, hard-hitting brand of football. Sprint football brings the game back to fundamentals. The focus is on technique and execution, not simply bulking up. Sprint teams regularly beat varsity JV teams, even when facing 300 pounders.
"It gives the smaller athlete an opportunity to play football," said Collegiate Sprint Football League commissioner Gene Taylor.
"The players are overachievers and all are highly motivated," said Cullen. "Overcoming size differentials on a football field and excellence in the classroom are the norm in this sport."
Cornell is one of five teams currently in the CSFL, along with Army, Navy, Pennsylvania and Princeton. Sprint football truly embodies the student-athlete ideal-an academic star and an elite football player.
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Collegiate Sprint Football League link (http://sprintfootball.com/index.html)