TIME OUT: Annual Meeting of the NCAA Rules Committee

Submitted by RogersRedding on Feb 15, 2012 at 2:47pm
Periodically, Rogers Redding, the national coordinator of College Football Officiating, will provide insights about rules changes and the mindset of college football referees. The CFO is the national professional organization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level.

TIME OUT: Holding Officials Accountable

Submitted by RogersRedding on Jan 3, 2012 at 4:53pm
Periodically, Rogers Redding, the national coordinator of College Football Officiating, will provide insights about rules changes and the mindset of college football referees. The CFO is the national professional organization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level.

TIME OUT: Safeties and Touchbacks - What's the Difference?

Submitted by RogersRedding on Dec 2, 2011 at 2:22pm
Periodically, Rogers Redding, the national coordinator of College Football Officiating, will provide insights about rules changes and the mindset of college football referees. The CFO is the national professional organization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level.

TIME OUT: Fake Field Goals

Submitted by RogersRedding on Nov 1, 2011 at 2:50pm
Periodically, Rogers Redding, the national coordinator of College Football Officiating, will provide insights about rules changes and the mindset of college football referees. The CFO is the national professional organization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level.

Instant Replay: How the Process Works

Submitted by RogersRedding on Oct 20, 2011 at 11:36am
Periodically, Rogers Redding, the national coordinator of College Football Officiating, will provide insights about rules changes and the mindset of college football referees. The CFO is the national professional organization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level. In our last column we discussed the people involved in Instant Replay for college football. Today we see how the review process works.

Explaining Instant Replay

Submitted by RogersRedding on Oct 20, 2011 at 11:35am
Periodically, Rogers Redding, the national coordinator of College Football Officiating, will provide insights about rules changes and the mindset of college football referees. The CFO is the national professional organization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level.

Safety in Numbers

Submitted by LouPrato on Oct 11, 2011 at 11:46am
Here are a couple of little known historical facts about Penn State's famous plain and simple football uniforms you probably didn't know.In 1908, when numbers were first used by two college teams, Penn State played one of those teams in the last game of the season, and for the first time numbers appeared on Penn State's jerseys.

The Crew In Striped Shirts: Breaking Down the Positions

Submitted by RogersRedding on Oct 4, 2011 at 11:13am
Periodically, Rogers Redding, the national coordinator of College Football Officiating, will provide insights about rules changes and the mindset of college football referees. The CFO is the national professional organization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level.

New Rules: 10-Second Runoff

Submitted by RogersRedding on Sep 16, 2011 at 3:11pm
Periodically, Rogers Redding, the national coordinator of College Football Officiating, will provide insights about rules changes and the mindset of college football referees. The CFO is the national professional organization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level.An important new rule in college football for 2011 is the 10-second runoff. This is a special rule designed to prevent a team from gaining a clock advantage by…

New Rules: Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Submitted by RogersRedding on Sep 8, 2011 at 3:19pm
Periodically, Rogers Redding, the national coordinator of College Football Officiating, will provide insights about rules changes and the mindset of college football referees. The CFO is the national professional organization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level.

The 74th Oil Bowl: A view from both sides

Submitted by GeraldBrence on Jun 13, 2011 at 12:49pm
I grew up in Oklahoma and always wanted to play in the Oil Bowl but never got the opportunity. Then I moved to Texas and coached high school football and wanted to coach in the Oil Bowl but never did. My two oldest sons didn't get to play in the game either.

Blogging the Kili Bowl: The Climb

Submitted by EJWalter on Jun 8, 2011 at 11:35am
You can see video and photos of the climb here.Read the game story from the Kilimanjaro Bowl.

Blogging the Kili Bowl: Daily Log

Submitted by EJWalter on May 20, 2011 at 11:05am
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Blogging the Kili Bowl: Issue 5

Submitted by EJWalter on May 19, 2011 at 3:29pm
As we prepare for lift off it all of the sudden becomes real: Practices to get our heads right, meetings to fill out some paperwork, the list goes on and on with the necessary "t" crossing and "i" dotting. But in no less than 8 hours we will be on the road to history.Some sad news; in the practices this week 2 of our players got concussions. They will still travel with the team and most likely participate in the game but the task of climbing the mountain…

Blogging the Kili Bowl: Issue 4

Submitted by EJWalter on May 10, 2011 at 2:00pm
The school year is drawing to a close and the trip is coming fast. It is hard to believe in only a matter of days I will be on my way to Africa. It seems surreal. The time flew by. I can still remember the feeling of being told of this great experience for the first time.

Blogging the Kili Bowl: Issue 3

Submitted by EJWalter on May 3, 2011 at 2:17pm
The academic school year is drawing to a close and I am finding myself buried in papers and tests to write and study for. As a student-athlete it gets difficult to balance the workloads of school and the team, especially after taking an extra course to coincide with our Africa trip. But despite the difficulty balancing these things, Drake holds us to a higher academic standard, rather than the NCAA mandated 1.8 GPA. We require a 2.2 GPA. We honor each…

Blogging the Kili Bowl: Issue 2

Submitted by EJWalter on Apr 26, 2011 at 2:29pm
A huge part of our success, and really the focal point of our team, lies in the impact we are trying to leave on our school, our community, and with the upcoming trip to Africa, the world. “Impact Men” is what it says at the top of our list of goals for our program. To be an impact man is to serve the community selflessly, to bring a positive influence into the lives of those involved with our program, and to carry that positive influence into the outreach…

Blogging the Kili Bowl: Issue 1

Submitted by EJWalter on Apr 18, 2011 at 3:25pm
The first ever game of college American Football to be played on African soil will kick off on Saturday, May 21, when the city of Arusha in Tanzania hosts the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl. The historic game will match the Drake University Bulldogs against an all-star college team from Mexico, the CONADEIP all-stars.In addition to competing on the football field, members of both teams will undertake a series of projects to benefit the local community while…

Tracking the 2010 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class

Submitted by ZBarnett on Feb 4, 2011 at 6:05pm
 As hard as it may be to believe, it's been three months since we honored our 16-member National Scholar-Athlete class at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York. Since then, the Scholar-Athletes have completed their college football carriers and moved on to the next chapter in their lives. For many of our 2010 class, their post-dinner activities meant playing in bowl games and preparing for April's NFL Draft. Before we examine the Scholar-Athletes' draft…

Welcome to the new National Football Foundation website

Submitted by KRodriguez on Feb 3, 2011 at 3:53pm
I am extremely proud to say that we have accomplished something great by launching this next generation website. The Foundation has put an immense amount of time and energy into this process and it has finally come to fruition.Our biggest hope is that you have a positive experience on our site and we are going to do everything in our power to make sure that happens. We will have interesting and relevant news stories and exciting video clips and podcasts. We…

A Higher Purpose

Submitted by Steve Hatchell on Jan 31, 2011 at 3:44pm
We all love sports, and based on TV ratings our country especially loves football. The drama and excitement of a game captures our imagination and certainly provides an entertainment value rivaled by few mediums. However, the value of football extends far beyond a form of entertainment, and this is where the National Football Foundation finds its purpose.