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Quarterback
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A quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the team and line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is considered the leader of the offensive team. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually the leader of the offense, the quarterback touches the ball on almost every offensive play, and his successes and failures can have a significant impact on the fortunes of his team. Accordingly, the quarterback is among the most glorified and scrutinized positions in team sports, prior to each play, the quarterback will usually tell the rest of his team which play the team will run. After the team is lined up, the center will pass the ball back to the quarterback, usually on a running play, the quarterback will then hand or pitch the ball backwards to a half back or full back. On a passing play, the quarterback is almost always the responsible for trying to throw the ball downfield to an eligible receiver downfield. Depending on the scheme by his team, the quarterbacks role can vary. While quarterbacks in Canadian football need to be able to throw the ball often, in the NFL, quarterbacks are required to wear a uniform number between 1 and 19. In the CFL, the quarterback can wear any number from 0 to 49 and 70 to 99. Because of their numbering, quarterbacks are eligible receivers in the NCAA, NFHS, after a Super Bowl victory, the starting quarterback is the first player to be presented with the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The starting quarterback of the victorious Super Bowl team is chosen for the Im going to Disney World. Campaign, whether they are the Super Bowl MVP or not, examples include Joe Montana, Trent Dilfer, Dilfer was chosen even though teammate Ray Lewis was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV, due to the bad publicity from Lewis murder trial the prior year. In addition to their role, quarterbacks are occasionally used in other roles. Most teams utilize a backup quarterback as their holder on placekicks, in the Wildcat, a formation where a halfback lines up behind the center and the quarterback lines up out wide, the quarterback can be used as a receiving target or a blocker. A more rare use for a quarterback is to punt the ball himself, Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway was known to perform quick kicks occasionally, typically when the Broncos were facing a third-and-long situation. As Roger Staubachs back-up, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Danny White was also the teams punter, ascending the starting role upon Staubachs retirement, White held his position as the teams punter for several seasons—a double duty he performed to All-American standard at Arizona State University. White also had two touchdown receptions as a Dallas Cowboy, both from the halfback option, if quarterbacks are uncomfortable with the formation the defense is using, they may call an audible change to their play
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McDonald, Pennsylvania
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McDonald is a borough in Allegheny and Washington counties in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania,18 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. In the past, factories of bottles, oil-well drilling tools, flour-mill products, oil and coal were and still are procured in the area. The population was 2,149 at the 2010 census, of this,1,766 were in Washington County, and 383 were in Allegheny County. McDonalds government includes a mayor, an elected seven-member borough council. The boroughs tax collector is also elected, the mayor, council members and tax collector are all elected to four-year terms. All of the seats are at-large. The borough is served by the Fort Cherry School District, McDonald is located at 40°22′12″N 80°13′58″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has an area of 0.5 square miles. None of the area is covered with water, as of the census of 2010, there were 2,149 people,383 of whom resided in the Allegheny county part of the borough,1,766 of whom resided in the Washington County part of the borough. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,281 people,1,021 households, the population density was 4,387.3 people per square mile. There were 1,134 housing units at a density of 2,181.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 92. 15% White,6. 31% African American,0. 13% Native American,0. 04% Asian,0. 09% Pacific Islander,0. 18% from other races, and 1. 10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 26% of the population,36. 4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the family size was 2.90. In the borough the population was out, with 21. 6% under the age of 18,6. 8% from 18 to 24,28. 6% from 25 to 44,23. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males, the median income for a household in the borough was $33,239, and the median income for a family was $45,878. Males had an income of $35,484 versus $25,039 for females
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Fort Cherry School District
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Fort Cherry School District is a small, rural public school district located in southwestern Pennsylvania. It covers a portion of suburban Pittsburgh and some outlying rural areas, the district serves students in a 58-square-mile area that includes the towns of McDonald and Midway and the village of Hickory, as well as the townships of Robinson and Mount Pleasant. According to a 2008 local census, it serves a resident population of 8,878, the residents per capita income was $17,963, while median family income was $45,688. Fort Cherry School District received more than $8.9 million in funding in school year 2007-08. Established in 1959, this area was previously a fort created and inhabited by Tom Cherry and this fort was eventually torn down to create Fort Cherry High School, with Fort Cherry Elementary Center eventually being added next to the high school. It examined the school website for information regarding, taxes. In 2011, the district ranked 230th of 498 Pennsylvania school district. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for math, reading, writing,2010 - 259th 2009 - 268th 2008 - 306th 2007 - 337th out of 501 school district for student academic achievement. In 2009, the achievement of the students of the Fort Cherry School District was in the bottom 51st percentile among 500 Pennsylvania school districts. Scale - In 2011, the Fort Cherry School Districts graduation rate was 95%, in 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate. Fort Cherry High Schools rate was 81% for 2010,2010 - 89%2009 - 90%2008 - 87%2007 - 87% In 2011, Fort Cherry Senior High School declined to Warning AYP status due to lagging student achievement. In 2009 and 2010, the school achieved AYP status under the federal No Child Left Behind law, 11th Grade Reading,2011 - 72% on grade level. State -69. 1% of 11th graders are on grade level, State - 65% 11th Grade Math,2011 - 64%, on grade level. In Pennsylvania,60. 3% of 11th graders are on grade level, in Pennsylvania, 59% of 11th graders are on grade level. State - 53% 11th Grade Science,2011 - 49% on grade level, State - 40% of 11th graders were on grade level. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a college in Pennsylvania. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing a degree, only one in three graduate in three years. By law, all Pennsylvania secondary school students must complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate high school
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Coffeyville Community College
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Coffeyville Community College is a community college located in Coffeyville, Kansas, United States. Coffeyville Community College is a member of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference, Coffeyville Community College offers football, basketball, baseball, softball, cross country, track and field, golf, volleyball, rodeo, and soccer. The official school colors are red and white, the mascot is the Red Raven. Their athletics teams are known as the Red Ravens and Lady Ravens, Coffeyville Community College was established in 1923, and was among the first such institutions to be chartered by the State of Kansas. It was founded at the request of the voters of the Coffeyville school district to provide two years of college for students who, at time, had graduated from Coffeyville High School. From the beginning, the College has been advised by the University of Kansas, together, they developed the various courses and departments at the College. Since that time, the College has maintained a relationship with the University of Kansas. In 1965, the College became a member of the State System of Public Junior Colleges, soon after, the voters of the southern one-half of Montgomery County voted to expand the college district to include the entire southern half of the county instead of just the City of Coffeyville. The first Board of Trustees was elected in 1967, in 1980, the College name was officially changed to Coffeyville Community College by an act of the State Legislature. In 2001, the Southeast Kansas Area Vocational Technical School merged with Coffeyville Community College, Coffeyville Community College has sent forty-eight players to the NFL over the years
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Miami Hurricanes football
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The Miami Hurricanes football team represents the University of Miami in the sport of American football. The Hurricanes compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, the program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships. Miami is ranked fourth on the list of All-time Associated Press National Poll Championships, tied with Southern California and Ohio State and behind Alabama, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma. Miami also holds a number of NFL Draft records, including most first round selections in a single draft, two Hurricanes have won the Heisman Trophy and nine have been inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame. The team plays its games at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The Hurricanes are currently coached by Mark Richt, UM began with just a freshman football team in 1926. Its first game was played on October 23,1926, a 7–0 win over Rollins College before 304 fans, under the guidance of head coach Howard P. Buck, the freshman team posted a perfect 8–0 record in its inaugural season. Two of the wins were against the University of Havana, one on Thanksgiving Day in Miami, Miamis last home game at of the season featured a first, the first Hurricane football game played on New Years Day against Howard at Miamis University Stadium. Varsity competition began in 1927, with Miami beating Rollins 39–3 in its first game and going on to a 3–6–1 record. The team improved to 4–4–1 in 1928, but it was not enough for Buck to keep his job, rixs arrival was funded by a group of local businessmen. That off-season, the program, which competed as an independent during its first two years of existence, joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association,1929 saw Miami play its first varsity road game, and Rix led the team to its first winning season, going 3–2. His tenure, however, was short-lived, off-campus financing for the dried up in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash. Ernest Brett replaced Rix, and in 1930, Miami played Temple in its first game outside the South, losing 34–0 to the Owls in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On October 31,1930, the Hurricanes played in one of the nations first night games vs. Bowden College in Miami, Brett only lasted one year, and Tom McCann became the programs fourth head coach in 1931. Under McCann, the program experienced its most successful seasons to that point. After a difficult first year, Miami put together a record in 1932 and served as host to the inaugural Palm Festival. A 5–1–2 campaign and another Palm Festival berth followed in 1933, and in 1934, in 1935, a group of Miami football supporters sought to hire Red Grange as coach. However, the move was vetoed by President Bowman Foster Ashe, instead Irl Tubbs took over as head coach in 1935, and though Miami compiled an 11–5–2 record in his two seasons, it did not play in a bowl in either year
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William Paterson University
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William Paterson University, officially The William Paterson University of New Jersey, is an American public university located in Wayne, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1855, William Paterson is the second oldest of the nine colleges and universities in New Jersey. William Paterson offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees through its five academic colleges, during the fall 2016 semester,9,103 undergraduate students and 1,480 graduate students were enrolled. William Paterson is the sixth largest producer of college graduates in New Jersey, in 2016, the University graduated more than 2,500 students. It is the third most diverse university in New Jersey. William Paterson University is located on a 370-acre hilly, wooded campus in northern New Jersey in the town of Wayne. New York City is 20 miles to the east, the Jersey Shore is a drive south, skiing is 30 miles north. William Paterson University was founded in 1855 as the Paterson City Normal School, for more than a century, training teachers for New Jersey schools was its exclusive mission. In 1951, the University moved to the present campus, originally known as Ailsa Farms, the site was purchased by the State of New Jersey in 1948 from the family of Garret Hobart, twenty-fourth vice president of the United States. The original manor house was built in 1877 in the style of a castle, and was the home of John McCullough and it was later purchased, enlarged and made the weekend retreat and summer residence of the Hobart family. Today the building is known as Hobart Manor and is home of the Office of the President, Hobart Manor was designated a national and state landmark in 1976. The building is reported to have sightings of ghosts from time to time, the University changed its name to Paterson State Teachers College when it relocated from Paterson in 1951. In 1966, the curriculum was expanded to include degree offerings other than leading to a teaching career. In 1971, it was renamed The William Paterson College of New Jersey, the Commission on Higher Education in June 1997 granted William Paterson university status. Dr. Kathleen Waldron, the president of Baruch College. She took office August 2,2010 to replace the retiring Arnold Speert, the Cotsakos College of Business, named in honor of Dr. Students may also pursue a certificate in early childhood, elementary, secondary, and special education. Pre-professional programs are available in dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, pharmacology, physical therapy, William Paterson counts 41 Fulbright scholars among its faculty. The David and Lorraine Cheng Library is the academic center of William Paterson University
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Michigan State Spartans football
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The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. The Spartans are members of the Big Ten Conference, Michigan State claims a total of six national championships, the AP Poll voted Michigan State as national champion one time. They have been named national champions twice in the Coaches Poll, the Spartans have also won two Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships and nine Big Ten championships. The Spartans home games are played at Spartan Stadium, which is located on the university campus. Spartan Stadium has ranked among the NCAAs Top 25 in attendance for 59 consecutive seasons, the Spartans current coach, Mark Dantonio was hired on November 27,2006. The teams iconic Spartan helmet logo has been ranked as one of the games best, starting as a club sport in 1885, football gained varsity status in 1896. Previously, in 1884, Albion College and Michigan Agricultural had played in the first intercollegiate football game held within the state of Michigan, the MIAAs other charter members included Albion, Olivet and Hillsdale Colleges. The Associations first season of football was in 1894 which by then also included Eastern Michigan University and Alma College. In those early years the MAC Aggies could only accomplish one outright league football championship, the first decade of the 20th Century generally saw the MIAA and MAC being dominated by either Albion or Olivet Colleges. MSU left the league and became an Independent in 1907, chester Brewer revolutionized the football program during three different stints as head coach, 1903–10,1917, and 1919. Considered a defensive genius, his teams posted shutouts in 49 of the 88 games he coached, john Macklin took over as head coach in 1911 and owned a winning percentage of.853, which is the highest in Michigan State history. Jim Crowley, one of Notre Dame’s immortal Four Horsemen, served as the football coach at Michigan State from 1929 to 1933. Charlie Bachman, another Notre Dame alumnus, succeeded Jim Crowley as head coach at Michigan State. A teammate of Knute Rockne, Bachman employed the Notre Dame system, Clarence Lester Biggie Munn took over as head coach of Michigan State from Charlie Bachman in 1947. His 1951 and 1952 squads won national championships, Munn retired from coaching in 1953 to assume duties as Michigan States athletic director, a position he held until 1971. Each year, the Michigan State Spartans football team out the Biggie Munn Award to the teams most motivational player. MSUs Munn Ice Arena, built in 1974, is named in his honor, Munn was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1959, and, in 1961, he became Michigan States first inductee into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. He authored the coaching textbook Michigan State Multiple Offense in 1953, MSU initially offered to let Notre Dame take 80 percent of the gate, but Cavanaugh insisted they split the receipts down the middle
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Tulane Green Wave football
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The Tulane Green Wave football team represents Tulane University in the sport of American football. The Green Wave compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as a member of the American Athletic Conference, the football team is coached by Willie Fritz, and plays its home games in Yulman Stadium on its campus in Uptown New Orleans. The Green Wave have played their games in Yulman Stadium on its Uptown campus since 2014. Prior to that season, Tulane played home games in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome for nearly 40 seasons, because Tulanes campus is landlocked within Uptown New Orleans, Yulman is tightly fit within its athletic footprint and directly abutting the surrounding neighborhood. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 spectators and was constructed with the ability to expand, the Tulane University Marching Band was founded in 1920 as a military band. It dissolved shortly after the move to the Superdome in the 1970s. The TUMB performs at home games each fall and in Mardi Gras parades each spring, riptide the Pelican debuted in 1998 with the re-branding of Tulane athletics. Prior to that, the school used an angry wave nicknamed Gumby by fans, Tulanes biggest and oldest rival was LSU. It began in 1893 with a 34–0 Green Wave victory over the Tigers, the teams stopped meeting every year in the Battle for the Flag in 2009. Between 1979 and 1982, Tulane won three out of four games against the Tigers, the 1982 win was the last win to date, the two schools stopped playing annually after the 1994 game, however, they have met six times since. LSU lead the series 69–22–7 and won 45 of the final 50 games, as a condition of the broken series agreement made in 2006, a potential future game will be played in a future season in New Orleans. Known as the Battle for the Bell, Tulanes rivalry with Southern Miss was played yearly from 1979 until 2006, as a result of Conference USA splitting into East and West divisions in 2005, the game was played two out of every four years. The rivalry is paused indefinitely as a result of Tulanes move to The American Athletic Conference in 2014, Tulane has won nine conference football championships in four different conferences. Its three Southeastern Conference titles are more than seven current members of the SEC, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M, records current as of November 27,2015 Tulane has had 19 players named to first-team All-America teams. Of those 19, five were consensus selections, with one being a unanimous selection, the team has had 39 head coaches and 1 interim head coach since Tulane began playing football in 1893. While Tommy Bowden led the 1998 team to a perfect 11–0 regular season, six coaches led the team to conference championships, Clark Shaughnessy, Bernie Bierman, Ted Cox, Red Dawson, Henry E. Frnka, and Tommy Bowden. Clark Shaughnessy and Chris Scelfo are tied as the leaders in games coached at Tulane with 94 each. Clark Shaughnessy is the leader in years coached and total wins
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LSU Tigers football
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The LSU Tigers football program, also known as the Fighting Tigers, represents Louisiana State University in the sport of American football. The Tigers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, LSU ended the 2015 season with 770 victories, the 12th most in NCAA Division I FBS history, and the 4th most of any SEC team, behind Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. The Tigers also have the 11th highest winning percentage among teams with at least 1,000 games played, LSU has won three National Championships in 1958,2003 and 2007. LSU has been featured in a game with ESPN College GameDay on location a total of 25 times, the Tigers have now made at least one appearance on the show every season since 2003. In recent years, LSU has had a number of players drafted into the National Football League. As of the beginning of the 2016 NFL season, there were 42 former LSU players on active rosters in the NFL, Louisiana State University played its first football game in school history on November 25,1893, losing to rival Tulane in the first intercollegiate contest in Louisiana. The game sparked a rivalry between the Tigers and the Green Wave that has lasted generations, the Tigers were coached by university professor Dr. Charles E. Coates, known for his work in the chemistry of sugar. Future Louisiana governor Ruffin G. Pleasant was the quarterback and captain of the LSU team, in the first game against Tulane, LSU football players wore purple and gold ribbons on their uniforms. According to legend, purple and gold were chosen because they were Mardi Gras colors, the rules of play in 1893 were more like rugby than what might be considered modern football. LSU achieved its first victory by beating Natchez Athletic Club 26–0 in 1894, samuel Marmaduke Dinwidie Clark has the honor of scoring the very first touchdown in LSU history. The first football game played on the LSU campus was at State Field on December 3,1894, LSUs only touchdown in that game was scored by the head coach, Albert Simmons. This was the first year of play for William S. Slaughter who lettered as an end for 5 years, Slaughter was LSUs first five time football letterman. By 1895, LSU had its first win in Baton Rouge, Coach Allen Jeardeau returned for his second but final year at LSU in 1897 for two games in Baton Rouge. A yellow fever outbreak throughout the South caused the postponement of LSUs classes starting, another outbreak of yellow fever similar to the one in 1897 caused LSU to play only one game in 1898. By the time LSU was able to play its game of the season, Allen Jeardeau had departed from the school as head football coach. The job of coach then fell to the captain, Edmond Chavanne. New coach John P. Gregg led the Tigers to a 1–4 season in 1899, the only wins were in an exhibition game against a high school team—which LSU does not officially record as a win—and against rival, Tulane. Chavanne was rehired in 1900, posting a 2–2 record and he was replaced by W. S. Borland as head coach in 1901, who led the team to a successful 5–1 season
