# Help! First American Football Game - need tips

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-first-american-football-game-need-tips/545902>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 7, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-first-american-football-game-need-tips/545902 "2010-07-07T22:14:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Fat\_Marrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@Fat\_Marrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Marrow)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-first-american-football-game-need-tips/545902/21 "2010-07-12T22:06:17Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> On the other hand, we may need to address your desire to mix Jack with anything, much less Coke. 🙂

My celebratory post game drink was a nice large glass of Jack’s single barrel silver select with just a bit of ice! mmmmmmm

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**Author:** ![Fat\_Marrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@Fat\_Marrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Marrow)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-first-american-football-game-need-tips/545902/22 "2010-07-12T22:08:22Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Out of curiosity, how big are you?

6’0 265 (but an unexercised, bad diet 265!)

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-first-american-football-game-need-tips/545902/23 "2010-07-13T00:16:36Z")

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Oh, that’s all right. Guards are supposed to be fatties. If you’re going to play tackle you’re supposed to be a bit more athletic, though.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-first-american-football-game-need-tips/545902/24 "2010-07-13T00:58:09Z")

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> [@Fat\_Marrow](#):
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> I was takled from behind for the first time trying to close down their return - That has to be the single most scary moment for me - tips on how to stay braced for them would be good.

Why would anyone be tackling you when you don’t have the ball? Do you mean you got hit/blocked from behind? That probably should have been flagged as a clipping penalty. 15 yards, I think from the spot of the foul, on a kickoff.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-first-american-football-game-need-tips/545902/25 "2010-07-24T04:47:33Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> Why would anyone be tackling you when you don’t have the ball? Do you mean you got hit/blocked from behind? That probably should have been flagged as a clipping penalty. 15 yards, I think from the spot of the foul, on a kickoff.

My thoughts exactly.

Did you actually get tackled on defense?

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