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Whats the diff in a tailback and halfback?
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slobberknocker
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I think there's a difference. Sounds like something out of a wishbone offense, or when a team uses 3 backs in the backfield. But I don't know which back would go where. Maybe Spatts or IronLion knows.
the nature boy
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I'm guessing the tailback has no fullback blocking for him and is alone in the backfield.
Tarheel
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I totally forgot about pass catching.
I'm pretty sure Warrick Dunn is a halfback. I wonder if Jerome Bettis is a halfback (he almost always has a blocker and rarely catches passes) or a tailback (he's nearly fullback sized by RB standards).
Often Mike Alstott is called a combo tailback/fullback, he catches passes sometimes and runs out of the singleback formation somtimes.
I'm pretty sure Warrick Dunn is a halfback. I wonder if Jerome Bettis is a halfback (he almost always has a blocker and rarely catches passes) or a tailback (he's nearly fullback sized by RB standards).
Often Mike Alstott is called a combo tailback/fullback, he catches passes sometimes and runs out of the singleback formation somtimes.
Dial_tone hit it. It's based on formations and that leads to the players ability
Wishbone - 3 backs (1 full back and 2 half backs)
T formation - 2 backs (half backs)
I formation - 1 full back, 1 half back.
Typically a full back is about 20 - 30 pounds heavier than the half back and is a forward power runner. The Tail back is more agil runs better slants, sweeps and off tackle routes and catches better than the full back.
Wishbone - 3 backs (1 full back and 2 half backs)
T formation - 2 backs (half backs)
I formation - 1 full back, 1 half back.
Typically a full back is about 20 - 30 pounds heavier than the half back and is a forward power runner. The Tail back is more agil runs better slants, sweeps and off tackle routes and catches better than the full back.
FreeballinDC
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Dial_tone said:
LOL, would your coaches have a different opinion of you now, since you've got some size on ya? Or do you think you'd still be pulled from the lineup?
If my coaches had seen me even 2 years later they would've freaked out. I had put on 20 lbs of muscle in my first year of college. It was the first chance I got to lift year round. I actually was a decent football player; I was known for being a hard hitter but I didn't have Barry Sanders agility.
I considered playing college but my school won the D-III nat'l championship my freshmen year then moved to D-II because nobody would play them. That meant scholarship players so I ran track instead.
I considered playing college but my school won the D-III nat'l championship my freshmen year then moved to D-II because nobody would play them. That meant scholarship players so I ran track instead.
My best memory from football was not of a long touchdown run, but the time that we were playing a high school team that Brian Bosworth played on. I don't remember Bosworth, but they had an all state defensive tackle named Jerry Grumbine, weighed 275.
We ran a pass play and I took a fake handoff out of the I formation, I had a burst of speed, plus I was very strong at 165 pds., I put my facemast right in Grumbine's chest and knocked him right on his ass. I heard him scream out in pain on his way down. I'll never forget it.
We ran a pass play and I took a fake handoff out of the I formation, I had a burst of speed, plus I was very strong at 165 pds., I put my facemast right in Grumbine's chest and knocked him right on his ass. I heard him scream out in pain on his way down. I'll never forget it.
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anabolicmd
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biteme said:
I never heard of him, did he end up anywhere?
the nature boy
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Bullit said:
that's a biased score.
the nature boy
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Bullit said:
all of these scores make me want to take a #2.
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