Jaguars Football Fever

Hey everybody! Football finished with a bang last weekend. I got to see several local coaches get the old Gatorade dump. That’s because Kansas City enjoyed one of its most successful state championship weekends. Six out of nine metro teams won the big one, even freakier … those teams finished undefeated.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full […]

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Buffalo was guilty of having too many players on the field during a punt after the Jaguars’ first offensive series stalled. The penalty gave the Jags a first down at midfield. On the next play, Jacksonville’s Fred Taylor bolted through the line of scrimmage untouched and left Buffalo’s defenders in his rear-view mirror en route […]

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The cupboard won’t be bare when Martin County’s three high schools get ready for the 2008 football season beginning with spring practice in a few months.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Yesterday was an important one in the history of the Jacksonville Jaguars: It marked the first time I have ever watched one of their games from beginning to end. I just can’t get used to the idea that the NFL has a franchise in Jacksonville, and I’ll bet that very few people outside Jacksonville can, […]

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GOLDBERG ON FOOTBALL: On a day of parity, Patriots look beatable.,Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Washington Redskins football player Sean Taylor is shown before the start of a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla., in August.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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After a three-day break in their practice schedule, the Indianapolis Colts returned to the practice field Monday with their sights set on this week’s big divisional showdown with the Jacksonville Jaguars.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Fred Taylor ran for a season-high 104 yards and a touchdown, Josh Scobee kicked five field goals and the Jaguars routed the visiting Bills, 36-14, yesterday.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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By Tom James THE TRIBUNE STAR (TERRE HAUTE, Ind.) After a three-day break in their practice schedule, the Indianapolis Colts returned to the practice field Monday with their sights set on this week’s big divisional showdown with the Jacksonville Jaguars.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Vallejo’s Jesse Bethel High School football team is thankful for more than its second-round playoff game at Corbus Field tonight. Win or lose, the players are learning they can still make a difference in the lives of others less fortunate.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Sunday’s game between the Jaguars and the Buffalo Bills will not be televised in the Jacksonville area.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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The Bills defense wants to avoid a rundown against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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FOOTBALL STANDINGS AFC East East THURSDAY’S GAMES Green Bay 37, Detroit 26 Dallas 34, N.Y. Jets 3 Indianapolis 31, Atlanta 13 TODAY’S GAMES Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, 1 Oakland at Kansas City, 1Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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The Jacksonville Jaguars are hot on the field.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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When this Jaguars season is finally over, whether it’s in December or January or maybe even February, it will be easy to look back and identify the team’s greatest attribute. It won’t be the running game, even though Fred Taylor and Maurice Drew continue to shine, and it won’t be David Garrard, even though he’s […]

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – No NFL team plays caveman football better than the Jacksonville Jaguars. Knock you down and drag you along the turf – that’s the Jaguars’ style.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Winners of three of their past four games, the Jaguars have kept themselves in striking distance of AFC South leader Indianapolis. Jags QB David Garrard (65.7 percent, 8 TDs, zero INTs) is back putting up 100-point rating games and faces a defense ranked 31st. After a series of injuries to their quarterbacks, the Bills have […]

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Do you believe in improbables? The Bethel High football team is making believers out of everybody these days, advancing to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III final with a 29-24 victory over Del Campo on Friday night.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Since 1972, only 11 area football teams have reached the state semifinals. Yet Friday night, six local teams have a chance to join that list. Three Gaston and three Lincoln schools remain alive in the football playoffs, an unprecedented run of postseason success. The only time two local teams made the semifinals in the same […]

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THE GOAL has been the same since the beginning of the season for Garnet Valley’s football team: Get back to the PIAA District 1 Class AAA championship. The Jaguars made school history last year by winning their first district title. Now, they’re in a position to repeat when the Jags travel to Pottsgrove Friday night […]

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Former FLORIDA TODAY copy editor Frank Ochoa-Gonzales shares his expertise on fantasy football.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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This story is about a saxophone, a tattoo and a father with a football.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Ricky Dansdill finished what he started, and DeSmet finished Fort Zumwalt West’s season.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Johnson High coach Harold Wells would have a hard time selling his football team through the want ads. “Beat up, worn out and everybody’s hurt,” he said of the 10th-ranked Jaguars.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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The numbers the Thomas Jefferson football program generates are just astonishing.  read more » Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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A pretty fair matchup here. Both teams have been ranked No. 1 in Class 5A at some point of the season. And while the Lions haven’t lost this season, the Jaguars haven’t lost since Week 4. The Lions put plenty of points on the board.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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JACKSONVILLE, FL — After the turkey is done the television goes on. It’s time to talk football and slowly burn off those calories. We’re going to tell you about a great way to do it, and you don’t have to go too far.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Ricky Dansdill finished what he started, and DeSmet finished Fort Zumwalt West’s season.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Coming into this season, the Tri-Cities Prep football team had only made the playoffs once. That trip to state was last year, and the Jaguars lost in the first round to Touchet.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Jaguars MLB Mike Peterson will have surgery to repair his broken right hand, but Coach Jack Del Rio is not inclined to play him again until Peterson is able to use his hand to tackle. Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Zak Saevre was just named an All-Conference guard for Ashwaubenon’s football team but he’s looking for a big finish to his high school career as a heavyweight wrestler.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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The Jacksonville Jaguars have played without seven starters already this season. The eighth one might be tougher to replace than any of the others.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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JACKSONVILLE, FL — One day after releasing quarterback Todd Bouman, the Jaguars replaced him on the roster with veteran safety Lamont Thompson. Thompson, who played college football at Washington State, was a second round pick in the 2002 NFL Draft by the Bengals.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Westmoore had a solid plan. The Jaguars wanted to rough up Jenks with some hard-nosed, physical football and keep the Trojans’ offense on the sideline.In theory, it was the right way to take on the defending state champions.However, all plans go out the window when faced with the overwhelming presence of a 21-0 first quarter […]

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Sophomore quarterback Taylor Congdon threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score to lead Pleasant Grove High School over Davis 28-14 in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I football playoffs at Sheldon High School on Friday.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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For the second consecutive year, the Jaguars of West Des Moines clinched the top spot in their national youth tackle football competition.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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The Johnson High football team didn’t have to ponder the “what ifs?” The Jaguars weren’t left wondering how they couldn’t turn Fort Payne’s seven turnovers into a Class 5A playoff victory, or wondering why they couldn’t avoid another rash of penalties that led to a demoralizing loss.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Jaguars quarterback David Garrard practiced with the first-team offense Wednesday, the latest step in his return to the starting lineup. Garrard missed the last three games after spraining his left ankle Oct. 22 against Indianapolis. The Jaguars, who went 2-1 with Quinn Gray under center, expect Garrard back Sunday against San Diego. “He’s one of […]

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When Mark Littrell became the head football coach at Olathe South before the 1998 season, he chose a junior high coach named Pete Flood to be his offensive coordinator.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jaguars quarterback David Garrard practised with the first-team offence Wednesday, the latest step in his return to the starting lineup.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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