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Offline clearwall

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Re: Anyone work 6-man football?
« Reply #25 on: October 05, 2012, 08:28:12 AM »
If I'm not mistaken, 6-man is only in Texas, correct? If so, it's one more way we are unique and good luck getting anyone to give THAT up.  FlAg1

Offline Welpe

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Re: Anyone work 6-man football?
« Reply #26 on: October 05, 2012, 08:58:05 AM »
If I'm not mistaken

You are. There are at least a couple of other states playing six man including Colorado and Nebraska.

Offline TxSkyBolt

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Re: Anyone work 6-man football?
« Reply #27 on: October 05, 2012, 10:55:47 AM »
 It was invented in 1934 by a coach in Nebraska. Currently Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyoming, Alabama and in parts of Canada they have 6-man football.  But with 183 6-man teams in Texas, they lead the nation.
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Online JasonTX

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Re: Anyone work 6-man football?
« Reply #28 on: October 05, 2012, 11:36:54 PM »
That's what I've been told.  I will report back how it turns out this weekend.

The game went smooth.  At the end of the first half using 11 man rules the score was 7-0 in favor of the normal 11 man team.  The other team transitioned to 11 man pretty well.  Their defense was very solid.  Then for the second half we did 6 man.  The normal 11 man team had a hard time playing defense.  The final was 46 to 21 with the 6 man team winning.  The difference in the game was one teams ability to transition on defense.   

Offline James

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Re: Anyone work 6-man football?
« Reply #29 on: October 08, 2012, 12:19:28 AM »
As an experiment on transitioning, I have always wondered how a game between two well matched teams would go with one half playing Canadian and one half American rules.
I expect the biggest adjustment would actually be the play calling of the coaches, most of the individual positions have similar jobs.