Tue Sep 27, 2011, 03:40pm
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Archaic Power Monger
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 5,983
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Originally Posted by oncelost77
How many times on an on-side kick, fumble, etc... have you seen someone that you thought clearly had the ball but when the "digger" clears everyone out, he doesn't? I can say that I have seen this a lot, at all levels, and that is why we don't give it to the guy who looks like he has it. I teach my players to wrap it up on the bottom of a pile and hold on for dear life. If someone takes it from them under the pile, then they didn't really have it or they are just too weak and don't deserve it.
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Absolutely and that's just part of the game. That's why we bother to dig the ball out.
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