Section 16 of a Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges by Henry L. Williams and Amos Alonzo Stagg. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Section 16. Signals In the modern game of football it is absolutely necessary that before each play a signal should be given, which will inform every man on the team of the movement about to be executed. Every player has a special duty to perform each time the ball is snapped, and unless he is informed beforehand of the evolution intended, it will be impossible to render the requisite assistance. It is of equal importance that the opposing team should be kept an absolute ignorance in regard to the intention of the play, so that they may not anticipate and thwart it. That code of signals will be best, then, which will indicate in the simplest manner the play intended, while at the same time being unintelligible to opponents. Too frequently such a complicated system of signals is adopted that the players themselves become confused, or at least are unable to comprehend the order upon the instant, and the momentary delay thus caused proves a great disadvantage. There is far less likelihood that the opposing team will be informed by the signal what play is intended, than that they shall discover its possible direction by the position assumed or nervousness betrayed by some one of the backs or rushers. There are three systems of signals which have a practical value, sign signals, word signals, and number signals. Sign signals possess one advantage which neither of the other two can claim. They can be understood with readiness and the most deafening cheering from the sidelines. It often happens that the cheering is so continuous at critical moments during the great matches, where many thousand people are assembled, that for several moments the play is almost paralyzed on the account of the inability of the captain to make his orders heard. It is readily perceived what an advantage it would be to have a code of signals which would direct the play rapidly and unerringly at such a time. On the other hand, there is, perhaps, more danger that the opposing team may notice and soon learn to understand signs than when spoken signals are used, for it is necessary that each man on the side shall look at the quarterback or captain at the time when he gives the signal. Usually this will be when the men are lining up, and this will of necessity attract more or less attention to what it is expressly desired to cover up. Every team would do well, however, to have a complete system of sign signals which they can use at critical times in case of emergency. The following extract from a code once in operation will furnish suggestions which will enable any ingenious captain to devise a practical set. Pull up trousers on right side, R-H between C and R-G. Pull up trousers on left side, L-H between C and L-G. Right hand on right thigh, R-H between R-G and R-T. Right hand on left thigh, R-H between L-G and L-T. Right hand on right knee, R-H between R-T and R-E. Right hand on left knee, R-H between L-T and L-E. Right hand on collar on right side, R-H around R-E. Right hand on collar on left side, R-H around L-E. Right hand on chin, R-T around between L-G and L-T. Right hand on right hip, R-E around the L-E. Pull on jacket lacings, kick down the field. Similar motions with the left hand will direct corresponding plays in the opposite direction. The motions should be made so naturally that they will not attract attention, but in deciding upon movements care should be taken not to select those which will be used involuntarily, unless signals be given sometimes without intention. The system of world signals peculiar expressions such as, brace up now, now brace, hold your men hard, tear up this line, we must do better now, and the like, introduced by the captain with a few offhand sentences before each play, direct the next movement. Again, speaking to the left tackle may indicate that the left half-back is to run around the right end, each man being made to indicate a different evolution, and a word of encouragement or blame thus be made the signal for the next play. Perhaps the system of signalling by numbers is most simple and satisfactory, for it admits of a great variety of combinations, and the key will not be readily detected. Sometimes a long sequence of numbers are called out, the signal being conveyed by the first two or three, and the others being added merely to mystify the opposing side, but a combination of three numbers is rather preferable. A very simple code may be arranged in which each opening is given a number, and each play or a number. The combination of two numbers then will indicate the man who is to receive the ball, and the opening through which he is to pass, while the third will be called for the sake of deception. For example, we will suppose that the openings in the line as they radiate from the center have been numbered four, six, eight, and ten respectively, upon the right, and five, seven, nine, and eleven upon the left, the center rusher will be number one, Rg will be two, Rt will be four, Re will be six, and Rh will be eight, while on the left, Lg will be three, Lt will be five, Le will be seven, and Lh will be nine, with Fb11. We will further suppose that but three numbers are to be given each time, that the first number called will mean nothing, the second number called will indicate the player who is to receive the ball, and the third number the opening through which he is to pass, to illustrate the captain calls nine, five, eight, the nine means nothing, the second number indicates the player who is to receive the ball, which in the present instance is number five, the left tackle, the third number shows the opening through which he is to pass, in this case number eight, and hence between Rt and Le. The interpretation of the signal then is that Lt is to receive the ball, pass around the center, and dash into the line between Rt and Re. Thus any combination desired may be affected. If, after a time, the opposing team discovers the signal for one or more of the plays, the entire system may be changed by simply informing the team by a peculiar signal previously arranged, but the first number will thereafter indicate the opening, while the third will indicate the player who is to take the ball. The three numbers admit of six different arrangements, and the team should be drilled upon at least three of them until they can execute the plays with equal readiness under each arrangement. In more difficult systems, each play is given a separate number, which number may be called out either first, second, or third as determined, again letting each play be indicated by a particular number, as before, the sum of the last two numbers is taken to make the number desired. This latter system, though, perhaps a little more difficult, will prove the most satisfactory. If two numbers are to be added together, the captain will do well to make one of them quite small and call the larger number of the two first, for the addition will be performed by all much quicker and with less effort. During the first of the season, it will be well to use one particular number to represent a play, and when these have been thoroughly learned, it will be but a comparatively easy matter to change to the sum of any two. When the number for the play has reached twenty, it may make the signals easier to have all the numbers between twenty and thirty indicate a certain other play, all the numbers between thirty and forty, another, and so on. As the kick is a frequent play, and as it is nearly always apparent, it may be well to have two numbers, either one of which will be the signal for a kick down the field. Enough has now been said to suggest how a practical system of signals may be devised. End of Section 16 Section 17 of a Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges by Henry L. Williams and Anas Alonzo Stagg. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Section 17, Axioms Line up quickly the moment the ball is down and play a dashing game from start to finish. Never under any circumstances talk about your hurts and bruises. If you are unable to play or have a severe strain, tell the captain at once. He will always release you. When thrown hard, always get up as if not hurt in the slightest. You will be thrown twice as hard next time if you appear to be easily hurt by a fall. When coached upon the field, never under any circumstances answer back or make any excuses. Do as nearly as possible exactly what you are told. Always throw your man hard and toward his own goal when you tackle him. Never converse with an opponent during the game, but wait until the game is over for the exchange of civilities. If you miss a tackle, turn right around and follow the man at utmost speed. Someone else may block him just long enough for you to catch him from behind. Never play a slugging game. It interferes with good football playing. Try to make a touchdown during the first two minutes of the game before the opponents have become fairly waked up. Play a fast game. Let one play come after the next in rapid succession without any waits or delays. The more rapidly you play, the more effective it will be. Therefore, line up quickly and get back in your regular place instantly after making a run. When thrown, allow yourself to fall limp with legs straight and then you will not get hurt. Do not try to save yourself by putting out a hand or arm. It may be sprained or broken. If you are flat on the ground, you cannot be hurt, no matter how many pile on top of you. Always tackle low. The region between the knees and waist is the place to be aimed at. When preparing to tackle, keep your eyes on the runner's hips, for they are the least changeable part of the body. Lift the runner off his feet and throw him toward his own goal. When not near enough to do this, spring through the air at him and hit him as hard as possible with the shoulder. At the same time, grip him with the arms and drag him down. Always put the head down in doing this and throw the weight forward quickly and hard. Crawl up on the runner when he falls and take the ball away if possible, at least prevent its being passed. When the runner is in a mass or wedge, drive in and lift his legs out from under him or fall down in front of him. If the runner's feet are held, push back on his chest and make him fall toward his own goal. Don't wait for the runner to meet you. Meet the runner. Always have a hand in the tackle. Don't think the runner is stopped. Make sure of it. Follow your own runner's heart. You may have a chance to assist him or block off for him. Always be in readiness to receive the ball from the runner when he is tackled. Fall on the ball always in a scrimmage or when surrounded by opponents. When the ball is kicked behind your own goal or across the sideline, do not fall on it until it stops unless there is danger of the opponents being put on side.  Call down loudly, but not until it is impossible to make further advances. Squeeze the ball tightly when tackled or when going through the line. Never under any circumstances give up because the other side seems to be superior. They may weaken at any moment or a valuable player be ruled off or temporarily disabled. Let each man encourage the others on the team by monosyllables and keep up a team enthusiasm. Be the first man down the field on a kick. Block your men hard when the opponents have the ball. Tear up the line, break through and stop every kick that is made. Never take your eyes off the ball after the signal has been given if you are a man behind the line. Do not be contented with a superficial reading on football, but study it carefully if you would master it. End of Section 17. Section 18 of a Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges by Henry L. Williams and Amos Alonzo Stagg. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Section 18 Rules Rule 1. A. A drop kick is made by letting the ball fall from the hands and kicking it at the very instant it rises. B. A place kick is made by kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground. C. A punt is made by letting the ball fall from the hands and kicking it before it touches the ground. D. Kick off is a place kick from the center of the field of play and cannot score a goal. E. Kick out is a drop kick or a place kick by a player of the side which has touched the ball down in their own goal or into whose touch and goal the ball has gone and cannot score a goal. C. Rules 32 and 34. F. A free kick is one where the opponents are restrained by rule. Rule 2. A. In touch means out of bounds. B. Affair is putting the ball in play from touch. Note. The ball adopted and used by the American Intercollegiate Association is the Spalding J. Ball. Rule 3. A foul is any violation of a rule. Rule 4. A. A touchdown is made when the ball is carried, kicked, or passed across the goal line and there held either in goal or touch in goal. The point where the touchdown scores, however, is not necessarily where the ball is carried across the line but where the ball is fairly held or called down. B. A safety is made when a player guarding his goal receives the ball from a player of his own side either by a pass, kick, or a snap back and then touches it down behind his goal line or when he himself carries the ball across his own goal line and touches it down or when he puts the ball into his own touch in goal or when the ball, being kicked by one of his own side, bounds back from an opponent across the goal line and he then touches it down. C. A touchback is made when a player touches the ball to the ground behind his own goal. The impetus which sent the ball across the line having been received from an opponent. Rule 5. A punt out is a punt made by a player of the side which has made a touchdown in their opponent's goal to another of his own side for a fair catch. Rule 6. A goal may be obtained by kicking the ball in any way except a punt from the field of play without touching the ground or dress or person of any player after the kick over the crossbar or post of opponent's goal. Rule 7. A scrimmage takes place when the holder of the ball puts it down on the ground and puts it in play by kicking it or snapping it back. Rule 8. A fair catch is a catch made direct from a kick by one of the opponents or from a punt out by one of the same side provided the catcher made a mark with his heel at the spot where he has made the catch and no other of his side touched the ball. If the catcher, after making his mark, be deliberately thrown to the ground by an opponent, he shall be given 5 yards unless this carries the ball across the goal line. Rule 9. Charging is rushing forward to seize the ball or tackle a player. Rule 10. Interference is using the hands or arms in any way to obstruct or hold a player who has not the ball. This does not apply to the man running with the ball. Rule 11. The ball is dead. 1. When the holder has cried down or when the referee has cried down or when the umpire has called foul. 2. When a goal has been obtained. 3. When it has gone into touch or touch in goal except for punt out. 4. When a touchdown or safety has been made. 5. When a fair catch has been healed. No play can be made while the ball is dead except to put in play by rule. Rule 12. The grounds must be 330 feet in length and 160 feet in width with the goal place in the middle of each goal line. Composed of two upright posts exceeding 20 feet in height and placed 18 feet 6 inches apart with crossbar 10 feet from the ground. Rule 13. The game shall be played by teams of 11 men each and in case of a disqualified or injured player a substitute shall take his place. Nor shall the disqualified or injured player return to further participation in the game. Amendment adopted at a special meeting of the Intercollegiate Association, 1893. No member of a graduate department nor a special student shall be allowed to play. Nor any undergraduate who has registered or attended lectures or recitations at any other university or college. Nor by any undergraduate who is not pursuing a course requiring for a degree in attendance of at least three years. Rule 14. There shall be an umpire and a referee. No man shall act as an umpire who is an alumnus of either of the competing colleges. The umpire shall be nominated and elected by the advisory committee. The referee shall be chosen by the two captains of the opposing teams in each game except in case of disagreement when the choice shall be referred to the advisory committee whose decision shall be final. All the referees and umpires shall be permanently elected and assigned on or before the third Saturday in October in each year. Rule 15. A. The umpire is the judge for the players and his decision is final regarding fouls and unfair tactics. B. The referee is judge for the ball and his decision is final in all points not covered by the umpire. C. Both umpire and referee shall use whistles to indicate cessation of play on fouls and downs. The referee shall use a stopwatch in timing the game. D. The umpire shall permit no coaching either by substitutes, coaches or anyone inside the ropes. If such coaching occur he shall warn the offender and upon the second offence must have him sent behind the ropes for the remainder of the game. Rule 16. A. The time of a game is an hour and a half each side playing 45 minutes from each goal. There shall be 10 minutes intermission between the two halves. The game shall be decided by the score of even halves. Either side refusing to play after ordered to by the referee shall forfeit the game. This shall also apply to refusing to commence the game when ordered to by the referee. The referee shall notify the captains of the time remaining, not more than 10 nor less than 5 minutes from the end of each half. B. Time shall not be called for the end of a three quarter until the ball is dead, and in the case of a try at goal from a touchdown the try shall be allowed.  Rule 17. No one wearing projecting nails or iron plates on his shoes or any metal substance upon his person shall be allowed to play in a match. No sticky or greasy substance shall be used on the person of players. Rule 18. The ball goes into touch when it crosses the sideline or when the holder puts part of either foot across or on that line. The touch line is in touch and the goal line in goal. Rule 19. The captains shall toss up before the commencement of the match and the winner of the toss shall have his choice of goal or of kick off. The same side shall not kick off in two successive halves. Rule 20. The ball shall be kicked off at the beginning of each half and whenever a goal has been obtained the side which has lost it shall kick off. C. Rules 32 and 34. Rule 21. A player who has made and claimed a fair catch shall take a drop kick or a punt or place the ball for a place kick. The opponents may come up to the catcher's mark and the ball must be kicked from some spot behind that mark on a parallel to touch line. Rule 22. The side which has a free kick must be behind the ball when it is kicked. At kick off the opposite side must stand at least ten yards in front of the ball until it is kicked. Rule 23. Charging is lawful for opponents if a punter advances beyond his line or in case of a place kick. Immediately the ball is put in play by touching the ground. In case of a punt out not till ball is kicked. Rule 24. A. A player is put offside if during a scrimmage he gets in front of the ball or if the ball has been last touched by his own side behind him. It is impossible for a player to be offside in his own goal. No player when offside shall touch the ball or interrupt or obstruct opponent with his hands or arms until again on site. B. A player being offside is put on site when the ball has touched an opponent or when one of his own side has run in front of him either with the ball or having touched it when behind him. C. If a player when offside touches the ball inside the opponent's five yard line the ball shall go as a touch back to the opponents. Rule 25. A player shall lay his hands upon or interfere by use of hands or arms with an opponent unless he has the ball. The side which has the ball can only interfere with the body. The side which has not the ball can use the hands and arms as here to four. Rule 26. A. A player shall be granted for intentional delay of game, offside play or holding an opponent unless he has the ball. No delay arising from any cause whatsoever shall continue more than five minutes. B. A player shall be disqualified for unnecessary roughness, hacking or striking with closed fist. B. A player shall be disqualified for unnecessary roughness, hacking or striking with closed fist. B. For the offenses of throttling, tripping up or intentional tackling below the knees the opponent shall receive 25 yards or a free kick at their option. In case, however, the 25 yards would carry the ball across the goal line they can have half the distance from the spot of the offense to the goal line and shall not be allowed a free kick. Rule 28. A. A player may throw or pass the ball in any direction except towards a point. B. A player may throw or pass the ball in any direction except towards a point. A. A player may throw or pass the ball in any direction except towards opponent's goal. B. If the ball be batted in any direction or thrown forward it shall go down on the spot to opponent's. Rule 29. If a player went offside interferes with an opponent trying for a fair catch by touching him or the ball or waving his hat or hands the opponent may have a free kick or down where the interference occurred. Rule 30. A. If a player having the ball be tackled in the ball fairly held, the man so tackling shall cry held, the one so tackled must cry down, and some player of his side put it down for a scrimmage. The snapper back and the man opposite him cannot pick out the ball with the hand until it touch a third man. Nor can the opponent's interfere with the snapper back by touching the ball until it is actually put in play. Infringement of this nature shall give the side having the ball five yards at every such offense. The snapper back is entitled to fall an undisturbed possession of the ball. If the snapper back be offside and the act of snapping back, the ball must be snapped again. And if this occurs three times on the same down, the ball goes to opponents. The man who first receives the ball, when snapped back from a down or thrown back from a fair, shall not carry the ball forward under any circumstances whatever. If in three consecutive fairs and downs, unless the ball crossed the goal line, a team shall not have advanced the ball five or taken it back twenty yards, it shall go to the opponents on spot of fourth. Consecutive means without leaving the hands of the side holding it and by a kick giving opponents fair and equal chance of gaining possession of it. When the referee or umpire has given a side five yards, the following down shall be counted the first down. B. The man who puts the ball in play in a scrimmage cannot pick it up until it has touched some third man. Third man means any other player than the one putting the ball in play and the man opposite him. R. 31. If the ball goes into touch, whether it bounds back or not, a player on the side which touches it down must bring it to the spot where the line was crossed and there either. B. One. Bound the ball in the field of play or touch it in with both hands at right angles to the touch line and then run with it, kick it or throw it back or two. Throw it out at right angles to the touch line or three. R. Walk out with it at right angles to touch line any distance not less than five nor more than 15 yards and there put it down first declaring how far he intends walking. B. The man who puts the ball in must face field or opponents goal and he alone can have his foot outside touch line. R. Anyone except him who puts his hands or feet between the ball and his opponents goal is offside. If it be not thrown out at right angles either side may claim it thrown over again and if it fail to be put in play fairly in three trials it shall go to the opponents. R. A side which has made a touchdown in their opponents goal must try at goal either by a place kick or a punt out. If the goal be missed the ball shall go as a kick off at the center of the field to the defenders of the goal. R. A. If the try be by a place kick a player of the side which has touched the ball down shall bring it up to the goal line and making a mark opposite the spot where it was touched down bring it out at right angles to the goal line such distance as he thinks proper and there place it for another of his side to kick. The opponents must remain behind their goal line until the ball has been placed on the ground. B. The placer in a try at goal may be offside or in touch without vitiating the kick. R. A. If the try be by a punt out the punter shall bring the ball up to the goal line and making a mark opposite the spot where it was touched down punt out from any spot behind line of goal and not nearer the goal post down such mark to another of his side all of whom must stand outside of goal line not less than 15 feet. R. A. If the touchdown was made in touch in goal the punt out shall be made from the intersection of the goal and touch lines. The opponents may line up anywhere on the goal line except space of 5 feet on each side of punters mark but cannot interfere with punter nor can he touch the ball after kicking it until it touch some other player. B. If a fair catch be made from a punt out the mark shall serve to determine positions as the mark of any fair catch. B. If a fair catch be not made on the first attempt the ball shall be punted over again and if a fair catch be not made on the second attempt the ball shall go as a kick off at the centre of the field to the defenders of the goal. R. A. Aside which has made a touch back or a safety must kick out except as otherwise provided C. From not more than 25 yards outside the kicker's goal. B. If the ball go into touch before striking a player it must be kicked out again and if this occurs 3 times in succession it shall be given to opponents as in touch on 25 yard line on side where it went out. At kick out opponents must be on 25 yard line or nearer their own goal. R. A. The following shall be the value of each point in the scoring. Goal obtained by touchdown. 6. Goal from a field kick. 5. Touchdown failing goal. 4. Safety by opponents. 2. End of section 18. End of a scientific and practical treatise on American football for schools and colleges by Henry L. Williams and Amos Alonzo Stagg.


We evolved as a star of species. Our whole existence on the planet has been trying to survive famine. We move around, we had to bring tools with us to get the food that we needed. Our physiology and our genome is ultimately driven to store energy. Now we put ourselves within the last 50, 70, 500 years into a state of massive amounts of carbohydrates that have no nutritional value.  So you're absolutely right, Sanjay. This is all part of a continuum. In our metabolic approach to cancer management and the folks that are following our instructions, many of these folks come in with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension.


Today, we're going to be reacting to Tom and Jerry Creepypasta. There's a little story behind it. If you guys want to go ahead and read it, I'll drop the link in the description so you guys can check it out yourselves, and we are on Creepypasta XD channel. Alright, I guess Creepypasta because of Sylvester's little accent when he speaks. Pretty hilarious. And let's go ahead and begin with Tom's basement Creepypasta. The heck? Tom's basement? The heck? Bro, what the heck was that? Alright, it seems like Tom is just chilling.  Oh! Alright, he's stabbing on his tail from what it seems like. Oh, we got Jerry. Tom, bro, it seems like he's afraid of something. It's like Tom is swinging at him. What is going on? Tom is not like being up. Poor guy. Oh, he has a knife. And there he goes down into the basement. Dude, he just slaughtered everyone.   He's cray cray, bro. Oh, he just stabbed Tom. Wait, so he sold the house? He killed everybody and then sold the house? The end? Oh my. Alright, there is another part two. Let's go ahead and check that out. And it is right here. Tom's basement part two. Seeing that Jerry image pop up. Oh, heck not. Jerry is crazy. Look at him. Oh, he hid in that, bro. What the heck was that? The whole Jerry has a knife? Why does Jerry look so crazy, bro? He got neck skin on the bone. Tom's covered in blood and everything. That guy just shot himself. What the heck is going on there, man? I'm like so much going on. I'm lost. Oh, man. Alright, well, there is the part three. Let's check it out and let's see how that goes. Okay, this is part three, the final part of Tom's basement. Which we will never see anymore beyond this because it's the final part and the person that uploads videos gave up on this guy again.  He's not that guy. Oh, he's Tom's in the bed too. Like giving him that Fortnite potion. Oh, Jerry, what are you doing, menacing devil? Bro, how could they not see it's not the right one? Oh, it made him even worse, I think. Why didn't he do that? The curse of Jerry. And there he goes. Corrupted mode. Dude, he killed him like so many times. Wait, that's kind of similar to the first one that we saw the remake. He ends up setting the house at the end after he murdered everybody in there. In that joint. Now it's literally a haunted house. All right, ladies and gentlemen. Well, that was Tom's basement. I don't really know what the creepy pasta's all about. I just saw the videos on this side and why not? If you guys know the backstory to it, let me know and I will gladly read it so I can be knowledgeable of what the heck was going on in these videos. Yeah, thank you all for watching and I'll see you guys in the next one and rib childhood once again.


Hi, my name is Megan McNish and I'm a preservation planner with the City of Columbia's Planning and Development Services. May is National Historic Preservation Month and we're really excited to be able to celebrate with you, although it's going to be more virtual again this year. National Historic Preservation Month was started in the 1970s by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and it started as National Historic Preservation Week, but now it spans the whole month of May. So we've got lots of events going on that you can participate in this month. One of our ongoing events is an Instagram photo contest. Check us out at Kola Compass on Instagram for more details about how to participate. On May 5th, we're having a virtual historic preservation roundtable called Jane's Talk. This is named after activist Jane Jacobs who fought for preservation and the rights of citizens in urban planning. This is going to be with several residents of historic districts talking about, you know, historic preservation in general, what it's like to live in a historic neighborhood, and what they've enjoyed about living in these areas over the years. So it'll be really fun. We're really excited about it. If you'd like to participate, please send us an email at preservation at columbiasc.gov. Another one of our ongoing events throughout the month of May, there are several children's crafts available on our website that you can, you know, break out your colored pencils and crafting supplies and get to work on those. We'd love to see if you make creations of your own. If you'd like to tag us on social media at Columbia Compass on Facebook and Instagram, or send us a picture at preservation at columbiasc.gov. Our next virtual event is historic preservation trivia on May 20th. This is going to be hosted over Zoom, and we're going to test your local and national knowledge of preservation. You can either register yourself or a team by emailing preservation at columbiasc.gov. If you do register a team, we recommend that team members either be able to be together in person, making sure you're following the appropriate guidelines, or be able to communicate with each other so that one person can answer for the team. We do have several small prizes as a part of our trivia, and we'd love to see you there. Two other exciting things coming in May on May 8 and the 22nd, we're going to be posting two of our virtual bike tours. These were tours that we did in 2018 and 2019 that we've recorded so that you can do them self-guided on your own and be able to enjoy the beautiful weather of Columbia in May. So we hope that you'll participate in National Historic Preservation Month, and please see the links in the description for more information on how to participate.


My first pregnancy was perfect. My obstetrician recommended a cesarean. There were no complications at all. I did well, my son did well, and we had a really uneventful recovery. And sure enough, about a year later, I got pregnant with my second son. And I ended up developing a severe complication called placenta accreta. So placenta accreta is when the placenta attaches too deeply into the uterine wall. The placenta can become invasive, like a cancer. I had access to some of the most experienced and talented surgeons in the country. And to hear them speak with respect and awe of a placenta accreta delivery, one of them actually even said to me that placenta accreta deliveries are predictably unpredictable. We had gone into my delivery preparing to do a cesarean hysterectomy and expected bladder repair. But once the team was able to get in there and see how severe my case actually was, they determined that it was too risky to proceed. So the decision was made to go ahead and close me up with the entire placenta intact and untouched. And I spent two months post-partum in the hospital. My son spent a month in the NICU and my stay had multiple surgeries, most dramatic of which was where I required 26 units of blood products. My husband was a huge support system for me. He spent every night in the hospital with me and my older son, Everett, moved in with my parents and my whole family really just became all hands on deck to help me get through this. Leo's amazing. He's feisty and strong. He's like a little powerhouse. And he's such a gift. I can't imagine my life without him. A cesarean can be a lifesaving intervention. The goal is not to eliminate cesareans. The goal is to make decisions regarding cesareans appropriately and to recognize that even an uncomplicated cesarean and recovery can still put the mother at significant future risk. So coming out of my experience, I just couldn't believe that more people weren't talking about placenta acreta. And it's great to see that the data was getting out there about how high our cesarean rates are and that we need to start decreasing them. But most of the conversations were about decreased recovery times and lower cost. Nobody was saying that there is a significant patient safety impact to our high cesarean rates. And that's where I really felt compelled to start sharing my story and to start educating people on what the downstream risks of a cesarean can be. There are too many cesareans now, one in three births. And researchers estimate that as many as 50% of those are unnecessary. And since a prior cesarean is a significant risk factor for developing a future acreta, that means that there are women developing a acreta when it could have been prevented. So the easiest way to decrease the amount of acreta is to reduce cesarean levels. I can't say if I would have done anything differently if I had known about acreta, but I can say that the decisions that we made surrounding my first birth were not fully informed. Women are dying from this. And mothers are dying from this. We need to take the risks of a cesarean seriously.


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I've always been your host, Lauren Syler. And on this edition, before we get to our guests, Mayor Anne Watson and her senatorial bid, let's thank our sponsors, Washington County Mental Health, Green Mountain Support Services, and many others, including the partnership of Division for the Blind and Vermont, Association for the Blind and Vermont, and today our partners are the, one of our partners is the City of Montpelier, Vermont. We would like to thank Anne Watson, Mayor of the City of Montpelier for joining us again on Ableton On Air. Welcome to Ableton On Air. Well, thank you so much, Larry. Okay, so tell us more. You're going to be running for senator, and let's start there. Why the Washington District? Why did you decide to expand and become senator, or wanting to become senator? Well, yeah, so the Washington County District has three senators, and one of them recently stepped down, Anthony Polina, and I have been thinking about making the jump to working at the state level, in the state legislature, and just knowing that Anthony was stepping down, it seemed like the right moment, seemed like the right opportunity, and especially because I'm really passionate about a lot of topics, one of them being climate action. I've been able to make a lot of progress with the City of Montpelier, but we need bigger change, and in order to make bigger change on the issue of climate, I need a different seat, so I'm happy to be putting my name in for the Washington Senate District. Talk about the bigger change that you want to make now. Obviously, being mayor is a big responsibility, even though we're in a small town, but explain the bigger change and bigger responsibilities of that you want to make. Yeah, sure. Well, so I just mentioned climate action, so certainly being able to assist folks particularly who are renters in being able to make changes to their spaces, ideally without having rents jump up, that's going to take state support, I believe, to weatherize buildings and do some fuel switching, particularly for renters to get folks out of fossil fuels and carbon-based heating systems. So that's one thing, but another thing that I am very interested in is healthcare. So I don't get to do a lot of work on healthcare at the city level because that's not within the jurisdiction really of what the City of Montpelier can do and what we can affect, except for offering our City of Montpelier employees good health insurance. But beyond that, we don't get to really affect the policies that govern it. And so I think folks know that there are lots of ways that our healthcare system could be better. Weight times are significant right now, so we need more... Weight times in hospitals? Sure, in hospitals to be seen at all. So we actually just need more doctors and nurses and healthcare facilities to accommodate that. We need to make sure that prescription drug prices are not exorbitant. We've been able to put caps on the price of insulin, for example, but that needs to happen for a host of other types of prescriptions. And yeah, I mean, ideally my goal would be to work towards universal single-payer healthcare and... What does that mean? Yeah, what about that no copays on medications? I mean, I think that's something that we can certainly look at. I think what's tough is when the copays are significant. Or if the prices for prescriptions end up... If the amount that the insurance company is paying is not enough to cover what would be an exorbitant cost for the person who needs the prescription. So that's... Yeah, those are things that are absolutely on my radar. And yeah, folks should be paying... Hospitals should have one price that they pay for a certain type of procedure. And right now that depends on the type of insurance that a person has. There's a lot of issues that I think can be addressed. Yeah. Let's talk about... Before we get to our next question, let's talk about the issue of gun violence. Yes, yes. Recently, Ableton, we've had Senator Rebecca Ballant on talking about that very issue. What your stance on gun violence and how do you see it in your stance in wanting to become senator? Yeah. Well, thank you for that question. I, as a teacher, have been through many lockdown drills and active shooter drills. Lots of trainings on what we can do in my own classroom should an active shooter be a possibility. And we even had, at the school where I teach, we had a shooter on campus. It didn't end up... That must have been kind of scary. Oh, it was very scary. It was very scary. I mean, that whole situation was just very sad. But I will say that it is not a solution to have teachers just doing drills. That's not enough. Okay, since you said that, a lot of states want to give teachers guns. Yeah, no. As a teacher, I do not want a gun. I think having more guns in classrooms... Yeah, I don't blame you. Yeah, I think that just increases the risk of accidental shootings and increases the risk of violence, particularly against historically marginalized students, students of color, LGBTQ students. So that just seems like all kinds of a bad plan. Are you still going to be remaining a teacher even as you become a senator? So I realize this is a little bit of a diversion, but yeah, if I am able to become a senator for the Washington District, I would teach for part of the year and I would have a long-term sub for a part of the year. But we'll make it work. But coming back to the question on gun violence, I'm absolutely for stronger gun safety legislation. I think there's quite a few kinds of laws that we could be and should be adopting. I think about banning the online sales of guns, increasing the age for purchasing guns, mandating safe storage, things like universal background checks, waiting periods. Because now that, here's the thing, with guns and I also discussed this with Chief Pete, ghost guns are a problem.  And then it don't have serial numbers, it doesn't have data and that's a problem. Your online sales of guns, are you going to do something with that as well? I think that is absolutely worth looking into. I think that's a tough thing to try to regulate just because of the nature of the availability of those kinds of files. But I think we ought to try. I would be interested in working together with experts in that field to see what can be done. What is your stance? Did you want to start asking questions? What's my take on abortion? Yes, and did you hear the news today? Yes. Oh my gosh, that was just gut-wrenching to hear. What is Vermont going to do with legislation and senators? There's actually a reproductive rights, a reproductive liberty bill, Proposition 5, that is going to be on the ballot this November. The public will have an opportunity to weigh in and I hope that folks pass Proposition 5, which would protect the reproductive liberties of folks. That is a step towards a constitutional protection for people's right to an abortion and abortion care. But I have just my heart breaks for the folks around the country that are losing their access to abortion care at this point. And the laws become more stringent. For example, what if someone is raped? And then also the laws become more stringent. What if someone is special needs and can't think for themselves and needs a guardian? If their age, I should say capability, if they're an adult, but they think as a child, for example, if they're lower functioning, what happens to them? How does that abortion rule? Yeah, absolutely. It's so tough. I was encouraged to hear that there may be more access, since Vermont has protection of abortion care in this state, that folks are potentially ramping up telemedicine, which I think is going to be really important. Particularly to help folks in places where they may not otherwise be able to see a provider. Anyway, tough, it's a hard day here in this news. Go ahead with more of your questions. Can you repeat your question? Condoms, you mean... Elementary school. Okay, I'm going to repeat the question. Since you're a teacher and you're wanting to become a senator, what is your take on children wanting condom, or I should say elementary schools now, they're going to be having condom machines or teaching kids more about sex and that kind of thing, and the laws in terms of that. Yeah, no, I take the approach that we should be providing safety measures.  No, it's fine. I think making condoms available to kids is important. Any... I mean, making them available I think is fine. So, you know, if the sex education at younger ages I think is done in a developmentally appropriate way, I think is fine, yeah. Now let's get to your stance on the environment. Yes. Okay, and other things within that. Go ahead. What is your stance on the environment as it stands now as mayor and then what are you planning to do as senator? Yeah, well, so the main driver for me in being in politics at all actually is addressing climate issues. So, we know that climate change is happening, global warming is happening, it's not in some far off distant time, it's happening right now and it's an emergency and we need to be acting boldly and significantly basically as soon as possible. So, I am proud of the work that the city has done. We've actually been able to reduce our total energy consumption since the time I've been on the council and at this point we are sourcing about 40% of the municipal operations energy and renewable sources, which I am very encouraged about. But we need more help, especially if we are going to hope that the community at large is able to transition, especially for those without the authority to make decisions in their own homes, thinking about particularly renters, as I mentioned earlier, and also thinking about our transportation sector. You know, we have, of all the sources of carbon emissions from our society, from Vermont, transportation is the biggest source of greenhouse gases at this point, so we need better transportation solutions as well. Yeah, so, I mean, this is, I realize it's just one aspect of the environment, but you know, I think that also, you know, we need to be paying attention to what's happening with PFAS, which is an emerging PFAS. Well, so it's an acronym for a type of chemical that is unfortunately toxic at very low concentrations and cancer causing. It's pretty pervasive. It's actually, when you think of like Teflon, it is Teflon. And certain things, for example, we talked about lead and other things, like years ago, a lot of people became learning disabled, learning a challenge, I should say, because of the, I don't know if you remember, I don't know if when you were a kid, you ate or bite on a lead pencil to do that? Well, I knew a lot of kids who would chew pencils. Yeah, right. But I know we're not doing that today. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. What is your stance on like, well, lead paint they don't really use anymore, but asbestos and all that kind of thing. Right. Well, so a lot of homes. Go ahead. What are you saying? Yeah, noise reduction and all that. That's part of the environment. Oh, part of the environment. Well, let me speak to the asbestos part first. A lot of homes are in Vermont have still asbestos in them. And yeah, yeah. Well, the idea is that as long as it's not airborne, then it's probably fine. So you just leave it alone. But especially if homes are going to be really thoroughly weatherized, that it's got to change. And so I think, you know, folks need greater support in terms of being able to remove the asbestos from their homes. That's not a small task. But that's certainly on my radar. And then as far as noise pollution goes, I think about things like, well, so in Montpelier, we have a noise ordinance. But one of the things. What is that? The noise ordinance? Yeah. So yeah, it's between certain hours of the day, basically at night, noise of a certain decibel level is prohibited. But there are certain exemptions. And one of those exemptions. I think this might, yeah, I guess it's not. I think it is during certain hours. But anyway, one of the exemptions is things like lawn equipment. And so Burlington, just as an example, has done away with the exemption for leaf blowers, because electric leaf blowers are much quieter. And I think we can be making some progress on that as well, especially now that electric options for lawn mowers, leaf blowers, weed whackers all exist and are just as effective but much quieter. I think we can think about repealing some of those exemptions to say that this is not acceptable noise. What is your take on, now, there is a lot of low income housing. There is a lot of people that are homeless, possibly, in Montpelier. Yeah. What is your take in the Washington County District being the factor you're running for, Senator? How are we going to deal with that? And also, as of this week, there was a big situation on WCAX with the college being up for sale, a college in fine arts, and the extra space. Go ahead. Oh gosh, I have so many thoughts on this. So one of the things that, I don't know, no, it's great. Well, so I know that the legislature did just spend a lot of money on housing in the last budget and that is very encouraging. I would love to see us continue to support additional funds for housing and particularly going towards home ownership because a lot of Americans build their wealth through owning a home. And so as much as we are supporting rentals, that's great, but it mostly ends up building the wealth of landlords. And so if we can be supporting home ownership that helps spread out the wealth, that's a good thing. I think the state needs to be doing a better job in terms of supporting services for folks experiencing homelessness that has, I think, fallen by the wayside too much. And there's a lot that can and should be done to support folks that are in that situation right now. I also, just in thinking about how we can make it easier to build housing right now, particularly because just even building housing in this economy is very expensive. And food is going up, too. And food is going up. I'm actually really worried about the oil prices for those who are stuck paying fossil fuel. The what? Oh, baby formula shortage. Yes, and I've heard that that is coming, that it's getting better, which is good, but oil right now is really high and I think that's going to be really expensive for folks this winter. And so I hope that folks that are able to make changes to get off of oil are able to do so soon. Because this is all the ways of heating your home. Absolutely. Repeat that again. There's a mustard shortage. A what shortage? A mustard. Uh-oh, online there was a mustard shortage. What? Really? I did not hear about that. Oh, my gosh. That's another mouth. But let's also talk about the pandemic. Before we do that, just bringing it back to housing real quick, one of the things I'd love to see us do is make it easier to build in downtowns and especially downtowns that have zoning already with good environmental checks on that. If a town, for example, like Montpelier, has good environmental checks in their zoning, then I think they should be exempt from... What's an environmental check?  They should be exempt from Act 250 in the building in the downtowns. Because, for example, back in 1982, and I've done research, 1992, Montpelier had a horrible flood where the bridges were broken, other things happened and people got flooded and people were using rafts to get to work. Hopefully nothing like that ever happens again, but what is going... How is the city of Montpelier prepared now for something environmentally... Yeah, so we do have an emergency management plan that lists the resources and basically procedures that would happen should we find ourselves in an emergency like that. But we've also since then taken some measures to help prevent that kind of flooding again because that was caused by an ice jam. And so we... A nice jam, explain. So in the spring as the river starts to thaw, you know, there's a layer of ice at the top that starts to flow, but as that ice flows, it might get all jammed up, might get packed together and then cause flooding behind it. So we have some measures to help prevent that at this point, which is good. But you wanted to also talk about the pandemic. Yeah, the pandemic is for the environment now. During the pandemic, the city of Montpelier lost some people or furloughed some people in terms of employment. Now the situation is price gouging, talking about things going up. Are you going to work as district senator to maybe talk to business owners about how not to price gouging? Or are we going to work on that? Because toilet paper went up, food went up, detergent is sky high and it's just soap. Yeah. So I think your question has some layers there. I'm sorry. It's okay. For example, price gouging at gas stations, for example, that's illegal. That's not supposed to happen. Now, are companies allowed to make profits and unregulated profits on their items? Yeah, sure. That feels immoral, especially when it's the kind of product that people need. But I think they're... And then on top of that, the supply chain issues that we're experiencing anyway. How is the supply and inflation... Is it changing at all? Well, so I couldn't say specifically. I don't know if it's getting better. But yeah, interested in keeping a thumb on that to see how that's going. Because ultimately, folks need to be able to afford essentials. And when you're on low income, it's hard to afford... If a person is on low income, for example, it's hard to afford the basic necessities of life. Yeah, absolutely.  Do you want to ask any other questions? No, not like that. Okay, I'll continue. City of Montpelier, how are some of the services getting better with City of Montpelier as a whole, as far as you being mayor and the council? Yeah, that's a great question. So during my time as city councilor and as mayor, so we've done a number of things. There's a lot I could say here. We formed the Social and Economic Justice Committee, and we also formed a police review committee. And so the Social and Economic Justice Committee did an equity needs assessment to see... Which is what? Well, so to evaluate the city for how we were doing in terms of really looking at whether our procedures and practices were inequitable. Like to see if they were discriminatory in any way and what could be done to make them better. And so they've made some recommendations and we've actually started to implement some of that. What do you mean by discriminatory? Well, so structural racism or things that... Ways that our processes are not accessible to people, even particularly for folks that are differently abled. So we're looking at getting a new website and one that might be better in terms of accessibility for folks, so that's one thing. We also recognize that people who are participating in local committees in the city government are probably either over-employed or retired or wealthy enough that they don't have to be missing out on work to participate. And they also might not need to be paying a babysitter, that kind of thing. And so we're actually piloting a program... To pay people to be on. Yeah, and an as-requested basis to pay folks for their time for participating in city committees. And hoping that that will increase the diversity of folks that are able to participate. So that's one way. Also, the police review committee came up with a number of recommendations for us. And so we've started to implement those, thinking about... So we actually approved having body-worn cameras for the police. We're getting better training around how to... What best practices are for crowd management around dealing with youth, and also with folks that are having mental crises, that kind of thing. And we've expanded our street outreach position, which I think is... Well, it's been successful so far, so I'm really pleased to see it expand. And so we're also getting sanitation within the city of Montpelier. Yeah, so we've... The garbage cans were flowing. Yeah, yeah. So the pandemic was really hard for trash collection because we saw a significant spike in the amount of trash that was showing up in city receptacles. So we have a contract that has... We've set up once a week. And sometimes that's enough, and sometimes it feels like it isn't enough. But just even in terms of sanitation in general, we formed a group that is looking at adding public restrooms to the downtown, which I'm really excited about. And we've set aside some money that hopefully we can use some of that to go towards public restrooms. And yeah, so we were waiting to see if we would get some state money for that, but unfortunately we didn't. What about... Oh, so we're not going to have public restrooms? Well, so we were waiting to see if we would get money for that, but we have other money set aside that could go towards that. And so now the committee is going to be meeting to discuss what ought to be done. So stay tuned on that one, hopefully. Yeah, no. In terms of... We have a couple of minutes left.  Or the S... The S... So the Vermont State Employees Association? Yeah. VSEA, yeah. Yeah. I just got endorsed by them. Yeah. Okay. So that's fine. But people with special needs having jobs. Yeah. Or, you know, because they want to be... What is your take on a person getting a job? Because the percentage of people with special needs is extremely low of people working that are challenged. Mm-hmm. You know, what is your take on that? You know, I support folks that are differently-abled being able to make, you know, whatever the going rate is. You know, if it's minimum wage or more, you know, really we need to be increasing what minimum wage is right now. It's not livable. It needs to be livable. I think it's... So more than $15 an hour? I think it's more than $15 an hour. I think the time of $15 an hour of that being livable is past. Because years ago the minimum wage, I remember living in New York, minimum wage was like either 10 or a little less than that. Yeah. Especially now I know Montpelier doesn't have or doesn't have very much fast food restaurants. Yeah. What is your take on like the fast food workers? They make less than minimum wage. Yeah. Right. So you're having a child and you have... Yeah. So there's this exemption, right, for service workers that particularly that get tips, because the idea that the tips are supposed to make up for that. But that system is rooted in racism. How so? Well, my understanding is that it was a way to end up paying servers of color less. And that is unacceptable. I think folks ought to be guaranteed to make at least the minimum wage, if not, you know, more. And again, the minimum wage ought to be a livable wage. And food service workers should not be exempt from that. I think the idea of... Are people taking or the company's taking the tips and just paying them the salaries? You know, I think the tip system is not necessarily a great way to pay people. So that's... I think folks deserve to be paid fairly, just like everyone else. And the tip system is, I think, unfair and inequitable. Okay. Yeah. You know, having no income tax, such as New Hampshire, or tax in itself. The tax in Vermont has gone up. Like you have a liquor tax that's like nine or 10 percent. And then you have a lodging tax that's six or seven percent or more. Is Vermont changing their taxes to go up because things have gone up? Well, that's a great question. If I said it wrong. No, no, that's fair. So I know this is certainly of concern, particularly for the towns that are right along the border there with New Hampshire. But, you know, just in terms of what's happening with taxes, I mean, I think about the income tax. And, you know, we have a governor right now who is not in favor of any new or additional taxes. And I think that's unfortunate, particularly for those folks who can afford it. You know, things, there's, you know, regressive taxes are like sales tax can be tough for folks that have limited incomes. But, you know, I think about the possibility of generating more income for the state by adding a fifth tax bracket. We used to have a fifth tax bracket, and then it's gone away. And I'm not entirely sure why it went away. But being able to collect more taxes from the wealthy in Vermont, I think, is the way to go. Yeah. Go ahead. What are you saying? Repeat your comment. I'm sorry. Yeah, she said the rich should pay more. What's your take on that? Yes, no. There's a certain percent, like less than one or two percent, or the richest people in the world. Yeah. Do you think the, I'm sorry if I said... No, no, yeah. Do you think the rich should pay more? Yes, I think the rich ought to pay more. Absolutely. The wealth inequality in America is worse than I think people even imagine it to be. So you think Warren Buffett and other people pay? Oh, yeah. No. The wealthy absolutely need to be paying a higher percentage of their income. And not get a way of not paying a tax. Yeah. Right. Right. Because all the rest of us are shouldering burdens and paying for services that could easily be paid for if we had a better tax structure on the wealthy. Okay. Now, not mentioning names, but certain politicians get away with certain things that they shouldn't. In terms, because a national politician, for example, you have to show your income tax or if a court asks you to... What is your thought on that and privacy with... Even politicians deserve privacy, but do you think, is there changes? Do you think there's a law with that? Well, that's a good question. It's not one that I've spent a lot of time thinking about, but it seems to me that... Why do they have to show income? I'm confused. Why do they have to show income tax or taxes and what people make? Because like presidents... Yeah. Well, I think it's useful to know what the sources of income are for somebody. I think that also helps with knowing whether, where there may be conflicts of interest and that is, I think, that's important. There's been this national conversation about preventing politicians from owning stock or their spouses from owning or trading stocks or those kinds of securities. And I think that makes sense, especially if they are privileged with particular information about regulations, et cetera, that are going to happen in a certain industry that would affect the prices of those stocks. They absolutely should not. It also... I think about politicians that have a lot of stake in oil or fossil fuel industries. Yeah, right. Fossil fuel industry is that they have an interest in those laws. Sorry, sorry. What was that? Warren Buffett is one of the richest men. Yeah, Warren Buffett. Yeah. But okay, getting back to the environment. Yeah. Fossil fuels and some time ago, if you remember the Exxon oil spills. I do. I remember that. And that was nasty. What... It's not in the air. You don't... Wait, hold on. I'm getting to that. What... Go ahead. How are fossil fuels going to change with your... Like I said, you're working on certain... Or you will help with certain legislation. Yeah, I think we need more solar. I think we need more wind turbines. We have right now a cap that any one off-taker can only... Explain what an off-taker is. Oh, sorry. One customer. So, you know, a customer being like a business or a person can only have 500 kilowatts of solar. And just as an example, the city of Montpelier has double that. And that's not enough to cover our electricity bill. So we need to ramp up our generation of renewable energy sources. And we need to upgrade our transmission lines to make that electricity more accessible. And then I think we need to support the electrification of both the transportation and heating sectors. Once we have renewable sources, or maybe simultaneously, to the renewable generation. Yeah. So these are... I think there's a number of ways to do that. And all of them... I think there's policy ways that we can do that to make it easier for folks to both increase the generation and to do the fuel switching. And I think there's also funding support that will be needed to help make those transitions happen. Okay. Well, we would like to thank you for joining us again on Ableton on Air. For more information on the City of Montpelier Vermont and their website, you can go to www.montpelier.vt... Actually, www.montpelier.vt.org. Thank you. www.montpelier.vt.org. And there's lots of services that you can pick from the City of Montpelier. 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YouTube what's the word you guys have been loving the videos I've gotten tons of good feedback on the videos that they've helped you get good at Madden They've helped you see the game better And that's really my goal if you had to watch me play and try to talk you through some of the things that are going through my Mom so this is a great gameplay This is actually weekend league and it's actually against Joel at this point in weekend league I believe I'm probably 16 and 0 and you know I'm getting ready to actually go to Jacksonville for the first time in a Year so this is a good chance to go ahead play against a little tight flex play against Joel It was one of the better players in the world. Obviously, I know him from streaming Hopefully I'll follow him and keep up what he does and this is a good example of how streaming can hurt somebody You know, we've all watched Joel play we watch problem play watch me play I know exactly kind of what he wants to do the whole time and on top of that I've probably played him three or four times already early in the year I know he wants to run tight flex. I know that you know, it's hard to block stuff out of that So I'm gonna come into this game sending the crib at him And you know, he likes to run if we can control the run and control that will be all right First two players will do pretty good against the run So he needs to pass here and we're gonna send the dogs at him throws in a flat Colds wine comes back to us. It doesn't go pick cam chance on our flat. So for that I bluffed the blitz and come out here with just a cover three Michael Vick just runs away from clown He playmaker somebody up. It just gets it just some Broken play. I mean Joel if you know anything he's a broken play specialist meaning that he's really good Broken play so make some plays with his quarterback and his user and playmaker They're gonna pat Pete making some plays on the run until we stop the run. We're good They're gonna string in the run out champ Billy gotta get those triple animations So we've been sending the crib at him all day this time we drop off the right side in my guy AJ Boye with the pick can't make enough of happy because for some reason he has a through speed in this game But it's alright. We'll fight get the ball. I don't is a really good defensive player So I'm gonna start off with a little run there There we go over the middle high ball of moss catches it on Amos. That's why we put moss in the slot That's why I didn't make a play there. We go same thing He did I threw the hell why I come back to get it So it wasn't a pick get to a nice second and ten thrown underneath here to McCoy try to make something happen McCoy gets tackled Get up a third and five once again underneath the McCoy, but this time McCoy Campaign to show McCoy fights for me gets the first down And I'm trying to hold my water into that post with Joey Bolsa beats Lane Johnson around the edge I stepped up pretty well there and this play I step up and take off with my with it I need to get some points here Joel starts using his time. I also try to conserve the first half But we're 35 would hit McCoy and flat bang pick up their first down That's what it's about. He's using more time. I was trying to conserve time Bolsa again kills the draw there He uses last time out. So now I hope I take the whole half with me V divide a V divide But I swear he's the best D tackle in the game so far Once again V divided via whatever his name is put in the comments how to say his name because I he's been killing me all year Says I take my three. I got a stop. I feel good about my stop feel good about playing against this tight flex I'm going to send the smoke at him and he's gonna have to make a read right away I the dot me don't pick or get sacked and you know the first driver paid off got that pick That's all I need. I think with the way I'm playing offense right now Stopped the run they go Sean Taylor filling the gap with tell them Smith blocks and then we're gonna we send the gas Tell the Smith put him in the dirt dirt and long This is a big plague of scream that pressure on his face over the rules that out route That makes it fourth and 18 he has to pun He might have went forward if it got to a fourth and five, but the fourth 18 he punts So hopefully we're gonna get some more points. We get the ball a half So any points here help, but we feel good anyway hit McCoy and a flat again McCoy and a flat McCoy and a flat You got to make people play our flat so you can get some bigger plays if not you can't force stuff That's not there this time Lane Johnson holds bossa. We get the big post playing the field will range get out of bounds We're feeling great We will try to hit a forward try to give him all the chance one-on-one Oh, I don't know who that is his safety. Is it Sean Taylor knocks the ball away There goes even you rest with his user to cover it this time dump it down to Tyree kill We got one time now. It's 19 seconds left Let's see who do we want those who the flats with Sean shady McCoy Stay about track your end zone knocked out of bounds saved my time out So my philosophy here is we got three plays before we kick our field ball I could run a toss if it's not there run out of bounds Security clock while also have my time out. So what I'm thinking here is if it's not there I'm gonna run a toss run out of bounds even if I get to the 10 Even if I lose 10 yards on toss it'll give me a chance to throw the ball in the end zone But right here just looks sweet. Let's be real check Sweet, I'm gonna get in there. Was it girly he trips over with Sean Taylor I get a touchdown making a two-score game at half time. That's enormous Also getting the ball a half I feel like this game is over the way I'm playing defense Just don't give up any kick returns any flukey plays and we'll be all right Here we go. That's what we got the cover kicks Rodney McLeod was underrated safes in the league I have him as backup makes a player one play We just play cover two put a deep or two man on there put a deep blue in the middle He's just want to scramble with Vic. Just don't even click on anybody. Let me spin away Vic is not gonna spend 15 people but he spun a one So we get the ball a half pretty much my philosophy here is if we score a touch If we score a touchdown the game's over or if we take the whole third quarter the game's over That's one thing or the other ideally both would be what means is he would quit at that point That's all I'm gonna start out here.  We're getting close to field will range already boys Here we go again.  This is just I mean, this is the ultimate game over situation Now when you're kicking the ball off all I want to do is get to the fourth quarter with him with no points I don't care if he gets five yards of pop ten yards of pop run the ball I just want to get to the fourth quarter any run play is fine for me because I guess I just want to get to the Fourth here we go. I'm a little behind but I used the RB button get you good at using that RB button Strip the ball out of your opponent There's a hits moss underneath or went on a wire out and tight flex given a little more time here Like I said that up getting a little more time and then we bring the gas Just want to get comfortable. You got bring the gas Joe will also audible to this four wide receiver set and Watching him play and playing against them all he does out of that is run the ball or run for vertical So every time he does that I just audible to cover three Actually put cover for my audibles just for this game I never have cover for my audibles But that's what I do when he goes that just audible to cover for try to stop them run And right here. He's running the ball. That's fine with me Like I said, we got to the fourth quarter already I feel like the game is over because three scores in the fourth quarter Like I said look he audible out always want to do out of this is run. He's taking all day We all would write the cover for we're gonna try to blow up this inside zone at least block shed And he's just taking all day at the line of scrimmage Great opportunity just to waste some clock. We fight against the guard even he gets yards He should fight to get out of bounds there, but you know, he just juke in the middle. That's fine I'm not stressing any of that He was tight flexed Come on underneath gentlemen Ramsey jumps it drops the ball right there. I don't know who that receiver is might be John Ross Here we go in a cover to Malcolm Jenkins goes and gets that should have been a book Crazy that he played that big dad the next place able to hit this dragon the knee gentlemen Ramsey.  It was pretty much my playmakers. They get it going So I said, please hit the light y'all been giving me really good feedback on a lot of these videos So hit the like button get this to 200 likes and I will post the next one I have like ten of these lined up already But make sure you hit that if you like any of the offense or the defense that you've seen in this video The links are below to go to man turf calm check out my offensive e-book and my defensive e-booker up there right now Thank y'all