Talk:American football

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—LrdChaos 18:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Quote sources

I applaud MECU's use of citation templates for sources in this article, but it doesn't make some of those sources any more reliable or meaningful. About.com's Quotation pages do not include any provenance for their quotes, and so are not even proper secondary sources. While I respect "Quotations" editor Simran Khurana's efforts, I wish she would include such information to allow us to use this otherwise valuable source. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 15:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm a newbie to the quotes, and want to know if I list several non-secondary sources, if that would bolster the support for an article's citation? Or is only a first or second-level source going to quash the citation bug? --MECU 02:13, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

The way I like to put it is that inadequate sources are essentially rumor. Lots and lots of rumor still isn't confirmation. The "telephone game" is a great demonstration of how easy it is for human beings to mis-hear, misread, and misremember information, and it was popular entertainment for this reason long before the Internet made it possible for inaccurate information to be disseminated thoroughly across the globe in minutes. Sorry 'bout that, Chief. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced

• Sometimes a Pirate beats a Soldier.
  • Mike Leach, Head Coach Texas Tech Red Raiders, Texas Techs win over Texas A&M.

• I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.
  • Jack Tatum, former Ohio State Buckeyes defensive back, on the fierce quality of his play

• If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
  • Paul "Bear" Bryant, University of Alabama Crimson Tide head coach, on his motivational techniques

• Let's win one for the Gipper.
  • Knute Rockne, University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach; imploring his team prior to a 1928 game against then-undefeated Army to win in honor of former Notre Dame halfback George "The Gipper" Gipp

• We want to build a university of which the football team can be proud.
  • George Lynn Cross, University of Oklahoma President; to the Oklahoma state legislature

• "First, Notre Dame has to lose."
  • Darrell Royal on how to win a national championship [1]

• College football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.
  • Elbert Hubbard [2]
• A tie is like kissing your sister.
  • Daugherty, Duffy [3]

• "If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother."
  • Bo Jackson
• "When in doubt, punt!"
  • John Heisman
• "Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football."
  • John Heisman
• "Hey, we're like soldiers. Would you go to the Roman army and ask them if they thought they were going to win the battle? If I didn't think we could win, I wouldn't be here. I'd stay home and get fat."
  • Ken Simonton OSU tailback before the 30th Fiesta Bowl
• A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year."
  • Walter Payton