Football fans, it’s that time of year! The countdown to Super Bowl Sunday is on! Ok, so maybe your team didn’t make it to the big game – it’s still fun to get together with family and friends, cheer for a team and come on, we can’t miss the commercials or the halftime show, right? Even if your favorite team can’t win the Lombardi trophy this year, YOU might be a winner on Super Bowl Sunday, with a chance to {Read More}
The day of the big game has arrived! All of last week Little Miss Celebration has been devoted to football – helping new fans learn about the game, sharing my personal journey from not loving football at all to becoming a huge fan and a cute necklace you can make to show pride for your team. Today, it’s all about the celebration, last minute preparations, commercials, football superstitions and shouting out a lotta love for my team, the Ravens!! It’s {Read More}
Turn on the television during football season to any game, NFL or college, and you’ll see stadiums packed with loyal, die-hard fans. Those fans are not just the guys. Ladies are bona fide fans. According to an article by ESPN online in 2012, 44% of all fans in the NFL are female, a pretty big number. I count myself in this group of dedicated, female fans. I love the Ravens and yell, scream and create general mayhem during every game. {Read More}
There’s no doubt about it, football fans are passionate about their teams! Whether it’s an NFL team, college or both, most fans love to wear their team’s logo – shirts, hats, jackets, you name it!. Purple is everywhere throughout Baltimore and the surrounding communities right now and I’m sure San Fran is decked with scarlet red! Here’s a quick necklace you can put together to show your team pride! I wanted to make a little favor for the girls for {Read More}
We’re wrapping up basic Football 101 with a little glossary of some positions, penalties and other terms you might hear during a game, just so you have a little familiarity with them. This is not even close to being all-inclusive! Football has more rules than reasons I can usually conjure up for why I need another trip to the craft store – and really, that’s a lot! Let’s cover just some of the positions, lingo and the dreaded penalties! Penalties {Read More}
Back to continue our Football 101 for newbie fans! If you missed yesterday’s post, that starts with Part 1, which you can read here. Whew, there’s so much to cover and trying to distill this down to the basics is tougher than I expected! Yesterday, we touched the very tip of the football iceberg and really, that’s all we’re going to do in this Football 101 series! My “goal” for this is to provide just a little help to new {Read More}
If you have recently been bitten by the football bug, or don’t follow football but want to watch the big game on Sunday, it’s not unusual to find yourself….well, a little lost. Most of us pretty much get the touchdown concept, but what’s all that other stuff going on? What’s a 1st down? Why did they kick a field goal? What’s a penalty? And why in the world do all those guys keep running on and off the field? Yes, {Read More}