Defensive back Kaitlan Reiff puts on eyeblack before taking the field with the Nevada Storm. (Photo via Kaitlan Reiff)

Perhaps no group plays for the love of the game more than female tackle football players. In a Yahoo Sports story, Jeff Eisenberg visits with women who often spend several thousand dollars a year to cover equipment and travel, including long bus rides and cheap motels. 

Whether in the NFL front office or within team organizations, women are increasingly more involved in football. Two members of the three-time women's national champion D.C. Divas – Rachel Huhn and Callie Brownson – recently joined the New York Jets as scouting interns.

Getting down with a new tradition

Floyd Central, (Kentucky), a first-year school and program formed via consolidation, recently debuted a new post-victory celebration. Players, coaches and cheerleaders all dance to Cupid’s “Cupid Shuffle.”

The Lexington Herald-Leader says when they initially played the song during practice, players started dancing, and Coach Shawn Hager thought up the group dance during a lopsided home victory.

On-field vows

Murray State defensive end Bishop Woods and fiancée Caitlin Myers got married Sept. 14 on the field following a Racers practice. ESPN reports offensive line coach and ordained minister Brian Hamilton performed the ceremony.

The couple, which celebrated the birth of their first child, Benjamin, four months ago, ran through a pre-practice rehearsal before the real thing.

Let there be light

It appears CBS Philly helped Comets Youth Football in Corwyn finally get some needed field illumination. Comets coach Terrell Reid said they had to practice by vehicle headlight because the borough changed locks last December on the building that houses the breaker switch.

Photo via CBS Philly

CBS Philly visited borough hall to discuss the issue on Sept. 12, and the lights were on for the next evening’s practice.

Fifteen players enough for Indy program

Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star tells the story of Tindley School, which is off to a 4-0 start despite fielding just 15 eligible players.

 

 

 

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"We tell them all the time that we’re not here to win four games,” said Tindley coach Chris Edison, who started with six players when he took the job last year. “We’re here to win state like everybody else. We have talent. We have high hopes. I truly believe we’re a forced to be reckoned with at our level."