- Linemen, backs
- Practice
- Managers
- Trainers
- Sophomore slump
- popular lingo
- Drag day
- Chain gang
- Workers behind the scene run clock, announcers, camera people, concession workers
- Referees
- Loyal fans
- Coaches – new ones, fathers/son
- School alum as coach
- Down and dirty
- Following in big brother or sister’s footsteps
- Nicknames – printable ones
- Subs: come off the bench
- Team leaders
- bumper stickers
- passing time activities
- Great wins
- Heartbreaking losses
- Uniforms
- Cost of equipment
- Shoes
- Kicking game
- Specialty teams or positions
- Superstitions
- Pre-game routines
- Motivation – stars on helmets, etc.
- Locker room during halftime
- Being on scout team
- Lettering
- Film watching – the study of an opponent
- Memorable plays
- Travel to away games
- Bus breakdowns
- Ball boys
- Making the grade
- Athletic study halls
- Team size – up, down, why
- New teams
- New facilities
- Freshmen or b-teams
- student car culture
- Customs and traditions
- Pep talks
- Parents – fathers who played now watching sons
- Anniversaries – people, places
- Field court maintenance
- Weight room training
- Conditioning drills
- Fitness, endurance
- Big goals, little goals
- Improvements in the game
- New equipment
- Changes in the game, rules
- Rivals
- Cannon
- Discipline
- Cover all the bases
- Rain delays
- Par for the course
- Sudden death
- Home run champion
- Ladies first
- Net works
- faculty quirks
- what people collect
- Spike it
- Most valuable player
- Meet of champs
- High point award
- Last second shot
- Changes in the conference
- Injuries
- A so-so season – value to players, what they learned
- tardy/absence excuses
- SOLO sports – hunting, fishing, rodeo
- Coming off the bench to play in an important game for an injured starter
- Bloopers
- Heroes
- Bonfires
- Sharing time in gym
- what makes a leader
- Sunday practices
- College prospects
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Thanks for the ideas. I think I’ll go with “what people collect” for 500. Keep em coming.