History of The Surge – The Official Home of the St. Louis Surge Women's Basketball Team

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The Inception (2011)

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]American football evolved from the sports of association football (soccer) and rugby football. Rugby football, like American football, is a sport where two competing teams vie for control of a ball, which can be kicked through a set of goalposts or run into the opponent’s goal area to score points. What is considered to be the first American football game was played on November 6, 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, two college teams.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”1048″ img_size=”full” css_animation=”right-to-left”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”1048″ img_size=”full” css_animation=”left-to-right”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]

Early history (1997â€”2002)

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The introduction of the snap resulted in unexpected consequences. Prior to the snap, the strategy had been to punt if a scrum resulted in bad field position. However, a group of Princeton players realized that, as the snap was uncontested, they now could hold the ball indefinitely to prevent their opponent from scoring. In 1881, both teams in a game between Yale-Princeton used this strategy to maintain their undefeated records.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]

Early history (1997â€”2002)

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The introduction of the snap resulted in unexpected consequences. Prior to the snap, the strategy had been to punt if a scrum resulted in bad field position. However, a group of Princeton players realized that, as the snap was uncontested, they now could hold the ball indefinitely to prevent their opponent from scoring. In 1881, both teams in a game between Yale-Princeton used this strategy to maintain their undefeated records.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider slidertitle=”Surge History” alias=”Surge-History”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1587523993808{padding-top: 38px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}” el_class=”stm-af-carousel”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]

The History of the St. Louis Surge Women’s Basketball Team

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2016 WBCBL National Championship

[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7180″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6, 1869, between two college teams, Rutgers and Princeton, under rules based on the association football rules of the time. During the latter half of the 1870s, colleges playing association[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]football switched to the Rugby Union code, which allowed carrying the ball. A set of rule changes drawn up from 1880 onward by Walter Camp, the “Father of American Football”, established the snap, eleven-player teams, and the concept of downs; later rule changes legalized the forward pass, created the neutral zone, and specified the size and shape of the football.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1463051986009{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 28px !important;padding-bottom: 28px !important;background-color: #f0f0f0 !important;}”][vc_column][stm_team_history 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