Story: The 3 Point Kickoff
Story by: Gail Nobles © 2025


Alright, folks, LISTEN UP! Gail Nobles here, with the straight dope on a kickoff rule so radical, so… *revolutionary*, it could turn the K9FFL upside down! This isn't just tweaking the offsides rule, ladies and gentlemen; this is nuclear-level change we're talking about!

Let's dissect this Frankenstein's monster of a rule. Let’s Catch the pigskin on the kickoff, and BAM! Three points for the taking! A guaranteed field goal, delivered fresh off the foot of the kicker… but there's more! Return that sucker to the promised land for six, and you get *both* the three AND the touchdown! Are you kidding me?! This is like winning the lottery and finding a tenner in your old coat pocket!

This means Catching the ball on the kickoff guarantees the receiving team 3 points.***   If the receiver then returns the ball for a touchdown, they get both the 3 points AND the touchdown.

IMPLICATIONS, PEOPLE, IMPLICATIONS!

• *   **KICKOFFS BECOME STRATEGIC CHESS MATCHES!** Forget the brute force, the missile-like trajectories we're used to! The kicking team will be aiming like brain surgeons, placing the ball with the precision of a Swiss watchmaker! We're talking out-of-bounds kicks, short, high floaters – the ol' bloop and pray! Onside kicks?   You bet your bottom dollar we'll see more of those, especially for teams desperate to get back in the game! Forget the vanilla kickoff, get ready for flavor!

• *   **THE RECEIVING TEAM… Forget the speed demons, the track stars! We need WALKING GLUE FACTORIES! Guys who can CATCH EVERYTHING! Soft hands, nerves of steel, the ability to tell the difference between a catchable ball and a live grenade! This is all about securing that three-point gimme!

• *   **TOUCHBACKS? A LUXURY NO MORE!** A touchback? In this new reality, it's like leaving money on the table! A cardinal sin! You'll see returners planted in the end zone, risking life and limb to snag that ball! The siren song of those three points will be deafening!

• *   **SCORING EXPLODES LIKE A POPCORN FACTORY!** Three points here, seven points there, soon we're talking about games that look like arena football scores!

• *   **DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE!** Listen, folks, let's not kid ourselves. This rule change is a ticking time bomb. More desperate catches, more ferocious collisions. The potential for injury will be… *substantial*. The NFL's player safety gurus are going to be pulling their hair out!

• **STRATEGIES
• *   **KICKING TEAM: THE MASTER CRAFTSMEN!** Forget the leg strength, think about the ART! Kicking it OB! The high, short kick! The surprise onside! If the returner is good, just boot it out of the endzone. They'll be playing pinball with the ball, trying to avoid the dreaded "catchable" kick!*  

• **RECEIVING TEAM: THE CATCHING CAVALRY!** Forget the Olympic sprinters! Give me guys who can secure the catch. Aggressive blocking, hell-bent on creating a lane. And PRACTICE, PEOPLE, PRACTICE! Catching under pressure, with linebackers breathing down your neck!

• **BOTTOM LINE!**
• This rule change? It's a gamble! A high-stakes roll of the dice! It could make kickoffs the most exciting play in football… or a complete and utter disaster. But one thing's for sure, it'll be one heck of a conversation starter at the water cooler. This, my friends, is "kickoff chaos," and I, for one, am here for it!

I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening. 

Story: The Kickoff Kings Win
Story by: Gail Nobles © 2025
Illustration by: Gail Nobles
Music intro by: Gail Nobles

Alright folks, gather 'round! It's Gail Nobles, live from the KICKOFF KINGS LEAGUE! And lemme tell ya, what we just witnessed here was... well, let's just say it redefined the very meaning of "special!" We had the Red Bucks locking horns with the, yes, you guessed it, the Kickoff Kings!

This is K9FFL: Kickoffs. Only. That’s it! A purist’s dream, a special team’s fantasy, a gridiron…kicking sensation.

The scoreboard blinked, folks! 30-15 in favor of the Kickoff Kings! And the men behind the magic? None other than Big Jim Joley and Joshua Simmons of the Kickoff Kings. Big Joley with 3 touch downs and Joshua Simmons 2.

Simmons’ second touchdown, folks, let me tell you something! It was poetry in motion! He snared that pigskin near the 5-yard line, put on a clinic in elusiveness. Three defenders, folks, THREE! They were left clutching at air, while Simmons waltzed into the endzone! A thing of beauty! You hear me? BEAUTY!

And the Red Bucks? They tried a desperate gamble in the fourth quarter! A short kick, attempting to catch the Kings napping! But the Kickoff Kings’ coverage unit? They were ready! Like a swarm of angry hornets, folks, they descended on that returner, snuffing out any hope of a decent return! A tactical masterpiece!

And the VERDICT, ladies and gentlemen, the verdict is in! The Kickoff Kings have triumphed! Not through some fancy passing game, not through some bruising running attack, but through the glorious, unadulterated power of their... kickoffs! Magnificent! This isn’t about your quarterbacks, or your running backs. This is about the unsung heroes! The kickers who can launch it into orbit! The returners who make Houdini look like an amateur! And those coverage teams who hit with the force of a runaway freight train!

And the strategy, folks! Oh, the layers of strategy! This ain't just about booming it and hoping for the best! This is about touchback avoidance! It's about strategically placed short kicks that force the returners to the sideline, hemmed in and vulnerable. It’s about coverage teams that aren’t just mindless drones running downfield. They are honed, hyper-specialized tackling machines!

The Kickoff Kings? They kept us guessing! Did they blast it deep? Did they aim for the corner? Were their coverages some diamond formation that we've never seen? Well, the proof is in the pudding, folks! They out-kicked, out-covered, and out-returned the Red Bucks! And while the Bucks may have had heart, the Kings had… well, the superior kickoffs!
Now, I know what some of you are thinking! "Gail," you're saying, "This is nothing more than a novelty act!" But I say to you… DON’T YOU DARE! This is a new frontier! This is the future of football analysis! Specialization is the name of the game!

And think about the fantasy ramifications. Kicker Points! Returner Points! Coverage Team Points! Suddenly, your kicker isn't just an afterthought! He’s a crucial cog! Return specialists become gridiron gods! And those coverage guys? They’re racking up tackles like they’re going out of style!

So, what have we learned tonight? The Kickoff Kings sit atop the throne! Football is evolving! And Gail Nobles…is still the sharpest tool in the shed! Goodnight, folks, and may your kickoffs always find their mark!

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Story by: Gail Nobles © 2025
Illustration by: Gail Nobles
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Alright folks, lemme tell ya something! We're talking football, we're talking excitement, and we're talking the *Kickoff Kings*! This is the K9FFL, the *Kickoff Fantasy Football League*!

And folks, this year, 2025, the Kings are rollin' out the red carpet, the gold carpet, the everything carpet at Kickoff Stadium! Their first home game, and what do we have? A game program! A little piece of history, right here!

And the cover, folks, oh, the cover! It features none other than Big Jim Joley! Now, Big Jim, I gotta say, this is a unique story. You see, he's a big deal, a superstar in this new league. I admire him!

Now, about that Jersey... *Dark Blue, Light Blue, Gold, Yellow, and White!* I mean, where have we seen something like that before? Never folks. A *Royal* jersey, they call it, and it is fit for a king! No football team in the world has the same colors and style in a jersey. It's truly something. Beautiful is an understatement. Beautiful!

And this Big Jim... He's making waves in the K9FFL! This isn't your everyday player. This is groundbreaking! He's a phenomenon in the world of professional football, and he's playing for the Kickoff Kings!

So grab your program, soak in the atmosphere, and let's watch Big Jim Joley and the Kickoff Kings bring this K9FFL to life! This is truly must-see TV...or rather, must-see in person! Believe you me! I admire him.

That's the story here folks, let's see how it unfolds! I’m Gail Nobles on Friday night football!

Story by: Gail Nobles © 2025
Illustration by: Gail Nobles
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It’s said that life is a ballgame. Big Jim was football and his life was like no other. He had his own league of friends.  Using only kickoffs as the method of advancing the ball downfield *for the entire game* was very unusual and likely impractical twist on football. They wore a special kind of headgear for protection rather than hard football helmets.

"They called him Big Jim, and in his world, life wasn't *like* a ballgame – it *was* a ballgame. A bizarre and brutally unpredictable ballgame played entirely with kickoffs. Jim wasn't just a player; he was the league. The sun beat down on the football field, shimmering off the makeshift goalposts crafted from old tires and rebar. This was the home of the 'Kickoff Kings,' Big Jim's invention and obsession.

"Their rules were simple and brutal: a kickoff, a desperate scramble for the football, and a full-speed race to the endzone. A ballet of brutal athleticism, where breathtaking catches were born from bone-jarring collisions. That was all there was to it, yet it was enough. Both teams lined up behind their kicker, waiting for the signal. Then came the kick—high and arcing towards the opposing team. The team on the receiving end would have to catch the ball and run it into the endzone. This was K9FFL (Kickoff 9 Players Fantasy Football), a league where real-world players earned fantasy points with every tackle and catch. Fantasy Football played out in bone-jarring reality. But, would the game be able to last?"

Their head and neck gear was like reinforced padded  headband helmets with integrated/built-in neck protection. There was minimal protection. Hopefully enough to prevent concussions and the use of "safeguard" or "serious neck injuries"

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