Blog 2

I was watching a NFL football game the other day, the Philadelphia Eagles were playing the Detroit Lions.  Michael Vick is the quarterback, and as I watched him play, I realized how much physics is involved in the game of football.  Whenever Vick dropped back to pass, he would stand in the pocket with the ball in his hands, with a velocity of zero.  But when Vick sees an open DeSean Jackson 40 yards down the field, Vick quickly throws the ball, giving it a high velocity in order to reach DeSean Jackson.  As Vick releases the ball, the football becomes a projectile, with gravity being the only force acting upon it.  He threw the ball at about a 42 degree angle to the horizantal ground in order to make a good pass to DeSean to score a touchdown.  I figured that Vick must be a genius when it comes to physics because he went on to throw 3 more touchdowns in that game, destroying the weak Lions.  Hopefully Vick will be able to keep using his knowledge of Physics throughout the entire season!