NFL Nationals

June 28, 2008

  • Viva Las Vegas

    Pinecrest coach Robert Sheard sent us this photo of the NFL Champions Caleb Frye & Meredith Potter posing with their championship trophies in Las Vegas.
    As a Missourian, I can say that the best localized options for next year’s champs will be to pose in front of a fountain or BBQ joint in KC.
    Apparently I am [...]

June 20, 2008

  • Pinecrest Wins NFL Nationals

    Pinecrest from left to right: Libby Carter (coach), Meredith Potter, Caleb Frye, and Robert Sheard (coach).
    Meredith Potter & Caleb Frye from Pinecrest High School (NC) defeated William J. Beshears & Evan T. Lee from Monsignor Kelly Catholic (TX) on a 9-6 decision to win the 2008 NFL Public Forum Debate Championship.
    The top 14 teams are [...]

  • You Make The Call

    The Public Forum Debate Final Round at the 2008 NFL National Tournament is finished and we won’t know the result until the awards assembly later this evening.
    Who do you think won? Please only vote if you watched the round. Voting will be closed when the awards assembly begins.
    The poll is now closed. PFDebate readers voted [...]

  • Final Round Underway

    We started with 241 teams, and now we down to the final 2:
    PRO (Speaking First)
    William J. Beshears & Evan T. Lee
    Monsignor Kelly Catholic (TX)
    CON (Speaking Second)
    Meredith Potter & Caleb Frye
    Pinecrest High School (NC)
    The 15-member judging panel consists of a mixture of coaches, representatives from corporate sponsors, and political types.

June 19, 2008

  • NFL Nationals Final Round Set

    Information out of Las Vegas has been slow today and we’re not sure what happened after Round 14, but we do know the codes of the final two teams:
    N214 vs N220
    We believe that the final round will pit William J. Beshears & Evan T. Lee from Monsignor Kelly Catholic in Beaumont, TX against the unbeaten [...]

  • Round 14: 6 Teams Remaining

    Victory Briefs Daily has posted the Public Forum Debate pairings for Round 14. Please help us crack the codes for the four teams that we don’t know.
    N214 vs N252
    N220 vs N191
    N144 vs N266
    N191: from Idaho
    N144: Rossview (TN) - Kori Furcolowe & Kathleen Beach
    N266: Durham Academy (NC) - Josh Zoffer & Robert Kindman

  • Round 13: 9 Teams Remaining

    Victory Briefs Daily has posted the Public Forum Debate pairings for Round 13. Please help us crack the codes for the six teams that we don’t know.
    N191 vs N214
    N266 vs N211
    N183 vs N144
    N220 vs N315
    N252 BYE
    N144: Rossview (TN) - Kori Furcolowe & Kathleen Beach
    N183: Harker (CA) - Kaavya Gowda & Kelsey Hilbrich
    N191: from Idaho
    N211: from [...]

June 18, 2008

  • Round 12: 16 Teams Remaining

    Round 12 is the last round for today (Wednesday) and only 16 teams remain. Surely we can break the codes for the 14 unknown teams.
    N104: Chesteron (IN) - Tyler Fabbri & Michael Hadley
    N121
    N144: Rossview (TN) - Kori Furcolowe & Kathleen Beach
    N152: Okoboji (IA) - Melissa Osman & Leah Hilsabeck
    N183: Harker (CA) - Kaavya Gowda & [...]

  • Round 11: 25 Teams Remaining

    N104
    N108
    N121
    N129
    N142
    N144
    N152
    N183
    N191
    N204
    N211
    N212
    N214
    N220
    N225
    N236
    N252
    N266
    N267
    N281
    N305
    N307
    N310
    N315
    N341

  • Round 10: 40 Teams Remaining

    Victory Briefs Daily has provided a photograph of the Round 10 pairings for Public Forum Debate. Please help us provide meaning to these listing by breaking the school codes in the comments.
    N341 vs N315
    N203 vs N108
    N191 vs N211
    N252 vs N189
    N121 vs N221
    N212 vs N220
    N231 vs N142
    N122 vs N267
    N307 vs N312
    N236 vs N330
    N215 vs N129
    N206 vs [...]

  • Round 9: 58 Teams Remaining

    Victory Briefs Daily has posted the list of Public Forum Debate teams advancing to Round 9. Please help us provide meaning to these listing by breaking the school codes in the comments.
    266 v 220
    116 v 152
    203 v 272
    312 v 243
    206 v 133
    212 v 142
    253 v 310
    207 v 171
    293 v 189
    301 v 129
    334 v 265
    331 v [...]

June 17, 2008

  • Round 7: 79 Teams Remaining

    Public Forum Debate pairings for the first elimination round, Round 7, have been posted by Victory Briefs Daily. There are 79 teams remaining. Please help us break these team codes!
    N307 vs BYE
    N210 vs N112
    N253 vs N221
    N316 vs N139
    N301 vs N292
    N252 vs N262
    N214 vs N204
    N183 vs N309
    N144 vs N264
    N123 vs N193
    N310 vs N272
    N215 vs N296
    N106 vs [...]

  • Code Breaking

    Preliminary rounds at NFL Nationals in Las Vegas end this morning and the elimination rounds begin this afternoon. The pairings will be meaningless if we only know that N999 is debating N888. We need your help breaking the codes. Here is what we have compiled so far:
    N128 - Walt Whitman - Ben Lewis & Elena [...]

June 15, 2008

  • NFL Nationals Are Here!

    Check-in at NFL Nationals begins today and competition gets under way tomorrow. PFDebate is not in Las Vegas, but we will be doing our best to follow along from home. We have asked Public Forum Debate participants to de-cloak by sending us their code, names, and school so that we can help provide meaning to [...]

June 3, 2008

  • Crossfire Briefs - NFL Nationals 2008 Update 1 Released

    The Crossfire Briefs - NFL Nationals 2008 Update 1 has been released. The update has already been sent to everyone who purchased the NFL Nationals 2008 issue. If you did not receive the update, please contact us ASAP.
    From this point forward, if you purchase the NFL Nationals issue, the update is already included in the [...]

May 14, 2008

  • Nevada NFL District Results

    Green Valley High School from the Nevada NFL District has qualified three Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in June.
    Q1: Green Valley: Leah Yaffe & Natasha Dua
    Q2: Green Valley: Kristin Arn & Eric Glyman
    Q3: Green Valley: Ashley Artmann & Brittany Russo

May 13, 2008

  • North Dakota NFL District Results

    The North Dakota NFL District has qualified two Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in Las Vegas.
    Q1: Fargo South: Matthew Budke & John Mitzel
    Q2: Mandan: Sarah Nitschke & Meghan Nitschke

May 12, 2008

  • Rushmore NFL District Results

    The Rushmore NFL District (South Dakota) has qualified three Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in June.
    Q1: Yankton: Marie Holtzman & Marie Hussein
    Q2: Sioux Falls Washington: Allison Hout & Alissa Olson
    Q3: Vermillion: Maggie Green & Jane Reasoner

May 11, 2008

  • Northern Illinois NFL District Results

    Glenbrook North High School from the Northern Illinois NFL District has qualified two Public Forum Debate teams to the NFL National Tournament in Las Vegas.
    Q1: Glenbrook North: Kara Brandeisky & Jordan Baker
    Q2: Glenbrook North: Ben Gordon & Stefanie Rubinstein
    A1: Glenbrook North: Paul Weinger & Zack Parker

  • Tennessee NFL District Results

    The Tennessee NFL District has qualified three Public Forum Debate Teams to the NFL National Tournament in June.
    Q1: Rossview: Kori Furcolowe & Kathleen Beach
    Q2: Morristown West: Tim Woodard & Ben Jarnigan
    Q3: Brentwood: Matt Stern & Chris Kaczmarek
    A1: Brentwood: Maulin Shah & Marshall Cottrell