Julien Vidal
Blue Devils
I have been interested for a long time in playing American football but I do not have the time until I go at Grenoble. I elected the Blue Devils in reason of their color which is the same as GI and because I find an atmosphere more friendly than in the other team of Grenoble.
In Grenoble, there is two teams: the Centaurus and the Blue Devils. More in France you do not have an NCAA and NFL division. Cadets, benjamins and juniors played regional but when you are in the senior level as me, you have 4 divisions:
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D1 or Elite which is the closest of the NFL. Among teams which played at this division, you only have two of them - the Flash and the Black Panthers - which play international. The Centaurus play in this division.
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D2
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D3
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D4 or regional. It is the division of the Blue Devils
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I play Defensive End, Linebacker or Cornerback occasionnally.
Yet, I only play one year for now because I suffered from a knee
injury during a practice, this is why I continue to help my team
and those that I call my familly in doing referee until I become
fully operational to re-enter on the gridiron as number 44. 7
Even if it seems an hard game - and it is one - this sport is like
a giant chest where every piece have its importance. More, it
is a team sport but if every individual do not play at the perfection,
it is all the team which is penalised. With that sport I would
proudly call MY sport, I discover the real signification of
brotherhood,overpassing of himself and hardness.
I am proud to be a Blue Devils and I will be one of them all my life.