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Posted :
Friday, February 11, 2011 1:02:02 PM(UTC)
[size=18]Packers should reveal QB's helmet info
By Gregg Easterbrook
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All across the United States, football players and their parents -- there are 500 high school football players for each NFL player -- are worried about concussions, which a report released last week shows are rising in incidence.
Aaron Rodgers of the Packers, who will start at quarterback in the upcoming Super Bowl, just switched to a helmet he thinks offers superior protection. Rodgers says the helmet prevented a concussion when he took a brutal blow to the head from Julius Peppers of the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship Game.
So a Super Bowl quarterback has found a helmet that might reduce the concussion plague, protecting huge numbers of football players at the college, high school and youth levels. Good news?
Here's the catch -- Rodgers won't tell you what kind of helmet he switched to. Neither will the Green Bay Packers. A Super Bowl quarterback and his team have information that might increase neurological safety -- and won't share it.
During the regular season, Rodgers suffered two concussions. When he returned to the field late in the year, Rodgers said he had switched to a helmet that reduces concussion risk. But he wouldn't be specific, leaving college and high school coaches and players in the dark. A month ago, Tuesday Morning Quarterback asked the Packers to reveal the type of helmet on Rodgers' head, and a Packers spokesman said the team would not.
After the NFC title game, Rodgers told Peter King of NBC he thought his new helmet prevented the vicious hit by Peppers -- whom the league fined $10,000 for unnecessary roughness -- from causing another concussion. "As much as the new helmet feels uncomfortable and I'm still getting used to it, I'm really happy I was wearing it on that hit,'' Rodgers said to King. But King's report did not include the critical item of information that all other football players, and the parents of young players, need -- namely, what kind of helmet.
[img_r]http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0131/pg2_a_rodgehelmet_200.jpg[/img_r]So I asked the Packers again. Jeff Blumb, the team's director of public relations, told me, "I did check again on your behalf, and that's still not information we're comfortable sharing outside of our building."
Each year 1.1 million boys, and a few girls, play middle school and high school football.
All risk permanent neurological harm, while few will receive a college sports scholarship and hardly any will earn a dime in the NFL. Many high school football players -- probably the majority, there are no definitive statistics -- take the field in outdated-design "shell" helmets without any concussion-resistant engineering. They do so partly because new-generation helmets cost about $200 each, and many high schools have budget problems.
But the main reason large numbers of high school players wear obsolescent helmets is that below the level of the pros and big colleges, coaches, parents and athletic directors have no idea which helmets are best. They look to the top of the sport, the NFL, for guidance -- and receive none. Now a Super Bowl team, the Green Bay Packers, believes its quarterback is safer in a particular helmet type, and won't reveal the information that might reduce brain injury risk throughout the sport.
Like any athletic enterprise, the Packers have reason to keep game plans, training techniques and other such specifics private. But safety information should never be proprietary. Any information that improves sports safety should be declared openly, to all.
NFL teams may be squeamish about revealing which helmets players wear because they think such an action makes them liable for any harm someone might sustain after donning a helmet of that type. As TMQ detailed here in November, this view is likely to be incorrect, in legal terms. But if Green Bay is being held back by a mistaken belief about liability, the NFL needs to step in, and say, clearly, what helmet type and model is worn by Rodgers. Safety information must never be withheld from the public. Withholding safety information is irresponsible. If a Super Bowl quarterback has found a helmet type that he believes reduces concussion risk, the team and the league have an ethical obligation to share the details.
Riddell is the NFL's helmet provider; players are free to wear other helmets, so long as they obscure the brand. This is why the white stripe on the back of an NFL helmet may say a team's name; that means the player is not wearing a Riddell, and has covered the Riddell logo. But just knowing a helmet brand isn't enough -- the model must be known, too. Riddell and Schutt, the leading manufacturers of football helmets, sell helmets engineered to reduce concussion risk and helmets that lack such engineering. The public needs to know both the brand and the model of whatever is on the head of Aaron Rodgers.
Riddell's advanced Revo Speed model (which my older son wore when playing college football) and the Schutt DNA (which I bought my young son when he played JV) are designed to reduce concussion risk, and data show this works. Is Rodgers wearing a Riddell Revo Speed or a Schutt DNA? The Schutt Ion helmet also has advanced engineering -- is Rodgers wearing an Ion? Is he wearing a Xenith X1, a new helmet brand designed around concussion prevention? Is he wearing the new Rawlings Quantum, which goes on the market soon, and was designed to reduce concussion risks? The public needs to know.
None of these helmets assures against concussions. The best case is that an advanced helmet reduces the wearer's risk by lowering concussion incidence. Even in the best new helmets, concussions can occur and can be severe. Getting improved helmets onto every football player's head will be no panacea -- other reforms are needed to make the game less dangerous. But getting a concussion-resistant helmet onto every player's head is an important first step.
Though the NFL has been encouraging players to switch to any of the advanced helmets mentioned above, the NFL does not mandate their use. This is a short-sighted policy TMQ has been objecting to since the Riddell Revolution, the first-generation helmet engineered to reduce concussion risk, went on sale eight years ago.
Regardless, a starting quarterback in Sunday's Super Bowl has found a helmet brand and model that he believes offers superior protection against concussions. Yet he won't say what the helmet is, and the Green Bay Packers won't say either. Rodgers and the Packers should be widely criticized for this. Why won't they tell the country's million high school football players, and the players' parents, what the NFL knows about safety?
In other football news, it's hard to think of a more appealing Super Bowl pairing than the Packers, winners of the first two Super Bowls, versus the Steelers, with a league-best six Super Bowl trophies. The pairing is especially appealing since the Packers were established in 1919 and the Steelers in 1933, yet they have never met in the playoffs.
I can't wait to take my seat at Cowboys Stadium in a place that is definitely not Dallas, and I know you'll be tuned in for the kickoff at VI:XX Eastern. See below for a few scout's notes, and an item on how the Steelers and Packers were built.
And don't get up to make a sandwich during the fourth quarter! In recent Super Bowls, the fourth quarter has been the best part.
In the past three Super Bowls, 70 points were scored in the first three quarters, then 59 points were rung up in the fourth quarter. Three years ago in the Jersey/A-New England Super Bowl, the Patriots contained Eli Manning 'til the fourth quarter, when he threw for 152 yards, the rate of a 600-yard passing game. Two years ago in the Pittsburgh-Arizona Super Bowl, the Steelers contained Kurt Warner 'til the fourth quarter, when he threw for 247 yards, the rate of a 1,000-yard passing game. Last year in the Indianapolis-New Orleans Super Bowl, the Saints won their rings by outscoring the Colts 15-0 in the fourth quarter.
And what happened the last time the Steelers and Packers played, during the 2009 season? There were 38 points in the first three quarters, 35 points in the fourth quarter. The Packers and Steelers combined for 323 yards of offense in the fourth quarter -- the rate of a 1,200-yard game -- as the fourth-quarter possession results were touchdown, field goal, touchdown, field goal, touchdown and finally touchdown by Pittsburgh, to win, on the game's final play.
So if recent Super Bowls, and the most recent Packers-Steelers game, are any guide, don't go anywhere in the fourth quarter. That's when the fun begins.
In column news, the Tuesday Morning Quarterback Challenge returns -- limited engagement. See below.
Stat of the Week No. 1
Super Bowl coaches Mike McCarthy and Mike Tomlin have a combined 9-3 postseason record.
Stat of the Week No. 2
The Pittsburgh defense allows 3 yards per rush and 6.3 yards per pass -- both NFL-best figures.
Stat of the Week No. 3
The Packers' and Steelers' offenses have allowed a combined 95 sacks, about the same as allowed by playoff teams New Orleans, New England, Indianapolis and Atlanta combined.
Stat of the Week No. 4
Pittsburgh made the Super Bowl despite a terrible passing game statistically in the postseason -- eight sacks, average of just 157 yards per game passing net, 75.5 passer rating for Ben Roethlisberger.
Stat of the Week No. 5
Green Bay's six regular-season losses were by a combined 20 points.
Stat of the Week No. 6
Since the start of the 2009 season, the Steelers are 16-4 when Troy Polamalu plays and 6-8 when he does not.
Stat of the Week No. 7
Pittsburgh has the league's best defense against points, and Green Bay has the second-best defense against points.
Stat of the Week No. 8
When Aaron Rodgers is at quarterback, Green Bay has averaged 34 points per game in the playoffs.
Stat of the Week No. 9
Five of the past six teams to reach the Super Bowl -- Green Bay this season, New Orleans and Indianapolis last year, Pittsburgh and Arizona the year before that -- did not have a 1,000-yard rusher.
Stat of the Week No. 10
The Packers and Steelers enter the final game on a combined 8-0 postseason streak.
Cheerleader of the Week
Erica of the Denver Broncos, who according to her team bio hosts a TV show on a Denver local-access channel and has been reading "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan, which contends that people should eat the foods -- mostly plants -- that our distant ancestors ate. The book's position is similar to advocacy of the Paleolithic diet.
Super Bowl Scout's Notes:
When the Packers and Steelers met in 2009, the result was an Arena League-like 37-36 final score. The teams combined for 848 yards passing versus 125 yards rushing. Counting sacks and scrambles, the coaches combined to radio in 104 passing plays against just 27 rushes. From the middle of the fourth quarter until the scoreboard read all-naughts, Pittsburgh coaches called 22 consecutive passing plays. Maybe it's just as well Vince Lombardi didn't live to see that contest. But the game sure was fun to watch.
A few things jump out from film of that game. One is that Ben Roethlisberger, who throws the deep sideline route better than any other NFL quarterback, made most of his big plays, including the winning touchdown pass as time expired, along the deep sideline.
Green Bay coaches have two weeks to look at Steelers film. There's no way they will miss this. So you'd expect the Packers to be prepared for deep sideline routes. Which means Green Bay might expect the Steelers to surprise them by throwing down the middle. Which means the deep sideline routes might be there -- reverse psychology. In that game, Aaron Rodgers made his big connections in front of the safeties. Which Steelers coaches cannot fail to notice. Which means -- you get the rest.
Kicking a field goal to pull ahead 30-28 with four minutes remaining, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin elected to onside kick. It was a brilliant call, though it didn't work. Afterward, old-timers complained that Tomlin wasn't showing faith in his defense. Tomlin, as defense-minded as they come, was playing the percentages: Had the onside succeeded, and surprise onsides usually do, Pittsburgh would have been in the driver's seat. Because Green Bay remembers that onside, and because an onside was a deciding play in last year's Super Bowl, there's no way Pittsburgh will onside kick in this Super Bowl, right? More reverse psychology may be in store.
The Packers tackled poorly in their 2009 loss. Even an average defensive performance would have led to Green Bay victory. At the endgame, Green Bay clinging to a lead, the Packers used mainly a three-man rush which backfired, allowing a completion on fourth-and-7, another pivotal completion with 20 seconds remaining, then the winning touchdown on the final snap. On the fourth-and-7 conversion, Green Bay had eight to cover five, yet there was only a linebacker on Santonio Holmes (then with Pittsburgh), who made a 32-yard gain. If the Packers hold a late lead again and use the three-man rush again, they'll have only themselves to blame.
Watch the Pittsburgh offensive line on rushing plays. Often the Steelers' line uses an unorthodox "double-side" blocking technique in which blockers simply push whichever way the defensive front seven players are moving at the snap. In double-side blocking, many rushes are stuffed, while occasionally there's a gaping hole for a long run. Most offensive coaches don't like double-side blocking because the technique is so unpredictable. But chaos reigns when the Steelers have the ball, whether it's a rush or a pass.
When the Packers have the ball, the sideline looks like a subway station as players shuffle in and out. Surely the Steelers have spent their long two-week break practicing getting situation packages of defenders on and off the field quickly as the Packers substitute. Perhaps the Packers will go no-huddle, in order to force the Pittsburgh defense to play only with starters.
When everyone expects a high-scoring game (Pat Forde expected the BCS title game to end 49-45), your columnist expects low scoring (actual was 22-19). When everyone expects low scoring, TMQ predicts a high-scoring game. Considering the Steelers and Packers are both top defensive teams, everyone's forecasting a low-scoring game, which makes TMQ think we're in for a scoreboard-spinner. That, after all, is what happened the last time Green Bay and Pittsburgh met.
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But because of licensing with the NFL and Riddel or whoever, I don't think they are allowed to say. I know they have to take the marking off the helmet.
This article illustrates what separates Aaron Rodgers from most of the quarterbacks in the league. Unlike any other quarterback I'm aware of (most definitely including Ben Roethlisberger), Rodgers' passer rating actually goes
in the playoffs. That is a remarkable achievement.
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Friday, February 11, 2011 1:42:16 PM(UTC)
That's very weird that the Packers won't reveal the helmet info. It's not like the helmet gives them a competitive advantage. I mean, I wouldn't think they would want to deprive other teams of a safety device. The NFL isn't THAT cutthroat, is it?
I enjoy reading these articles that were written before the Super Bowl, knowing how the game turned out.
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Friday, February 11, 2011 2:12:22 PM(UTC)
For contractual reasons, they are prohibited from endorsing any brand of helmet other than Riddell. Coming out and saying, "Schutt's AiR XP Elite protected me from a concussion after a devastating hit by one of the premier pass rushers in the league" could, in our litigious society, be construed as an endorsement, which might lead to a lawsuit when some kid wearing said helmet sustained a concussion anyway. Not only would making such public statements conceivably violate the terms of the contract with Riddell, it could lead to serious liability in the case of a lawsuit.
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Friday, February 11, 2011 3:27:59 PM(UTC)
This guy is blowing this out of proportion and being a little ridiculous in the process. One case (Rodgers) is NOT enough proof for kids everywhere to go out and buy the same helmet. There are a few brands out there that promote greater concussion protection. Why are Rodgers and the Packers being labeled as final helmet judge here? Shit article.
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Friday, February 11, 2011 3:38:17 PM(UTC)
lol they make it sound as if the Packers developed and produced the helmet @ 1265. Give me a break, the helmet is out there for anyone who has the cash.
If it truly does help reduce concussions, hopefully the NFL goes way of NASCAR when they mandated the HANS device on its drivers.
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Friday, February 11, 2011 3:38:25 PM(UTC)
Technically, no helmet can protect against concussions; they can only protect against traumatic brain injury. No matter how good the helmet is, the brain is still going to collide with and rebound off the skull when the impact occurs. It's that collision and recoil that is at the root of concussions.
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Friday, February 11, 2011 3:40:57 PM(UTC)
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Technically, no helmet can protect against concussions; they can only protect against traumatic brain injury. No matter how good the helmet is, the brain is still going to collide with and rebound off the skull when the impact occurs. It's that collision and recoil that is at the root of concussions.
I heard the boys from "Explorers" are designing a zero inertia helmet that will completely prevent concussions.
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Festive Friday was held at the county building recently. The topic was Back to School. Many helpful hints and tips were given to parents and grandparents to help children succeed in school. Barbra Jones from the Extension Office said it's important to take time when it comes to homework and breakfast. If we can find time for a lot of extracurricular activities, then it's important to take time to make sure homework is completed each night. Students will perform significantly better in school if each morning begins with breakfast.
Jones prepared sack lunches for each of the attendees at Festive Friday. The sacks were colorful and filled with articles to read and puzzles and games for the children. The meal inside cost less than $1.50 and included a sandwich of chicken salad, fruit cup, cookie and carrots.
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I'm still loving Simply Color. Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for the giveaway! I love Happy Go Lucky! wonderlandbyalyce at gmail dot com
I really like Happy Go Lucky (Fat Eighth Bundle) and Aspen Frost right now. I have ordered from Southern Fabric and have had great service. I even won two charm packs from them a couple of weeks ago Happy Go Lucky and Marmalade!
Love it all! A favorite of mine is Simply Color…thanks for a fun giveaway!

Julie

I am SO drooling over Comma. Maybe someday…. 🙂
Hard to choose, but I have been wanting some Simply Color — I love the projects I see being made with that line!
I really like Notting Hill by Joel Dewberry. Thanks for this chance!
Hi! Love their webpage…easy to follow. Riley Blake's designs are my favorite. I do love Boho …so pretty. Thanks for the chance.
There's so much to love. Of course, Happy go lucky is my favorite;-) But I choose Freshcut for Camille's Firework. But perhaps I need some new fabric? In form the cold would be good to have a head start on xmas this year;-)
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That Aspen Frost looks great! I would love to start on a Christmas project BEFORE Christmas so that it can be enjoyed!
I noticed she had a layer cake called "posh pumpkins" that would make a very cute fall quilt.
I have made a baby quilt with the Coquette and love, love, love it. I would be so happy to win the Happy go Lucky. Thanks for the chance to win.
really love the aviary vintage yellow collection!

Fawn
I have been into getting blenders in a wide array of colors. I think they will have plenty to buy in that area. Thanks.
I love Honey, Honey! awolk at rogers dot com
I love Honey Honey!!
I love the Boho collection! I could think of a couple of projects it would be perfect for! Thanks for the give-away!
I MUST have some Happy Go Lucky in my stash!!
Happy Go Lucky is my favorite right now!!! I have visions of many many different projects with this collection! Thanks for the chance!
I love Happy Go Lucky with an unhealthy obsession.
I love the BOHO and need some of the Riley Blake Chevrons!
I love 'Comma'
I absolutely love BOHO!
My favorite would have to be Happy Go Lucky! Thanks for the chance to win.
I love the Boho line right now! Of course my loves change almost from day to day since there are so many pretty fabrics out there! I follow Southern fabrics on FB! Follow you, too!
I like their oink a doodle fabric, but all of it's nice. Hard to decide.
I love Fresh Cut! Southern Fabrics is a great store!
Hard to choose–I love little apples, oh deer, and the rainbow scrap bag!
thanks for the chance. http://www.southernfabric.com/A-Walk-in-the-Woods_c_21.html I still dont have an walk in the woods. I suspect I never will. But its one of my favorite lines.
love that Aspen Frost!

mindingmomma(at)aol(dot)com
I've purchased from the Southern Fabric Etsy shop several times, and I've always been pleased!

I love the Honey, Honey collection.

ericanimri at gmail . com
Our first little one just arrived a week ago, so I think I'd splurge and get the Heirloom Citrine – Half Yard Bundle by Joel Dewberry for Free Spirit – what fun I would have sewing little girl clothes with it 🙂
oh boy, hard to choose…i most want some 2wenty Thr3e right now…
Love the Honey Honey Dessert Roll by Kate Spain!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Freshcut! Great shop!
I love the Fat Quarter Bundle called Holiday Medely. I also love that you can actually see the fabrics that are in the bundles. That in nice.
Oh, I love Esprit de Noel! I've been waiting for it to come out!
I am so loving the funky monkey collection right now. I think I would be making a beautiful baby quilt for my niece who is to arrive shortly.
I love almost everything but I'd choose Aspen Frost!
Love the Spring House collection – helps me remember that all of these April showers will bring May flowers (they better!)
I really like that Southern Fabrics carries yardage and pre-cuts. Some online shops carry one or the other. This way your whole project can be purchased at one time! Thanks for the giveaway!
Esprit de Noel – French General. Thanks for the links. I've bookmarked their blog.
Aviary Lilac by Joel Dewberry is STUNNING! Just love it!
I really love the Fresh Cut!

Melissa M.
melissamoyers6982 at yahoo.com
Not only does Southern Fabric have wonderful goodies in the shop, but I love that they post tutorials and project ideas on social media. Sometimes they give me a blip of inspiration while I'm slaving away at work! <3
I love the Honey Honey Blossom – reminds me of beautiful blue hydrangeas. Such a fun spring fabric.
I love the posy mini charm pack. pretty.
Southern Fabrics is trouble for me. So many lovely things and really low shipping. A walk in the woods is calling to me.
I love the Honey Honey collection by Kate Spain!
Cameo – Tall Stories – Layer Cake (24) by Amy Butler is my favorite!
I saw lots of pretty things in the Southern Fabrics shop like Comma and Cuzco. And today I'm admiring the Aviary 2 Vintage Yellow Layer Cake by Joel Dewberry.
Croquet is just lovely!
I love the Apple Jack Doodles!
I love the Aviary Sparrow by Joel Dewberry. In ALL the colorways!
I like their rainbow scrap bag by freespirit. What a pretty way to increase my scrappyness!
It's always hard to pick just one… Aspen Frost looks like a gorgeous collection!
I really like Field Notes!
Thanks for the chance to win! I like the Heirloom prints!
How have I not seen London by Dena Designs?? Gorgeous line, I'd love a fqb of that! I can never have enough florals in my stash ♥

Thank you for the giveaway!
That Boho line is so cute! Love! Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy Go Lucky is my favorite! I am looking to buy a fq bundle soon!
So hard to decide…but really love the "Oink a doodle moo" — would love to make a matching set of bedding/curtains/etc for my toddler's room!
I've been wanting some Happy-Go-Lucky, and also some 23 yardage. Fun stuff!
I have lots of baby gifts to sew, so I would love some Oink a Doodle Moo.
I really like the precuts (FQ, Jelly Rolls, Charm Packs, etc.) but I also like the yardage. Really there isn't anything I don't like in the Southern Fabric store. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love the Boho collection! It is so adorable 🙂
there isn't anything I DON'T like — this is absolutely one of my favorite fabric stores! I'm really liking the new spring florals though!
I love BOHO!!
I love the new happygolucky. It's so cute.

I'm in love with that Aviary 2 Vintage Yellow by Joel Dewberry. I'm not usually one for vintage looking fabrics but that is just stunning.
I LOVE Southern fabric!! My favorite is Lotus – Morning Glory! Thanks for the giveaway!! 🙂
I love the Cotton Chevron FQ bundle…thanks for the chance!
I love the Aviary Lilac in purple. So rich and gorgeous! Thank you for the giveaway!
I would love some of that BOHO!
cwhelan at williamwoods dot edu
I would get the Vintage Modern – Half Yard Quarter Bundle by Bonnie & Camille. I have a baby girl quilt to do! We thought the baby would be a boy and well, it wasn't. So now I need to start again! LOL
I love the blues in the Daisy Chain pattern set – so pretty!
I want the Noteworthy FQ bundle!
So hard to pick just one but I think Jubille or Posy or Happy Go Lucky……I want some of everything!
I really love the Riley Blake Lavender chevron.
Thanks,
Erin
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I'm planning on making Christmas tree skirts for our 4 girls, and I LOVE Aspen Frost! Thanks for the chance to win! (fingers crossed)
Ooooh . . . the Happy Go Lucky line is just darling!
Love these new lines! Can't believe Christmas fabrics are coming in already!
I love the Circa 1934
I really like all the scrap packs she offers!
I love Cameo and Cherry on Top!
I love the Salt Air collection.
I love 2wenty thr3e and Happy-go-lucky!

brookeali(at)Hotmail.com
I am so loving the Boho!
I've purchased from this store several times and have always had a great experience. Thanks for the offer!
Is it a hint you might be fabric obsessed when your Facebook feed is almost entirely fabric companies??
It's hard to not love everything in the shop, but Lucy's Crab Shack is my favorite right now. It screams kids on the beach – and there is just enough time to make it and enjoy it this year! 🙂 (firstname.lastname@example.com)
I love the Notting Hill design roll. So pretty!
The Coquette collection looks interesting.
Love Summersville Spring. Love this shop!
I LOVE the Aspen Frost line! I haven't made a season-themed quilt yet, but I'd love to use that fabric on one! Thanks for the giveaway!
Love Simply Color!
love 'aspen frost!' would lovse to have some of that for some make-ahead christmas projects.
I do love Freshcut! I have my eye on some yardage at SouthernFabric to back a funky quilt I am making for my teenage daughter. I buy nearly all my fabric from their online store!
I love the Aspen frost cristmas collection:)
I love that Coquette fabric! So colorful and fun!
I love the Aspen Frost
Shawn
Love all her precuts, especially the Moda scrap bags.
I love that they have so many patterns, as well as fabric.
Love the Aspen Frost and following on FB! Always great selections!!
Hi Aubrey!
After making my first few baby quilts I'm ready to make one for my 75 year old mom, who has been sewing, knitting, and crocheting for me her whole life! For her birthday this June (on the first day of summer), I'd love to make her a quilt of Southern Fabrics Heather Bailey's Freshcut! I 'lLike' seeing whats new on FB!
Thanks kindly, Lora Plackman
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Honey Honey is my new favorite 🙂
I'm really liking Twenty Three and Winter's Lane. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
Oooh. What's not to love. She has some wonderfuly 1/2 yard bundles – I'm kind of in love with both of the "Love" bundles right now… Thanks for the generous giveaway.
 – sunshdws at yahoo dot com
I have been eyeing the Me & My Sister Shades of Black. I would love to make a black and white quilt.
I love the great selection of pre-cuts. So many options!

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I have my eye on some Aspen Frost at Southern Fabrics to start some Christmas sewing.
I love the selection of precuts, but my absolute favorite thing to buy is a scrap bag because it is a fun challenge to use the random selection you receive from a coordinating line. I have made some fun quilts that way!
I like several of the Happy Go Lucky prints for stash builders. Thanks so much!
I like the Riley Blake chevrons
2wenty Thr3e is my fave currently.
I am interested in seeing Happy Go Lucky for sure and Love much from Aneela Hoey! Thanks for the change to win!
I love Audras Iris Garden. Thanks for the opportunity. Love your blog!
I love the BoHo and Happy Go Lucky…lots of beautiful stuff.
Thanks
I love Aviary and Citron (Joel Dewberry fan here!)
I love Riley Blake chevrons
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I love Fresh Cut 🙂
Daisy Chain – 6 Half Yard Bundle – Blue by Amy Butler
I love coquette.
I love the medium chevron in lavender! My daughter has been asking for chevron fabric!
Their blog
I love the maturity of the colors in Boho, but I still really love Cuzco.. and I'm saving pennies for a Noteworthy jelly roll!
I like the Oh Deer collection!
Have to say I am with you on Fresh Cut is just gorgeous!
It's so hard to choose one thing. But in reality I love all of the bundles, being fairly new to quilting my stash is almost non existent, so the look of any of those gorgeous bundles is so appealing!
I am loving Freshcut and Happy Go Lucky! Thank you for the giveaway!
I'm a fan of Joel Dewberry, so all of his fabric is a favourite of mine. Thanks for a wonderful giveaway from a great shop!
I've ordered from them before – love their wide range of charm packs!
I really like the Boho line, I think it's really fun for summer projects!
I like the Pheasant Hill FQ Bundle.
I love once upon a time. It is so whimsical!
Twenty three is my current must-have
I love Happy Go LUcky! Thanks for the chance to win 😉
I love the new French General line for Christmas. So pretty!
Marmalade 1/2 yard bundle 🙂
I love French General!
Oink A Doodle Moo Mutli Barnyard Scenic, so cute!!!
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it is way too hard to pick ONE but i will say i love all the "funky monkey" stuff. my sister collects monkeys so i can't wait to make her something using one or more of these prints.

i LOVE, LOVE, LOVE southern fabrics…..i drool over their site constantly and can't wait until i have mastered simple sewing projects so i can REALLY start buying stuff!
I love the Simply Color -Orange – Leaves Sprigs by V and Co.
Thank you!
I'm loving the Noteworthy collection. Would be great for my girls!
I love Metropolitan Fair by Barbara Brachman! Thank you for sharing this great shop – I think I'll go shopping now!!
I'm in love with anything colored greay and all of those riley Blake Chevrons. Thanks fo rthe chance to enter your giveawy.
half moon chevron in gray….LOVE me some chevrons!
I've had good experiences with Southern fabrics. They have a nice website.
Would love to get my hands on Aspen Frost!
I love Aviary 2 – those purples are gorgeous!
I love the Kate Spain Good Fortune collection!
HI! I really like the "Noteworthy Collection"!
Thanks to you +Southern Fabrics!

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Such wonderful fabric! Thoroughly enjoyed looking at the fabric at Southern Fabrics. Temptation! My favorite of the moment is Lark by Amy Butler. Love the blues! Happy Day to you!
I love Simply Color!! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love the selection of Joel Dewberry fabrics 🙂
The fabric is really lovely!
Kumar Garden by Free spirit…come to mama!
Wow, such a great selection! I'd love to get the Gipsy Caravan Fq bundle. Thanks for to giveaway!
Love the Ticklish collection!
I love so many that it is hard to pick just one….Urban Chick Boho looks delicious.
I love everything but coquette is calling my name
Still loving Lucy's crab shack.
I love the colors in Cameo, they'd be perfect for the quilt I am going to make for my Aunt…but I'm also having a very hard time resisting Aspen Frost!
I would LOVE to grab a couple of Tapestry charm packs for a future project! :)
Thanks for the chance to win!
~robin
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Love Southern Fabrics Cuzco collection!
I like so many things but let me say the FQ bundle of Noteworthy would not go untouched for long.
Aspen Frost is a current fave. I just love Christmasy, wintery fabrics!
Love the Happy Go Lucky collection.
It's worth noting that I'm digging that Noteworthy collection, Thanks!

I love the wide selection of pre-cuts and right now, the Fresh cut line – great!
I love the cinnamon spice collection.
theresa n
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I have purchased from Southern Fabrics and was very satisfied. I love Le Belle Fleur by French General.
Love "Honey Honey" by Kate Spain…and also love the holiday collections coming out (is it too soon to say that, before summer?)
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Aviary Lilac by John Dewberry are the perfect colors that I want to use for my daughter's nursery! I have been looking everywhere for the perfect fabric and I am thinking that is it! And for some reason I am digging birds, like the Sing Out Loud fabric in the in Noteworthy by sweetwater. Something about having wings…
Oh, I love the Aspen Frost. They are all pretty, though!
I like Happy Go Lucky Fat 8 by Bponnie and Camille. Southern Fabrics has a great choice of fabrics.
I love keeping up with the Southern Fabric ladies with their blog! They are fantastic! I am currently loving Aspen Frost! Thanks for the fun giveaway!
Fresh cut is on my most favorite list.
I love the Happy Go Lucky collection by Bonnie & Camille. Thanks!
Aviary or Boho or French General. It's hard to pick!
I love the fabrics in the Honey Honey line…yup, pretty much all of them.
Happy go lucky by bonnie and camille makes me so happy
I just LOVE the Freshcut collection. Just beautiful!
My current faves are the Winters' Lane Evergreen, in Mint & in Grey.
I have been eyeing happy go lucky for a quilt. Thanks for the chance.
I've had my eye on the Heirloom Citrine collection, really like the colour combo.
I like Funky Munky to make a quilt for my granddaughter.
I love Bonnie and Camille fabrics so I would say that "Happy Go Lucky" is my current favorite fabric that SF is offering!! Thanks for the great giveaway!!

Love "comma", but it is hard to choose just one favorite!
I like Taza by Dena Designs because I am planning a quilt using those colors as well as black and white. Nancy: firstname.lastname@example.com
I like the honey, honey line of fabric. email@example.com
They have a lot of great fabrics! I have some kids' projects in mind, so I like Mind Your P's and Q's by Keiki.
jayhawk4_13(at)yahoo(dot)com
I really like their bundles. Thanks so much for a fabulous giveaway!
LOVE Coquette! Thanks for the chance to win!
I hadn't seen Boho yet – it's really pretty!
I love Happy Go Lucky!!
I love the Freshcut line, who am I kidding? I really like lots of the new lines right now!!!!
Summerville Spring is one of my favorites. It is hard to pick one, they have some many lovely fabrics.
I don't think I could pick just one! I have placed a few orders from them and they ship super fast. Love them!
I like Amy Butler's Soul Blossom ollection. Thanks for the giveaway!
I like how they sell scrap bags containing the "leftovers" from certain fabric sets. That way, you get a little bit of everything!
I luv 'Simply Color', I have used this in a Jelly Roll Mystery quilt and could not believe all the colors, prints and designs in the roll.
But..just having a quick look now, I think I luv 'Heirloom Ruby, Sapphire and Citrine'. All very pretty colors and designs..
I am currently loving Gypsy Girl, but I could be happy with quite a few things! I have placed a few orders from them and can say they are fast shippers. Love them!
I'm a big fan of Freshcut, too…Painted Mums in Aqua – I have a dress in my Etsy shop in this lovely collection: https://www.etsy.com/listing/127283428/girls-matching-modern-peasant-dresses?ref=shop_home_active&ga_search_query=mums
I am loving fabric in general right now. I keep buying all different lines! I currently am drooling over shades of black and apple jack
I have a new baby cousin to make a quilt for so the Apple Jacks charm pack would be a great gift! Thanks for a great giveaway.
I am in love with the PB & J collection!
Good fortune is still so appealing to me, I just love it. Jane
Love the Oink A Doodle Moo! Thank you!! I follow both of you via email.

Loved looking around in the shop and loved all of the geometrics in Simply Color
I love the Lark Fat Quarter Bundle – such a great collection! Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy go Lucky for sure!
Love the happy go lucky!
I love the Posh Pupkins collection!
I love, love Simply Color in the purple (eggplant) color!
Love the Scrap Bags! Thanks for the chance to win!
I like notting hill. Great stuff!

lovelydomesticdiva (at) gmail (dot) com
Loving the Happy Go Lucky line.
I love the Moda Good Fortune in Harmony! Very lovely!
Honey, Honey is so pretty, and I love Happy Go Lucky too!!
I like the Summersville Spring prints
I really like Boho!
Thanks for the giveaway. I'm yet to buy and Posy by Aneela Hoey and Southern Fabrics has a whole bunch of precuts of it that I like.
I love the jubilee charm pack. Some nice simple patterns!
Would love some Happy go Lucky!! Thank you for the chance!
I am so excited that the Aspen collection from basic grey and Moda is now available! I love it! Thank you so much for the giveaway. I would love to make a Christmas quilt for my grandmother.
I have my eye on the Happy Go Lucky collection.
I love the Simply Color line. It would make a great quilt!
I must have some Audra's Iris Garden. Too pretty!
Sandy A
What a generous giveaway! I love Southern Fabrics! My favorite collection is
Glamping. It is such a happy, fun collection. Thanks for the chance to win!!

wigglypup2(at)yahoo(dot)com
Hurray for Happy Go Lucky!
I love it all and have ordered a couple times from Southern Fabrics. I especially love anything by Amy Butler!
I love wildwood!!
I love wildwood!
I love Happy-go-lucky! Especially love the navy blue in with all the bright colours!
I love the Marmalade Flannel – Fat Quarter Bundle by Bonnie & Camille!
mrs(dot)hbraun(at)gmail(dot)com
I love Happy by Riley blake
I was excited to see they still have prints from Aviary Saffron. Lovely!
I like the boho as well
I lov the different scrap bags she offers! Great idea!
Ah, I'm really liking the Aviary line in purple~ Such beautiful colors!

Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
I love that she has quite a few older lines that I have been looking for. Thanks for sharing the site and for the chance to win.
Loving Marmalade – Floral Dot.
Thanks for a lovely giveaway…I like so many things, but the Noteworthy FQ bundle looks great. =)
I love Happy Go Lucky! firstname.lastname@example.com
I really LOVE to get fabric on sale so when I visited "Southern Fabrics", I immediately went to the sale page. I found Lark – Treasure Box – Ocean (half yard) – by Amy Butler (PWAB074.OCE); ohhhh, it's sew purty!!! 🙂
I'd love some Happy Go Lucky.
Love Joel Dewberry's Heirloom collection. Thanks for the chance!
Southern Fabrics has a wonderful selection. I am loving the Boho Line and Happy Go Lucky.
I love the Christmas Countdown and Holiday in the Pines collections. I've got to find some christmassy ideas now!
Love the Comma collection of fabrics and I want the Pepperland quilt pattern
shel704 at aol dot com
I love the Simply Color Ombre in Aqua by V and Co. – or any of the ombres in this collection!
OK. I am seriously drooling over that Simply Color – Gray – Leaves Sprigs print!!
I am stillllll so "addicted' to Marmalade line….but then Honey Honey came along…still 2nd place tho! lol
I like the Hiney Honey line. Great site. thanks for the giveaway
Like these fabrics especially the Noteworthy lot! liked and shared on FB
Oooh, Love by Amy Butler. And a few other new-to-me collections.
My fave is HAppy Go Lucky. I'm waiting to win some fabric to make a quilt for my boys…
I love the joel dewberry stuff she has….
I am loving the Aspen Frost charm packs as well as the LARGE Navy Chevron. Mmmmmm, I love me some fabric!
Loooove Boho!!
Thanks for the heads up. I already went over and put some of the coquette in my shopping cart.
Jubilee and Audra's Iris garden-so different yet both so wonderful!
I love Audra's Iris Garden and Jubilee; as well as French General's Esprit de Noel fabrics. There are just too many to love. Love the blog, and thanks for the chance to win!
I liked Apple Jack. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love this fabric http://www.southernfabric.com/Simply-Color–Light-Blue-Leaves-Sprigs-by-V-and-Co-1080111_p_1276.html

cbrocious1984 AT gmail dot com
So many lovely fabrics, but still a big fan of Marmalade by Bonnie and Camille. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love that BoHo! And sure do love Southern Fabrics, follow them on FB!
I love Happy Go Lucky….well I love all of Bonnie and Camille's lines 🙂
I adore boho but just about love everything.xxx
I like Amy butler and the Boho fabric.
I absolutely love the new happy go lucky AND the new aspen frost! I would be such a lucky girl to win! Thank you for this generous giveaway!
Patti from indiana
I love their variety of selection and fast shipping!
I really love Taza by Dena Designs for Free Spirit; lovely yellow florals for Spring. Thanks for the chance to win!
you have a great selection of charm packs – love me some precuts!!
great selection of charm packs – i love the pre-cuts!! 🙂
It is fun to finally see the Happy Go Lucky!!!
I found Southern Fabrics last week and ordered a layer cake. Gorgeous fabrics…all of them!

I went to the site, and although usually I like bright or plain fabric, this time the darker fabrics by Kansas Troubles caught my eye. Thanks for putting my name in the hat for the drawing!
I went to the Southern Fabric site to click to follow – and saw the posting showing Funky Monkey – what a fun set of fabric. My new favorite! Thanks again for putting my name in the hat for the drawing!
The Vintage Modern fat quarter bundle! Thanks for the chance.
sdjg(at)pacbell(dot)net
I love the Freshcut!
The Lark – Fat Quarter Bundle by Amy Butler kept catching my eye. Love all those colors!
Southern Fabrics has a great selection of patterns! My favorite is Free as a Bird!
I love PB&J by Basic Grey for Moda! I just can't wait to get my hands of some!

karen(dot)patriquin(at)gmail(dot)com
LOVE happy go lucky…so bright and cheerful. Perfect for a spring filled with snow!
I love the idea of their scrap bags! Genius! I haven't seen that done before.
I love Cherry on Top – Candy Garden's fabrics- Cute!!! Many thanks for the great giveaway!
I love Amy Butler's Lotus fabric line & I'm so happy to see that Southern Fabrics have it in their shop. Thanks for the great giveaway.
I love the Avalon fabric, as an aside, Avalon means "Isle of Apples"
First time seeing this shop and her blog. Signed up for email and blog notices. Love all the fabs!
I love Hometown by Sweetwater!
Choosing only one thing is too hard! As always, I love the Chevrons, but then, I love all the coordinated collections. I'd love the occasion to work with one for the first time, although I might be afraid to cut it 🙂
I'm in love with the Simply color me line so that FQ bundle has to be my favoruite right now – as I just brought myself some Noteworthy =D
Love the Metropolitan Fair collection!!

Thanks for the chance to win.
I love everything in the shop! Such great fabrics, all of them!
I love the Chevrons!
Thanks for the chance!
Simply Color is simply my favorite! Thanks for a nice giveaway!
I am in love with Aspen Frost! I have also added Southern Fabrics to my facebook family :).

I have purchased fabric from Southern Fabric and have them as a "favorite seller" on Ebay. I love ALL these new Riley Blake fabrics…especially the girlie ones!
Funky Monkey just makes me laugh! I follow SF. Awesome giveaway. Thanks for chance to win!
So many pretty designs to pick from; I can't pick just one! I do love the McKenzie collection though! :)

Thanks for a chance to win
I love how well I can see the whole collections. Great site thanks
Noteworthy by Sweetwater, love it! Thanks for the chance to win!!

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Love the Honey, Honey!
I LOVE Southern Fabrics!! I also LOOOOOVE Boho..GAH!
OOOO, it's so hard to choose! I really like Honey Honey by Kate Spain. I hope, I hope, I hope…
contentncm at yahoo dot com
I like the selection at southernfabrics.com, and it is a very easy to navigate site.
What a nice giveaway, thank you! I am enjoying the Lario collection.
Love the bright colors of Kumari!
I love the Spa collection. I'm seeing something beachy in those colours! Thanks for the giveaway!
If I *had* make a choice, I'd go with Boho!! 🙂
Happy Go Lucky! I have to get a bit.
I absolutely love Summersville Spring!
I love Southern Fabrics! iv ordered from them before and have always been pleased! I love this fabric!
I haven't ordered any yet, but I love scrap bags. They demand creativity!
Would be great to win some Coquette!
Still would love to get some apple jacks fabric 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!
Paris Flea Marker is so pretty, esp, the fat eights. Great giveaway!
There are so many different collections I would love to pick up!!! But my favorite right now is Happy Go Lucky!!
Well I need a simply color jelly roll!
Love the purple touches in Fresh Cut! Thinking of doing accessories for my living room!
I've never paid much attention to Boho, but now that you've posted it…I'm thinking it might be a fun new favorite!
Love the Funky Monkey! I also love the Fresh Cut … I've already bought it! Thank you for the chance to win.
Seascapes jelly roll collection!
Happy go lucky is one of my favs. Thanks for the giveaway.

They have great sale prices. Very competitive with other shops.
I'd love to get my hands on some Christmas fabric…it's never to early to think about those quilty Christmas gifts! 🙂
so many to choose from…plus some oldies
what about aviary 2 in plum!
I'm smitten with the Aviary collections…LOVE all 3 color ways! Thanks for the chance to win.
buffy_6(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
All the fabrics are just gorgeous, but I really like the Fresh Cut and Boho! Thanks!
I love the Heirloom Sapphire – Half Yard Bundle

rainadelrio(@)cox(dot)net
I've had my eye on Happy Go Lucky for a while now- just love that line! Thanks to you and to Southern Fabrics for the chance to win.
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The Aviary 2 collection looks beautiful.
That Aspen Frost is calling my name……
I love all the chevrons by Riley Blake, and Boo crew.

I've recently ordered from Southern Fabrics and I love them. I'd love to be entered in this giveaway.
I've recently ordered from Southern Fabrics and I love them. I'd love to be entered in this giveaway.
I love the Happy Go Lucky fabrics
I love the Kumari Garden in Pink!
I like Avairy 2. I have been leaning more to the greys lately:)

I love them all, but if I have to pick it will be Freshcut. Thanks.
I like their adorable doll clothes patterns! So cute!
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The fabrics are fantastic, but the fact that they have them sorted after the collection is amazing! Thank you for the chance!
Love Happy go lucky…would love to win some…Thanks for the chance!
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Southern fabric is great! I have bought fabric from them and they have wonderful service. It's hard to say what is my favorite fabric from their shop, but I am a sucker for all things Bonnie & Camille! Happy Go Lucky is my choice! Beautiful!
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I love the Boho collection among many others. 🙂
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I really like the new "Honey Honey" collection. Thanks for the chance to win.
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After looking around, I would have to go with the Coquette that you featured! I love it!
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I love the BOHO collection that you featured in the post. It looks like a great collection to work with.
Cuzco and Enchanted for starters but could add a lot more Thanks Becky D.
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I love the coquette collection, so pretty! Their website is great!
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Happy Go Lucky bundles–love!
I liked Honey Honey. The site was easy to manage and had a clean look.
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Hummm I like all them! hahaha but for now I stick with tapestry, Fab!
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Oh gosh, so much eye candy! Got lost for awhile just drooling over all the beautiful fabric! hehe. So many great lines, loving the FQ Bundle of Honey Honey by Kate Spain. (sigh)

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This was my first visit to Southern Fabrics online shop. I was impressed with the number of pre-cuts available, and also the selection of Riley Blake fabrics (Dots and Chevrons) and Bonnie and Camille fabrics (Marmalade and Happy-go-lucky).
I love the aviary stuff!
I am loving the Freshcut too! Especially the purples! Thank you for the giveaway!
I ned to get some Simply color fabric. I would love to make a quilt with these!
I like the Simply Color line by V and Co.

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Happy go lucky is my current favorite!
Honey Honey Florette in dark blue is so pretty!
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I am loving (and not so patiently waiting for) Happy Go Lucky. I am waiting on the yardage to come out to finish a quilt. 🙂
They have scrap pack of an older collection- Mckenzie. I need to buy it.
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i like it all? 🙂 really like the noteworthy & simply color half yard bundles.
I love the Aviary 2 Lilac fat quarter bundle. So vibrant!
I love Aviary 2, not just for myself, but also for a friend who loves anything with a bird on it.
What an awesome giveaway…..Loving anything orange at the moment
I love La Belle Fleur!
Thanks! I love your blog, Amy!!
I too love the Noteworthy collection. I also love that she still has a scrap bag of the previous Sweetwater collection – Hometown. How yummy!!
Thanks for the post, and I recently came across http://moresewforyou.com and they have some really good quilt patterns as well. So I think that they might be worth checking out.


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Skip to comments.The First Crusade, the true story
Posted on 02/27/2012 12:07:26 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin
Why was there a sudden need to recover the city where Jesus Christ lived and was crucified? The answer, writes Peter Frankopan, lies in the imperial capital of Constantinople.
On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II stood up at the Council of Clermont in central France to make an important announcement. Persians (by whom he meant the Turks), a people rejected by God, had risen up against the Christians in the East, he said. It was imperative for the knighthood of Europe to rush to defend their brethren. Take up arms, he urged, and defend the faithful who were suffering unspeakable deeds at the hands of the oppressors.
The story of the First Crusade has remained largely the same ever since. The expedition that eventually reached and captured Jerusalem in 1099 was conceived by the pope, who seized the chance to encourage men in Western Europe (above all France) to march to drive the Turks back from major Christian sites. It is a story that was commemorated in chronicles, poems and songs almost as soon as the Crusaders reached the Holy City; and it is a story that has been told for generations ever since.
And yet, underneath this tale of bravery, courage and devotion is the story of what really happened, a story that has been hidden in the mists: In the place of heroism is a tale of deception; in the place of honor is the breaking of some of the most sacred oaths in Christendom. At its heart lies the betrayal of the Byzantine Empire.
The speech made by the pope is so famous that it is rarely asked why he delivered it in the first place. Jerusalem, it should be remembered, fell to the Muslims many centuries before he gave his address. Why now, more than 450 years later, was there a sudden need to recover the city where Jesus Christ lived and was crucified?
The answer lies not in Rome or in Clermont, but in the imperial capital of Constantinople. In fact, it was in the heart of the Byzantine Empire that the expedition to the East was conceived; it was the emperor -- Alexios Komnenos -- who devised the campaign and took control of it; perhaps most importantly, it was specific strategic targets, set by the emperor, that the Crusade was designed to attack.
The reign of Alexios Komnenos is recorded by several texts, the most important of which is the remarkable Alexiad, written by his daughter Anna Komnene. It is an account written in high style, full of subtlety and hidden meanings -- many of which have remained hidden and unidentified since she wrote the text.
But her account has now finally been unraveled. What has emerged can be taken alongside other Byzantine, Arabic, Syriac and Armenian sources to present a startling and new picture of the empire on the eve of the First Crusade.
Rather than being in a healthy position, as has long been assumed, a series of disastrous events took place in and around Constantinople that led Byzantium to the brink of collapse. The emperors immediate family, rather than being a rock he could rely on, turned on him -- his own brothers and relatives joining a conspiracy to depose and if necessary murder him.
If that was not bad enough, major attacks in the Balkans by Serbian opportunists and by nomadic tribesmen increased pressure further still on the embattled ruler. And then in Asia Minor, the empires position simply collapsed.
Although the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 has long enjoyed notoriety for marking the turning point in the Turkish conquest of Anatolia, the moment when Byzantium lost control of the region, evidence from the texts and from lead seals now shows that the apparatus of government remained intact long after this military setback.
As a matter of fact, there are signs that the provincial administration was in good shape long after the supposed defining moment in the history of Asia Minor. Indeed, there were extensive -- and direct -- contacts between Alexios and the Turkish ruler of Baghdad, with much cooperation between the two until the latters death in 1092.
What happened next was catastrophe: Turkish warlords in Nicaea, Smyrna and elsewhere took matters into their own hands, and pushed the empire to the brink of collapse. The Aegean was devastated -- figures like St Christodoulos were forced to abandon their monasteries in Patmos because of incessant raids; suddenly Byzantium was left without even a foothold in the East; Constantinople itself was under threat.
Alexios took a bold decision. He turned to the pope, suggesting an end to the schism between the churches in return for military help. The pope did not need to be asked twice -- and headed straight for his home region, where he was confident of raising men.
To start with, Alexioss gamble paid off. Nicaea was recovered first, followed by a series of other gains in Anatolia. But at Antioch he lost control. One of the leading figures, Bohemond, a handsome but devious fellow, realized that he could benefit personally from the Crusade and set about doing exactly that, insisting that he be given control of substantial territories, including Antioch.
This was not easy, for the knights had given solemn oaths to Alexios as they passed through Constantinople on their way east. The emperor had demanded that the senior figures swear vows to him over some of the most holy Christian relics -- the Holy Cross and the crown of thorns -- that they would hand over any gains they made to him. It was hard to see how these could be conveniently put to one side.
And yet they were. Although many did not agree, Bohemond managed to take Antioch for himself, declaring boldly that his oath was invalid. He then promptly wrote to the pope, accusing Alexios of not doing enough to help the Crusade and of actively conspiring against the best interests of the Christian knights. It was the first salvo of what quickly became a vicious -- and highly effective -- campaign to destroy the reputation of Alexios and in fact of the Byzantine Empire in Western Europe. Neither recovered.
It also resulted in the real origins of the Crusade being concealed. Rather than Alexios and Byzantium being at the heart of the story, contemporary accounts made sure that the focus remained elsewhere -- on the pope and on those brave knights who set off for Jerusalem.
History, they say, is written by the winners. In the case of the First Crusade, it has taken nearly a millennium to show just how true this is. But finally the time has come for Alexios Komnenos to step out of the shadows.
If I remember my history correctly,in June 1099 Crusaders began a five-week siege of Jerusalem, which fell in July 1099.
The preaching of the First Crusade inspired an outbreak of anti-Jewish violence. In parts of France and Germany, Jews were perceived as just as much an enemy as Muslims: they were held responsible for the crucifixion,
People have to be careful with allusions to the Crusades since many of the crusaders had more worldly motives for going east rather than simply defending the faith. And they were tough, brutal men in their own right.
You are very correct!
My brother has visited many Crusader sites in the Middle East. I have helped him in getting the necessary visas for countries.
Why did they pick the middle of summer for the siege is beyond me.
Sure, many Crusaders having broken through after a long siege, lost control and dishonored their oaths. But that doesn't take away from the fact that there still many Crusaders who took the long, dangerous journey with honorable motives.
Sir Raymond of Toulouse, after capturing Jerusalem, was asked if he wished to be crowned the ruler of Jerusalem. He turned it down, saying, "I refused to wear a crown of gold in the city where my Savior wore a crown of thorns."
None of this is new.
Would it be possible to imagine Jesus Christ leading the Crusades, or calling forth a Crusdade on his behalf?
".....calling forth a Crusdade on his behalf?"
He did by using the voice of a Pope. n/s
No Eastern Christians were massacred
Contrary to what is sometimes alleged, no eyewitness source refers to Crusaders killing Eastern Christians in Jerusalem, and early Eastern Christian sources (Matthew of Edessa, Anna Comnena, Michael the Syrian, etc.) make no such allegation about the Crusaders in Jerusalem. According to the Syriac Chronicle, all the Christians had already been expelled from Jerusalem before the Crusaders arrived.[25] Presumably this would have been done by the Fatimid governor to prevent their possible collusion with the Crusaders.
The Gesta Francorum claims that on Wednesday August 9, two and a half weeks after the siege, Peter the Hermit encouraged all the "Greek and Latin priests and clerics" to make a thanksgiving procession to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.[26] This indicates that some Eastern Christian clergy remained in or near Jerusalem during the siege. In November 1100, when Fulcher of Chartres personally accompanied Baldwin on a visit to Jerusalem, they were greeted by both Greek and Syrian clerics and laity (Book II, 3), indicating an Eastern Christian presence in the city a year later.
Current secular scholarship on the Crusades says that this legend is false. The streets did not run with blood. The "massacre" was hugely exaggerated in the chronicles.
Does that mean the victorious Crusaders were perfect little angels.
But the first rule in historical research is to evaluate sources critically. It is common for accounts of military victories to be exaggerated.
Regarding the massacres of Jews in some times in Germany. This was mob action; the bishops did their best to protect the Jews. Socio-economic issues as well as religious issues were involved.
That will be at his second coming.
It had little to do with religion and more to do with taming the Arab/Persian threat to Europe.
"Muslim invasion of nearby countries was of great concern of the Europeans."
And now the West welcomes Muslim invasion through its insane immigration system.
Jews, of course, kept records of the locales and families murdered by the Crusades.
Just as now there is a whitewashing of the murder of Jews during the Crusades, there will be 'serious scholars' in the future whitewashing the Holocaust.
But the day-by-day facts can be found:
Today in Jewish History
In the early 1070s, the Muslim Turks commenced an offensive against the Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem. Pope Gregory VII offered his help to defend the Greek Christians, but the army he promised never materialized.
In 1095, his successor, Urban II, began to call for a holy war to liberate the Christians in Jerusalem. By the next year, more than 100,000 men had rallied to his call, forming the First Crusade. Urban and the local clergymen in Europe felt that the Crusade had another purpose as well—to annihilate all non-Christians in Europe who refused to convert to Christianity.
On their way to the Holy Land, the mobs of crusaders attacked many Jewish communities. On Shabbat, the 8th of Iyar, the Jews of Speyer (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany were massacred. Many of the Jews of Worms, Germany were also massacred on this day; some of them took refuge in a local castle for a week before being slaughtered as they recited their morning prayers (see "Today in Jewish History" for Sivan 1).
Link: The First Crusade
Looks like the muzzies and the liberals have much in common.
Christians in the Middle East could use a Pope Urban II these days...
"[A]n account written in high style, full of subtlety and hidden meanings — many of which have remained hidden and unidentified since she wrote the text" is open to divergent interpretations. And I don't think Byzantium is considered to have been in "a healthy position" at this time either. Where does the author think the phrase "Byzantine" politics came from? Fratricidal brothers and plots upon plots are the modern image of Byzantium.
But it is important to see that even after the schism, the East and West Churches could still work together, even if the alliance was undermined from within by worldly ambition.
The Jeaus bloodline or Davidic bloodline. All the Royal Houses of Europe are of the bloodline.
Back then Primo Genitur had created a large number of Royals who had titles but were landless.They thought that because of their bloodlines they had claims to these lands thru-out the Levant.
Commoners participated because the Pope promised them entry into heaven.
Even today most people consider Steve Runciman's 3volume history of the Crusades to be the authority on the Crusades. The first volume covers the first Crusade and ends with Templers being pushed into the sea.
Spain and southern France had been lost through incompetent defense.
I have visited 3 Crusader sites but didn't need to go to the Middle East to do so: Karytaina and Chlemoutsi in Greece (built by the Franks after they took Greece from the Byzantine Empire in the Fourth Crusade) and Zadar in Croatia (attacked by the Fourth Crusade at the behest of the Venetians although it was ruled by a Christian ruler, the king of Hungary).
I think we are already in a modern day Crusades. The Muslims fired their first shot on September 11th. Its a modern day Christendom versus Moslem. This time instead of spears it will be bullets and bombs.
To quote the "War Scroll", "The Sons of Light of Against the Sons of Darkness". The Sons of Light(Chirstendom) and the Sons of Darkness(Muslim).
Stephen of Bloise fled the siege, to the shame of his wife - the daughter of William the Conqueror. He returned and hoped to do better. The letters between him and his wife are a historic treasure.
William the Carpenter - called that because of the way he used an axe to cleave flesh fled also - and Tancred (later Prince of Galilee) the cousin of Bohemund was sent to bring him back.
The Doge of Venice had the last laugh on Constantinople and the Crusade impulse they had unleashed.
Sorry. The first rule of historical research is NOT to take any source uncritically.
You flunked History 101.
You also flunk FReeper 101. We don't take things uncritically here. Ask Dan Rather.
Just because you want to believe that the crusaders behaved nobly at the climax of the First Crusade and that the massacre is a myth does not mean that it is so.
And I suppose that you think that the crusaders' sack of Christian Constantinople in 1204 never happened either.
You just flunked reading 101. I said the "massacre" was greatly exaggerated. That the blood did not flow in the streets. That's the current consensus of historians. I read them. There was a sack. Not as Fulcher described it. If you take every chronicler as telling the literal truth with no critical analysis at all
And you would still be wrong.
There was a sack. Not as Fulcher described it.
Oh, I guess the fact that he was there and saw it first hand doesn't lend any credibility to his account.
Are you dense or just willfully ignorant.
Any intelligent person knows that eyewitness accounts can vary. Historians' rule no. 1 is to evaluate all sources critically.
Calling me names doesn't change the fact that you are the one violating the basic FR principle: evaluate things critically.
All I said is that most historians do not take Fulcher literally. They have discovered Muslim eyewitness sources that contradict him.
They are just being historians. You are being obstinate.
In post #34, you were the one who called me a dupe, pal.
All I said is that most historians do not take Fulcher literally. They have discovered Muslim eyewitness sources that contradict him.
Complete BS. Please point out these new Muslim sources that paint the Crusaders as nice guys after they captured Jerusalem.
And you did not answer my question about the sack of Constantinople, which undermines your whole silly assertion.
Dupe is not a name. It describes behavior.
Read Jonathan Riley Smith, Rethinking the Crusades, First Things, 101 (March 2000, 20-23 (www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0003/opinion/riley-smith.html)
and the half-dozen books he's written. Then read Thomas Madden's half-dozen books. You'll find contemporary Muslim accounts that report that about 1/3 the number killed in the sack as compared to accounts written long after the events. You'll find all the citations in these two historians' books. They are two of the world's leading crusade experts.
But your mind is made up. Enjoy your tunnel.
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Raymond Gerald Gray
Graveside services for Raymond Gerald Gray were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 15 at the Arriola Cemetery. Mr. David Sitton officiated.
Raymond was born November 24, 1996 in Cortez the son of Carl Dean and Carol Ann (Carver) Gray. He passed away at his home on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Raymond was 17.
Raymond leaves behind his parents, Carl and Carol Gray of Cortez; siblings, Ricky Dean Gray of Cortez, Sarah Leanne Gray and husband, Chase Moore of White Water, Colo., Wesley William Gray of Wisconsin, Travis James Gray of Cortez, Colby Daniel Gray of Cortez, Lenora Irene Gray of Cortez, Jeremy Isiah Gray of Cortez, and Brendan Douglas Gray of Cortez. He also leaves behind his friends, Zach Sitton, Jonny Lancaster, Garrett Morris, Woodrow Gray, Mark Wall and many other cousins, aunts, uncles and close friends.
Raymond enjoyed hanging out with his friends, riding dirt bikes or riding four wheelers. Raymond also enjoyed going to work with this father logging in the mountains. He was eager to learn his father's trade and to learn how to fix and repair anything from his four wheeler and motorcycle to tractor and semi trucks.
Preceding him in death are his grandparents, Woodrow Dean Gray, Violet Marie Gray, Gary William Schafer, and Wanda Ann Schafer.
Arrangements were made through Ertel Funeral Home. For further information or to send condolences, log on to www.ertelfuneralhome.com and click on the obituary section.


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(January 9, 2013 - Yuma, AZ) On Saturday, January 19, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Foundation of Yuma Regional Medical Center will host its 35th Annual Tractor Rodeo and Family Fun Day at the Wellton - Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District Grounds.
The Foundation of Yuma Regional Medical Center sponsors this annual event. All proceeds generated from the Tractor Rodeo and Family Fun day benefit Foundation programs. These include the School-Based Health Care Mobile Clinic (which provides basic medical care for the uninsured and underinsured elementary age children of Yuma County), local health care scholarships and Tri-Valley Ambulance.
This is the 35th year for the Tractor Rodeo. In the last 15 years, over $500,000 has been raised for the east Yuma county community," said Wayne A. Steffey, Executive Director of the Foundation of Yuma Regional Medical Center. "This event is coordinated every year by a group of volunteers who are dedicated to the Foundation programs. The Foundation and those served by the Tractor Rodeo are grateful for their continued support.
The Tractor Rodeo and Family Fun Day showcases an antique tractor pull, vintage car displays, horseback rides, antique equipment displays, new equipment shows, Forgotten Iron Displays, a children's tractor event, clowns, balloons and much more. Enjoy live entertainment, visit the Yuma Regional Medical Center Wellness Clinic and other display booths and watch weavers and spinners at work!
A $3 breakfast of sausage gravy and biscuits will be served from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., with a barbecue lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The cost for lunch is $6 for adults, $3 for children 12 and under. To reach the Tractor Rodeo, take Interstate 8 east to Exit 30 and follow the signs. Admission is $5 for adults; children and students with identification are free.
The mission of the Foundation of Yuma Regional Medical Center is to support a healthy community through philanthropy. Qualified as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Foundation relies on donations to support community programs such as the School Health Care Program; Drive for School Supplies; healthcare scholarships; diabetes education; breast cancer screening and support; and the Y.O.U.T.H. Initiative.
For more information on the Foundation or the Tractor Rodeo, contact Serena Holthaus at 336-2445 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.