some older FB shots, C&C requested!

I took these a few months ago from the stands at the OSU vs ASU game. I'm just a student, so I couldn't get a pass to go down on the field. All were shot with my XTi and (former) 70-200 f/4. Some are somewhat blurry because I couldn't get a fast enough shutter with the f/4. Any input, C&C or suggestions is greatly appreciated! Also, which would be your 'favorite' and why? Sorry for posting so many pics, but I really cannot decide which ones I like the most.
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I like your pics but as you already alluded to, the f/4 gave you a shutter speed that was too slow and resulted in motion blur. This keeps your nice images from being very nice images. If these were taken on a sunny day, you could have pulled it off but I'm guessing it was cloudy.

Nice action. Faster SS + adjusting the exposure/curve in PP could help us see the faces better. Was your ISO maxed out?

Zivnuska wrote in post #4832238
I like your pics but as you already alluded to, the f/4 gave you a shutter speed that was too slow and resulted in motion blur. This keeps your nice images from being very nice images. If these were taken on a sunny day, you could have pulled it off but I'm guessing it was cloudy.

Nice action. Faster SS + adjusting the exposure/curve in PP could help us see the faces better. Was your ISO maxed out?

Yes, ISO was maxed out. It was failing light at the end of a cloudy day, so not ideal conditions.

I'm mostly curious about the content of the shots, which do you think 'pop' the best, which are the best poses?

Always a thrill to be on the sidelines - best seat in the house, huh?

Here's my $0.02 - Shot #1 is nice (other than soft focus) but the crop of his feet is a little distracting to me. Maybe a tighter crop from waist up to emphasize his face/eyes/emotion would work a little better here.

I like shots 2, 3, 5 and 6 okay but #8 (last one) would've been my favorite if it were in focus. It's got the intensity and action that encapsulates football for me. The dance into the end zone in photo #2 seems a little sharper then most of the others and it shows him skating across the goal line so I'd consider that pretty successful. And the only negative issue I see in #5 is that it doesn't place that play in context as well as it would have if you'd captured the ball too. It appears to be a pass/reception being blocked but the viewer can't be sure. So while you have a pretty good shot of the two combatants, without a little more surrounding perspective it might come across too isolated.

Anway - it looks like it was a fun time and you've got great sense of timing on your trigger finger for the action, so you should keep doing it !!! I think all of them are successful for the action you captured. Better lighting is going to give you exactly what you're after on the next game you shoot. Oh yeah - Go Beavers!!! (Alma Mater)