This article should not be speedy deleted as lacking sufficient context to identify its subject, because it is a phrase that is frequently utilized without context or attribution (or with incorrect attribution) in books and articles on the topic of American football - e.g. S.C. Gwynne, The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football (Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, 2016); Bart Wright, Football Revolution: The Rise of the Spread Offense and How It Transformed College Football (Nebraska University Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2013); Tim Layden, Blood, Sweat and Chalk: The Ultimate Football Playbook: How the Great Coaches Built Today’s Game (Time Home Entertainment Inc., 2010, published by Sports Illustrated Books), especially pp. 149-155; Wall Street Journal, October 5-6, 2013, Bob Boyles, “Book Review: ‘Football Revolution’ by Bart Wright: The spread offense suspends football’s fierceness, turning the sport into ‘basketball on grass.’” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304213904579095360267988896.html?KEYWORDS=bart+wright Sports Illustrated, December 23, 1997, Tim Layden “Flash Point: The prospects for Pasadena are pyrotechnic as Washington State’s high-octane air attack meets the fired-up D of Michigan” http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/1997/weekly/971229/walkrose.html
Wikipedia articles that include the phrase "basketball on grass" include: Joe Tiller Jim Chaney spread offense Purdue Boilermakers football Vinny Sutherland Northwestern Wildcats football Drew Brees — Preceding unsigned comment added by LorinFife ( talk • contribs) 01:31, 8 October 2016 (UTC)