What's so Manly about American Football? - Page 2

lumberjim · 10-26-2009, 04:05 PM

this guy had a couple moves

Undertoad · 10-26-2009, 04:08 PM

There's something about having played pick-up football as a kid.

If I have any toughness in me, it's from those moments.

== Six on six, neighborhood kids, everybody pretty much go out for passes, nobody's blocking on the line but you can rush on five mississippi. We got three plays to get to the tree, then we get a first down and we get three more plays to get to the end of the field.

Sammy got cut on a rock.

Is it bleeding?

A little

Sammy let me see that. Oh that's nothing. That's through your jeans. You walkin OK? OK, spit on it, clean it out a little, limp real bad on the next play, and the play after that they won't cover ya, and we'll throw it to you.

== This one time, there was another guy named Tony, on the other team; and he was not a big guy, but he was a little older and taller than a lot of our guys. You play neighborhood ball, you know, a lot of different age guys will come out for that.

Well this Tony took the ball on a kickoff, and he decided to see what would happen if he just busted down the middle of the field at full gallop. Instead of running it back by dodging, he would just barrel down, arms flailing, big war face on. And it worked; once he was at full run, nobody wanted to do the simple job of being the tackling dummy. Just putting your body in his way and taking the force of that full-on. (and nobody was smart enough to take him low...)

So, the next kickoff he decides to do his galloping run again. and I realize, I'm gonna have to do this: I have to step up to duty, and hit him, because if somebody doesn't stop him he'll just keep doing it.

I put my shoulder down and hit him at a slight angle. B-O-O-M. I don't know what it looked like, but to me, and to him, it was one of those highlight hits. He went down in a heap. The ball rolled away. I got up. Two minutes later he got up.

There you go: that's what's manly about American Football.

lookout123 · 10-26-2009, 04:42 PM

here's some of the ugly. Of course whoever made the first video included some soccer fights which are notoriously wussfests.

lookout123 · 10-26-2009, 04:45 PM

and here is one of the most amazing bits of skill ever.

and some more

lumberjim · 10-26-2009, 04:59 PM

oh fuck, lookout. how about a broken bone gore douchechill warning on that!?

Griff · 10-26-2009, 05:51 PM

I didn't find the Cambell/Lambert goal line collision, but for sheer terror you can't touch Theisman/Taylor.

lookout123 · 10-27-2009, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

oh fuck, lookout. how about a broken bone gore douchechill warning on that!?

Sorry, didn't even think about it. You did watch the good clips though, right?

lumberjim · 10-26-2009, 05:54 PM

seen that....saw it live.....not watching it again today, thanks.

Griff · 10-26-2009, 06:01 PM

Me too. It physically hurts to watch that. I remember getting blindsided by a replay I didn't see coming...

Shawnee123 · 10-26-2009, 06:03 PM

I almost threw up.

Damn.

monster · 10-26-2009, 06:46 PM

I'm not saying soccer's any more manly, just I really find football like a huge pantomime. A wussy girly pantomime. They even have girly hair. And knickerbockers. And they need a break every ten seconds. To restyle it. :p

jinx · 10-26-2009, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I'm not saying soccer's any more manly, just I really find football like a huge pantomime. A wussy girly pantomime. They even have girly hair. And knickerbockers. And they need a break every ten seconds. To restyle it. :p

Go to one of the pee wee games Ive been going to all season - the sound of these 10 year olds smashing into each other is bone chilling. And they hurt each other... wind knocked out, teeth knocked out.... coach picks them up, dusts them off, smacks them in the head and they GET BACK OUT THERE!! Tougher than woodpecker lips these little kids are, I tell ya.

lumberjim · 10-26-2009, 06:56 PM

this is a troll you're perpetrating. we all know it, but we enjoy it just the same.

monster · 10-26-2009, 07:45 PM

good. I'm in one of those moods today. But damn, I'm sure I could take it more seriously if they didn't look so silly. I'm really trying to get into this whole football lark, you know ...when in Rome and all that.....

Cloud · 10-26-2009, 08:08 PM

"perpetrating a troll"? is that, like, a hanging offense?

10-26-2009, 04:05 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	this guy had a couple moves __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-26-2009, 04:42 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	here's some of the ugly. Of course whoever made the first video included some soccer fights which are notoriously wussfests. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

10-26-2009, 04:45 PM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	and here is one of the most amazing bits of skill ever. and some more __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

10-26-2009, 04:59 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	oh fuck, lookout. how about a broken bone gore douchechill warning on that!? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-26-2009, 05:51 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	broken bone gore douchechill warning I didn't find the Cambell/Lambert goal line collision, but for sheer terror you can't touch Theisman/Taylor. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-26-2009, 04:08 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	There's something about having played pick-up football as a kid. If I have any toughness in me, it's from those moments. == Six on six, neighborhood kids, everybody pretty much go out for passes, nobody's blocking on the line but you can rush on five mississippi. We got three plays to get to the tree, then we get a first down and we get three more plays to get to the end of the field. Sammy got cut on a rock. Is it bleeding? A little Sammy let me see that. Oh that's nothing. That's through your jeans. You walkin OK? OK, spit on it, clean it out a little, limp real bad on the next play, and the play after that they won't cover ya, and we'll throw it to you. == This one time, there was another guy named Tony, on the other team; and he was not a big guy, but he was a little older and taller than a lot of our guys. You play neighborhood ball, you know, a lot of different age guys will come out for that. Well this Tony took the ball on a kickoff, and he decided to see what would happen if he just busted down the middle of the field at full gallop. Instead of running it back by dodging, he would just barrel down, arms flailing, big war face on. And it worked; once he was at full run, nobody wanted to do the simple job of being the tackling dummy. Just putting your body in his way and taking the force of that full-on. (and nobody was smart enough to take him low...) So, the next kickoff he decides to do his galloping run again. and I realize, I'm gonna have to do this: I have to step up to duty, and hit him, because if somebody doesn't stop him he'll just keep doing it. I put my shoulder down and hit him at a slight angle. B-O-O-M. I don't know what it looked like, but to me, and to him, it was one of those highlight hits. He went down in a heap. The ball rolled away. I got up. Two minutes later he got up. There you go: that's what's manly about American Football.

10-26-2009, 05:54 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	seen that....saw it live.....not watching it again today, thanks. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-26-2009, 06:01 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Me too. It physically hurts to watch that. I remember getting blindsided by a replay I didn't see coming... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-26-2009, 06:03 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I almost threw up. Damn. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-26-2009, 06:46 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'm not saying soccer's any more manly, just I really find football like a huge pantomime. A wussy girly pantomime. They even have girly hair. And knickerbockers. And they need a break every ten seconds. To restyle it. :p __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-26-2009, 06:56 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	this is a troll you're perpetrating. we all know it, but we enjoy it just the same. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-26-2009, 07:45 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	good. I'm in one of those moods today. But damn, I'm sure I could take it more seriously if they didn't look so silly. I'm really trying to get into this whole football lark, you know ...when in Rome and all that..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-26-2009, 08:08 PM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	"perpetrating a troll"? is that, like, a hanging offense? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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