FB: American Rivers Conference

[Purple Heys]

Back in the days of the old double bar facemask (which was pulled too low to provide much facial protection)...in Pop Warner youth football

A kid on our team caught a punt...between the facemask and the brim of his helmet.  Wedged in there pretty good.

He got lit up trying to extract it, neglecting all else as the punt coverage converged.

Ow.   

[sportsknight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjjgNTQD6Eo

[doolittledog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjjgNTQD6Eo

You have a pretty good cautionary tale there for those wishing to go into the cameraman profession


My uncle had a double dose of bad luck in a high school football game.  He got knocked unconscious on a pass play.  But the bad part was at the same time there was a lightning strike near by.  They called the game and sent everybody into the high school to wait out the bad weather, not noticing that he was laying motionless on the field.  My grandparents were the only ones there that noticed he wasn't getting up.  He said when he came to he could see the last few people heading into the high school and then his parents walking up to him to see how he was.  He says that was a good indication as to how insignificant he was to the team

The worst one I have...and it does have a happy ending...Friends of my grandparents would go to every high school game.  They lived in the country and would pick up the neighboring couple and go to the games together.  This being Iowa, the men would sit in the front seat talking and the women would sit in the back seat and talk.  Gladys opened the back door to get into the car and then figured she might as well sit in the front seat until they got to their friends house.  So she shut the door and started to walk behind the car to get to the passenger side.  Glenn thought she was in the car and put it in reverse and ran her over.  After he hit her he said "Well god damn Gladys, what the hell did I just hit"  put the car into drive and then ran over her again.  Luckily for her she had a bunch of blankets in her arms and they think the blankets helped cusion the blow.  She was pretty much none the worse for wear. 

[oldNorse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjjgNTQD6Eo

You have a pretty good cautionary tale there for those wishing to go into the cameraman profession


My uncle had a double dose of bad luck in a high school football game.  He got knocked unconscious on a pass play.  But the bad part was at the same time there was a lightning strike near by.  They called the game and sent everybody into the high school to wait out the bad weather, not noticing that he was laying motionless on the field.  My grandparents were the only ones there that noticed he wasn't getting up.  He said when he came to he could see the last few people heading into the high school and then his parents walking up to him to see how he was.  He says that was a good indication as to how insignificant he was to the team

The worst one I have...and it does have a happy ending...Friends of my grandparents would go to every high school game.  They lived in the country and would pick up the neighboring couple and go to the games together.  This being Iowa, the men would sit in the front seat talking and the women would sit in the back seat and talk.  Gladys opened the back door to get into the car and then figured she might as well sit in the front seat until they got to their friends house.  So she shut the door and started to walk behind the car to get to the passenger side.  Glenn thought she was in the car and put it in reverse and ran her over.  After he hit her he said "Well god damn Gladys, what the hell did I just hit"  put the car into drive and then ran over her again.  Luckily for her she had a bunch of blankets in her arms and they think the blankets helped cusion the blow.  She was pretty much none the worse for wear. 

dolittle.....that is a wonderful story.  Just what we need with a blizzard/sleet storm coming in.  I like your attitude !! 

[TheOne89.1]

Any thought on the Jay Cutler trade to the Bears?  As a Bears fan,  I can honestly say the only thing that I will miss about Orton is his beard and the pictures of him wasted in Iowa City.   

I think it is a good move.  I was a little upset since I was an Orton fan (better than anything we have had lately) and giving away the first round pick, but we have not had much luck in the first round lately.

Unfortunately, Cutler has no one to throw to.  So hopefully next weekend we can pick up some WRs.  Otherwise Clark and Olsen better start getting used to lots of passes.

[footballdaddy]

Looks like I'm the definition of mediocraty by finishing by myself in 6th place on our tournament bracket. Thanks to Noth Carolina, I was able to leapfrog 1.1 million people nationally. Now there's only 1.9 million ahead of me.

[DBQ1965]

Looks like I'm the definition of mediocraty by finishing by myself in 6th place on our tournament bracket. Thanks to Noth Carolina, I was able to leapfrog 1.1 million people nationally. Now there's only 1.9 million ahead of me.

Don't know whether or not to say yours was a significant accomlishment ... finishing ahead of the two Spartan supporters on here.

At any rate ... KUDOS to TheOne89.1 for taking first place in the IIAC group ... and thanks to all of you who played.

I can understand no one picking Michigan State for the final game, but its hard to believe no one had the Tarheels!

Here are the final standings:

1.   TheOne89.1
2.   BB-IIAC 1
3.   Purple Heys
4.   Klopenheimer
5.   Thunderbolt
6.   wbfootballdaddy
7.   UD Spartans
8.   doolittledog
9.   The Mayne Event
10.    dutchfan1
11.    SportsKnight
12.    The Show

[caddy1]

Nice interview on Platteville - Lets go IACC schools lets do some interviewing of coaches.  Give us some optimism for 2009!

[Klopenhiemer]

Looks like I'm the definition of mediocraty by finishing by myself in 6th place on our tournament bracket. Thanks to Noth Carolina, I was able to leapfrog 1.1 million people nationally. Now there's only 1.9 million ahead of me.

Don't know whether or not to say yours was a significant accomlishment ... finishing ahead of the two Spartan supporters on here.

At any rate ... KUDOS to TheOne89.1 for taking first place in the IIAC group ... and thanks to all of you who played.

I can understand no one picking Michigan State for the final game, but its hard to believe no one had the Tarheels!

Here are the final standings:

1.   TheOne89.1
2.   BB-IIAC 1
3.   Purple Heys
4.   Klopenheimer
5.   Thunderbolt
6.   wbfootballdaddy
7.   UD Spartans
8.   doolittledog
9.   The Mayne Event
10.    dutchfan1
11.    SportsKnight
12.    The Show

Talk about your all time melt down in my bracket.  I finish behind Heys in both the bowl challenge and the hoops challenge.  Whats next Cornell finish behind Cornell next football season

[Purple Heys]

Do not mistake my allegiance to Cornell as a lack of sports knowledge...it is a labor of love for my 1st born.   

[Purple Heys]

I'm still kicking myself for the overconfidence in the Pac-10 this tourney...otherwise I coulda won this one too.

[Purple Heys]

We should all be humbled by the fact that 15 year old Rev. 3 kicked ALL of our asses this year.



And don't think he doesn't let me hear EVERY time we watch the NCAA's   

[Klopenhiemer]

I got this joked emailed to me the other day and thought it was pretty funny. 

It was called "Grandpa"

Grandpa got a call from IRS because they were doing a tax audit on him.  When he got the call he called up his lawyer and went in for the meeting.  The IRS agent said you claim that your profession is gambling and you claim that you make 150K a year.  How is this possible?  Grandpa said, I am a good gambler, would  you like to see?  For amusement purposes only the IRS agent agrees. 

Grandpa bets the IRS man 100 dollars he can not bite is eye ball.  The agent says your on!
Grandpa pulls out his glass eye and bites it. 
Grandpa says double or nothing I can bite my other eye.  Clearly the man can see thinks the agent so he says bring it on. 
Grandpa pulls out his dentures and bites his other eye.  The IRS agent was fuming at this point and told grandpa that this means nothing and that he has to show him more proof of his gambling knack. 
Grandpa bets the agent that he can stand on his desk and piss in the trash can across the room.  He bets him 1,000 dollars he can do this.  The IRS agent thinks there is no way that he can do this.  So he takes him on. 
Grandpa gets up on the desk, undoes himself, and proceeds to urinate all over the mans desk and papers.  The IRS agent jumps out his chair with delight.  I got  you old man! 
To his surprise Grandpas lawyer is quietly crying in his chair.  The IRS agent looks at him and says what is your problem. 

He says, "Grandpa bet me 25K that he could piss on all over your desk and you would be happy about it.  How am I going to explain this to my wife!"

Moral of the story was done mess with grandpa. 

[Purple Heys]

Did you not see the opening to 'Desperado' where Quentin Tarantino's character tells a variant of that joke to the bartender (Cheech Marin) in a seedy bar in Mexico?

[Purple Heys]

Isn't there some cumulative IIAC Championship I can claim for the Football and Basketball ESPN picks.

Next time I'm in Iowa one of youse can buy me a beer at Chameleons in Mount Vernon.   


BTW - WEATHER CHECK TIME!

POST-SPRING BREAK IN OCEANSIDE - SUNNY AND WARM

Yet another win for the Cornell fan in SoCal.    8)

I think I'll go to Tommy's tonite.