FB: Liberty League

[Jonny Utah]

Forget that video.  I have a new WTF! video of the day.......

http://www.break.com/index/155_t-shirts.html

[theoriginalupstate]

He wasted 4 hours of his life for that?

[Frank Rossi]

If anyone cares, budcrew08's ATR column has been posted.

Been a very good column of late...Just a quick note that the Union-WPI score after the final WPI TD was 28-27, making the two-point conversion for the win (says 28-26 in the article).  However, the game was pretty much a one-sided statistical affair until the fourth quarter.  It reminds me of the Tennessee/St. Louis Super Bowl -- we remember the last play and the excitement of the fourth quarter, but the rest of the game was a yawn (that goes for the New England/Carolina Super Bowl, as well).  

Anyway, I think after this week, we should be able to scratch out about 100+ of the 200+ playoff eligible teams from contention.  That means we can begin to whittle down the field -- when do the SoS rankings come out for the first time?  

Final note -- the prediction of Hobart losing to MMA...unlikely, but it would actually not affect Hobart's control of its own destiny, as MMA has two losses and Hobart still plays Rochester and St. Lawrence.  This was much like if Union had lost to WPI, it still would've had the same control of its own destiny.  Granted, nobody wants a loss, especially this deep into the season.  However, for all the equality we discuss, it seems that two of the three favorites are still technically where they're supposed to be LL W/L-wise.  If Rochester and St. Lawrence were to both lose games over the next two weeks, then it's 2004 all over again -- Union/Hobart would be for the league championship a week earlier than anticipated.  Hobart and Union both play St. Lawrence, so it'd be up to a team other than those to beat Rochester to set up such a league championship game.

[icgrad87]

Anyone want to hire this self absorbed fool?

http://www.break.com/index/how_not_get_a_job.html

[zachattack22]

Anyone want to hire this self absorbed fool?

http://www.break.com/index/how_not_get_a_job.html

Zt's janitorial service has two openings...Both requiring athletic ability and perserverance with a "johnny mop"....He's obviously heading for the toilet so he would be helpful to ZT's workforce....

[zachattack22]

Now that we all live in a more "civilized" environment (even in football) where you can't get away with things without being sued...does anyone have any outlandish football practice stories about sadistic coaches....

When ZT was in 7th grade our new school football coach taught us to fire out low and hard...It worked, but several kids either quit or were sent to the hospital with neck injuries. 

He would tie a big truck tire to a rope and hang it from the goal post just at the right height.  Then you would line up in your stance and fire off low and hard and he would back up with the truck tire as far as he could and let it swing as hard as he could at you....If you were too high, the truck tire would hit you harder than anything you could imagine...It smashed my cheap face mask to pieces and broke my nose and little ZT looked like Rocky Marcianno....

It worked....little ZT fired off low as hell....But it does explain why we went from 32 kids on the team to 15!!!  Little ZT could have been rich as hell in today's world, but we didn't know the meaning of law suit...Where the hell were you Frank Rossi when ZT needed you???

[Stlarry]

Stlarry's freshman year at SLU, the defensive coordinator was named Guido Falbo (no joke), and he was the direct cause for about 15-20 kids quitting during preseason.  First day of hitting, we did Oklahoma's at the end of practice (rb and ol vs. dl and lb/db).  Falbo wanted all of the lb/db's to fire in low, so he would hold them by their jersey while they basically were sprinting as hard as they could, so when the rb got through, he would let go and the lb/db would shoot foward low, but also in a bit of a spear.  One kid ended up hitting someone with the top of their head, and was knocked out for 10-15 seconds.  When the kid came to, Falbo cursed the kid out, and made him go twice more in a row.  The kicker was that this kid already had a pre-existing concussion problem, and so he was pretty messed up, couldn't play a contact sport again.  Falbo was also the kind of guy to scream at you during a game with your parents 10 ft away that you were "the load your mother should have swallowed" (direct quote).  Parents had to litereally be restrained a few times.

[Naked Nott Run]

Last night NNR was at his school football game. Being a teacher and coach at a predominately "ghetto" school means we usually have it a little tougher with the refs. We played a mainly white school last night. The whole game they were calling our players the N word right in front of the refs... Refs kept saying they didnt hear anything. It was insane. We recieved 17 penalties to their 2... called multiple touchdowns of ours back... at the end of the game they broke down... 1...2...3 white power!

This was the most disgusting display of sportsmanship NNR has ever seen and can't understand how this day in age this still happens. The other team had 2 black players who participated in the chant. It made no sense to me.

NNR is filing a complaint with FHSAA.

[zachattack22]

Stlarry's freshman year at SLU, the defensive coordinator was named Guido Falbo (no joke), and he was the direct cause for about 15-20 kids quitting during preseason.  First day of hitting, we did Oklahoma's at the end of practice (rb and ol vs. dl and lb/db).  Falbo wanted all of the lb/db's to fire in low, so he would hold them by their jersey while they basically were sprinting as hard as they could, so when the rb got through, he would let go and the lb/db would shoot foward low, but also in a bit of a spear.  One kid ended up hitting someone with the top of their head, and was knocked out for 10-15 seconds.  When the kid came to, Falbo cursed the kid out, and made him go twice more in a row.  The kicker was that this kid already had a pre-existing concussion problem, and so he was pretty messed up, couldn't play a contact sport again.  Falbo was also the kind of guy to scream at you during a game with your parents 10 ft away that you were "the load your mother should have swallowed" (direct quote).  Parents had to litereally be restrained a few times.

Geesh...What a "class act" that guy was!!!

[zachattack22]

Last night NNR was at his school football game. Being a teacher and coach at a predominately "ghetto" school means we usually have it a little tougher with the refs. We played a mainly white school last night. The whole game they were calling our players the N word right in front of the refs... Refs kept saying they didnt hear anything. It was insane. We recieved 17 penalties to their 2... called multiple touchdowns of ours back... at the end of the game they broke down... 1...2...3 white power!

This was the most disgusting display of sportsmanship NNR has ever seen and can't understand how this day in age this still happens. The other team had 2 black players who participated in the chant. It made no sense to me.

NNR is filing a complaint with FHSAA.

NNR....YIKE!!!  Maybe ZT shouldn't have asked for any coaching horror stories!!!  Rediculous....What year is it?  2006 or did we just travel back in time when people had an excuse to be ignorant...The excuse is THEY WERE IGNORANT!!!  Sounds like you have an interesting job...Perhaps you should consider an armed escort service for the games.

[Jonny Utah]

its wierd how totally different it is now.  I remember in high school during waterbreaks we had this one hose that was attached to a spicket and that was the only water.  Every 45 minutes or so the coaches would let the team get a drink for like 3 minutes.  It was a line of like 50 guys, (seniors first) and then when the coaches started yelling to get back to practice 20 or so sophmores had to struggle to get one sip of water.  I remember passing out once actually.  So stupid now when you think about it.

[JQV]

Last night NNR was at his school football game. Being a teacher and coach at a predominately "ghetto" school means we usually have it a little tougher with the refs. We played a mainly white school last night. The whole game they were calling our players the N word right in front of the refs... Refs kept saying they didnt hear anything. It was insane. We recieved 17 penalties to their 2... called multiple touchdowns of ours back... at the end of the game they broke down... 1...2...3 white power!

This was the most disgusting display of sportsmanship NNR has ever seen and can't understand how this day in age this still happens. The other team had 2 black players who participated in the chant. It made no sense to me.

NNR is filing a complaint with FHSAA.

NNR, I coached high school hoops in North Florida the last three years and ran into a lot of the same stuff.  Where are you coaching in Florida?

[zachattack22]

its wierd how totally different it is now.  I remember in high school during waterbreaks we had this one hose that was attached to a spicket and that was the only water.  Every 45 minutes or so the coaches would let the team get a drink for like 3 minutes.  It was a line of like 50 guys, (seniors first) and then when the coaches started yelling to get back to practice 20 or so sophmores had to struggle to get one sip of water.  I remember passing out once actually.  So stupid now when you think about it.

Yeah, you're right there...Same thing...Double sessions near 100 degrees and humid...Get in line for water...take more than two sips and a coach was screaming at you..."What are you, some kind of stupid little sissy?  You DON'T need that water!!!"

The ONE thing you actually DO need!!!  Of course, if we played in drought conditions where there was no drinkable water, we might have had a winning record because of our "Training"....  Wow, how things HAVE changed!!!  For the better I may add, in most cases...The really tough in your face practices were probably great for us...but much of it was over the line!!!  Still can't believe no one dropped dead those summers!!!

[Naked Nott Run]

NNR is in Tampa... It happened last night... very pathetic display

[JQV]

NNR is in Tampa... It happened last night... very pathetic display

NNR I just sent you a personal message.  Tampa is my hometown.