burn
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Post by burn on Jul 8, 2008 22:29:40 GMT -6
My sophomore year of college we played a game for the league championship at home against a team that Larry Allen played on (side note). At the beginning of the game three fans from the other team got onto the track behind the field and started running around the field holding up huge flags with the other schools logo and name. I was standing next to one of our OL that is about 6'6" and 300 lbs that was not real athletic. One of the nicest guys you would ever meet but had a screw loose. He took offense to these fans and as they came running in front of the press box behind us he snapped up his helmet. I started watching him because he started jumping up and down. Next thing he is in the middle of the track in front of the home crowd in front of the press box. The first fan juked him but the second was not so lucky. He received a forearm rip to the head that sent him flying under the bleachers. The OL retrieved the flag and broke it over his knee and then held it up triumphantly. I laughed so hard I almost puked. I was wondering how many of you played or coached a guy that just was not right in the head?
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 8, 2008 22:59:07 GMT -6
do complete idiots count?
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Post by bleefb on Jul 9, 2008 0:35:10 GMT -6
We go to play a team we haven't played before for the season opener back in the 80's. They had two huge Linemen that were pretty dominant (both went to Nebraska) While we were filing into the stadium, the bigger one took off his helmet and started banging his head into the chainlink fence and post, HARD. I think half our team wet themseves, especially our linemen who were going to go up against him. During the game, one of our kids hurt his knee, and after the game he came into our locker room to see if he was OK. He was one of nicest, polite, soft-spoken kids I ever met. Needless to say, we lost the game.  |
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Post by schultbear74 on Jul 9, 2008 6:19:15 GMT -6
My son had an episode like that, he is the nicest kid in the world, but he has a crazy streak- he was a great LB in other words. He wasn't good with the books so he joined the Marines.
During warm-ups the opposing team, who historically intimidated the poopy out of our team, came to the center of our field with a skull and crossbones flag and sunk the sharpened end of the flag into the ground right over our logo. My son charged their huddle and yanked the flag out of the ground. The ensuing melee was rather interesting- no one was kicked out, no one was disciplined- on either side and, unfortunately, none of the video cameras were running. We lost the game by a much smaller margin than we were supposed to and the opposition coach was wondering what had happened.
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Post by phantom on Jul 9, 2008 7:42:10 GMT -6
Found out after the season a few years back that we had a guy who would tape an Ipod under his pads, run wires up, and listen to music while he played. Crazy enough?
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ci
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Post by ci on Jul 9, 2008 13:41:35 GMT -6
"There is a pleasure in being mad, which only madmen know"
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Post by eickst on Jul 9, 2008 14:14:43 GMT -6
"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
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Post by tothehouse on Jul 9, 2008 19:25:02 GMT -6
We've had kids playing with bags of chips in their pants. Little snack while on the field. They must have just finished watching Wildcats.
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Post by phantom on Jul 9, 2008 19:31:51 GMT -6
The thing about this thread is that in this game the term "nuts" is very relative.
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Post by phantom on Jul 9, 2008 19:49:25 GMT -6
In college I was walking across a secluded parking lot late one night when a car stopped and a teammate pulled a Bowie knife and asked "You think you're better than me?'. The guy was a good guy and I wasn't terribly worried but I was ahead of him on the depth chart and his nickname was "Disorder" so who knew?
In a few seconds, which seemed way longer, he laughed and was gone but it was not comfortable.
I also played with a guy who dropped a can of soda on the locker room floor before a game them slurped it up.
I've been involved in this game for over 40 years. In this game over that time you will run into some different personalties.
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Post by raiderpirates on Jul 9, 2008 19:58:54 GMT -6
The year before I coached the team officially, the two star players got in a fight at the game's close and the HC had to break them up. They didn't take losing well and felt the other could have done done better. Guess when your QB decides to run with the ball almost the entire second half instead of doing called handoffs that can happen.
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Post by larrymoe on Jul 10, 2008 0:11:22 GMT -6
I once coached in a game in which the opposition went from a 4th and 5 to 4th and 65 because of 4 personal foul penalties against a kid who wasn't even dressed on the their sideline. Kid went crazy and started shoving officials and stuff. I've never seen anything that nuts. Kid eventually had to have the cops called on him because after they kicked him out he went into the parking lot and kicked a car and set off the alarm.
Funniest part was when they're getting to run a play from 4th and 65 one of my players yells (seriously) "Watch out for the pass!". I had to turn to him and just laugh and say "You really think so?".
Also played college ball with a kid that would lick up other kids' puke for $5.
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Post by eickst on Jul 10, 2008 0:24:35 GMT -6
We had guys who branded their initials into their shoulders with soldering irons. I always thought that was kind of nuts. I mean, what if you want to change your name one day or have to go into witness protection?
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Post by midsfan on Jul 10, 2008 0:28:41 GMT -6
When I played in college there was a guy that attempted to walk on in the Spring. The guy just was not right. Well, he didn't make the team. He became our mascot... don't ask! Anyways we are playing against our rival school. I am playing on the field. I played RT and as I was getting into my 2 point stance I start to see a rush of people running into the back part of the endzone. Police, Security, fans it was crazy. Anyways, our opponents mascot was a "Choctaw" indian with a big Indian Head and I see it rolling on the ground. Turns out the Indian stole our Flag and was trying to take it to the other side. Well, our former walk on teammate, now mascot is running after the indian tackles him to the ground and starts beating the crap out of him. At this point the male cheerleaders from the Choctaws run over there, turns into this big scuffle. No big deal right...wrong turns out the "Choctaw" mascot is a GIRL. She suffered a busted lip. When we finally heard about it we laughed so hard we almost passed out. Delayed the game about 15 minutes. The single funniest thing I have ever seen happen. The Guy mascot is about to graduate from Law School. Kinda off subject, but too funny not to share.
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Post by raiderpirates on Jul 10, 2008 1:33:22 GMT -6
The week before our 9th grade team played a regional rival some idiot burned a cross on the field and it started a riot. He was actually a person who lived in the region of the team whose fans rioted, the other team was blamed for it. That opposing team happened to have a confederate soldier as a mascot, so it amplified the ill will going on.
So they had to have the following week's game at a neutral field to prevent vigilantes from showing up. A storm broke out, and some rowdies followed their bus anyways to become belligerent. One of them was getting on top of buildings where our teams played because nobody was there to run those concessions, and bellowing obscenities.
They considered calling the guard at the time....
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Post by k on Jul 10, 2008 2:11:39 GMT -6
That opposing team happened to have a confederate soldier as a mascot Words fail me. |
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Post by eickst on Jul 10, 2008 8:48:08 GMT -6
We also had a kid one time... The officials stop a game and send one of my players to the sideline. I ask what he did. Official says "he threw a punch coach" I said "Christ that's kind of late isn't it, we're already in the huddle" Official says "he punched another one of your players." Hey there's no rule against that!!! Is there?? Sometimes they need it! |
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Post by raiderpirates on Jul 10, 2008 10:11:40 GMT -6
That opposing team happened to have a confederate soldier as a mascot Words fail me. Well, their logo did, anyways. Their nic was the "Rebels" and the grey suit of the logo's flag bearer was the giveaway. Guess what flag was flown during games? |
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Post by dc207 on Jul 10, 2008 14:25:53 GMT -6
Two years ago, we had a d-lineman for another team hit our QB low and very late, but ref's didn't call anything. I think maybe because the ball was outta there and they were looking upfield. Not sure on that, but what happened next was crazy.
The ensuing play, at the snap our RG literally chops down the same d-lineman with at least three hammer fists, UFC-style. With each shot, the kid gets lower and lower until he's on the ground and our kid gives him one more shot to the back of the helmet. Obviously the kids talked in the huddle about it being a cheap shot and they were going to send a message.
Crazy thing is, the ref's missed that one, too! No flag.
Saturday morning, we're watching film before the players arrive and we see it in the corner of the side view. Now, we were pissed because he could've gotten thrown out of the game AND the following week's game. At the same time, we laughed our asses off.
Kids came in an hour later, and we're all serious but inside remembering how funny the video actually was. Kids still laugh about it to this day.
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Post by airman on Jul 10, 2008 15:45:03 GMT -6
my RSfreshman year in college I played cornerback and safety. the coach would pair up upperclassman with underclassman. needless to say my upperclassman was a bit nuts. He was a 28 yr old sr. he did 27 months at a correctional facility in Il. for grand theft auto. He grew up in chicago in a ruff and tumble hood. He was bad bad leroy brown badest man in the who damn town. he taught me the ins and outs of db play and other lesssons which I would call more painful one.
here is how crazy things are with this guy. I get in the game at cb. the other team runs a toss sweep right at me. the wr was great at making holding look like blocking. I had never been blocked like that in my life. have to remember I am a redshirt frosh. so he lets me go and I turn tail running down the rb. needless to say leroy brown comes from his safety position. I finally get close to the guy but I realize it is tooooooooo late and I pull up. Leroy brown does a terry tait office lber on me. I am not kidding. My own safety lights me up along the sideline, stands over me like terry tait office lber and yells at me for giving up on the play, he then helps me up, we jog back to the huddle and on the way is telling me how proud he was that I fought off the block and ran after the rb.
so I line up again at cb on the same wr. he starts talking in trash about how my own team mate hits me and stuff. on this play I press and release him. Leroy must have hear him, cause leroy lit this guy up and told him never again to mock one of his teammates.
I can tell you this it a made a huge impression on me for the rest of my life. I never gave up a on a play again in my life. when I played baseball I would run out ground balls and infield popout so hard the coach actually told me to take it easy.
as for leroy, he works now for the correctins department with troubled youth.
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Post by eickst on Jul 10, 2008 15:45:38 GMT -6
Who played with this guy? before we heard of Darin Slack, this was our QB coach  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2008 16:43:32 GMT -6
Didn't play with anyone too crazy in HS. But in college, I played with a guy who intentionally cut his leg before the game then wiped the blood all over his face.
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Post by coachmoore42 on Jul 10, 2008 19:09:32 GMT -6
I don't have any stories that are nearly as great as these. I just wanted to say that this has to be the most I've laughed in a long time. Great stories guys. Best one yet...DC's story about Jason and the flying 5 lb plate.
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Post by phantom on Jul 10, 2008 19:18:27 GMT -6
Didn't play with anyone too crazy in HS. But in college, I played with a guy who intentionally cut his leg before the game then wiped the blood all over his face. Whoah! New leader in the clubhouse. |
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Post by threeback on Jul 11, 2008 11:04:26 GMT -6
Too many to list, but here are a few:
One kid would piss his pants right before the 1st defensive series. Said it "helped him relax". After a couple of series, couldn't even tell that he pissed his pants, but g.d.- I couldn't imagine pissing my pants and playing an entire game like that. Played linebacker- go figure.
Kid I mentioned on an earlier post. Before a district game, found a safety pin on the ground outside of school, came into the locker room and proceeded to pierce both his nipples with the pin-the nice, rusty, nasty a$$ pin. Said it "got his mind right". He also had a penchant for dragon flies and bugs- guess he needed the protein. Guess what position he played?
I played with a guy that had a pair of "lucky underwear". We went on a win streak, and the guy refused to wash the underwear until we lost. 5 weeks into the winning streak, guy could pass for a biohazard area.
Coached and taught a kid that had enough natural gas to fuel a third world country. Had to put plug ins throughout the class. Amazing athlete, but not the swiftest of young men. Attractive young lady gets assigned to my class for alternate schedule one day, and I see "Johhny" eyeing her up and down with one hand under his desk "showing his appreciation" of her attractiveness. Make eye contact with the kid and give him the "stop it" look, he smiles and gives me the universal "almost done" look. Asked to go to the restroom a couple of minutes later-with the "flag" at full staff. He's in jail right now- got busted with about 10lbs of weed in his car. I also think he's got about 10 kids.
Another kid I coached had a bad case of the runs. Pouring rain, muddy as hell. Comes to me and says "Coach, I gotta go." Tell him that he doesn't have time. Says ok, and proceeds to crap his pants. Purposely trips on the way out in the mud for "camoflauge". Same kid that, as a joke, shoved the business end of the starting FB's toothbrush into his a$$ as a practical joke at a team camp. Hear all kind of commotion, bust in the door, and he and the fullback are going at it. Get to the bottom of it, and the fullback finally tells us what happened. Both of them threw the other's clothes and suitcase out of the 3rd story window and then proceed to beat the hell out of each other.
Same team camp a couple of years later, our starting runningback duct tapes the starting right tackle to his bed while he's sleeping- I'm talking mummy style. All you can see is his mouth, nose, and eyes. The starting right guard then farts in the dude's face to "wake him up". Tackle wakes up- pissed off as hell. Poor kid had to walk around with hardly any eyebrows after the tape was removed.
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Post by wingt74 on Jul 11, 2008 11:59:22 GMT -6
Found out after the season a few years back that we had a guy who would tape an Ipod under his pads, run wires up, and listen to music while he played. Crazy enough? wow...those little ipod shuffles would be perfect for this. |
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Post by airman on Jul 11, 2008 12:08:08 GMT -6
Another kid I coached had a bad case of the runs. Pouring rain, muddy as hell. Comes to me and says "Coach, I gotta go." Tell him that he doesn't have time. Says ok, and proceeds to crap his pants. Purposely trips on the way out in the mud for "camoflauge".
I have seen cross country runners cross the finish line where they had the runs and crapped themselves instead of quitting.
the runs in cross country is not a uncommon thing. basically in some people the up and down of the running motion triggers some thing in the intestines and they get what is known as runners diarrhea.
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burn
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Post by burn on Jul 11, 2008 12:37:32 GMT -6
It might a new strategic tactic coaches might employ. Have all of your kids crap their pants and then see if other team wants to tackle let alone block them.
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Post by schultbear74 on Jul 11, 2008 13:39:41 GMT -6
Everyone should have a good poop story.
One of my friends had a kid who told his coach that a guy "knocked the Sh@# out of me" the coach said "yeah, I saw the hit. now take in this play" the kid said "coach, you don't understand, he knocked the sh@# out of me" The kid left the field.
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Post by phantom on Jul 11, 2008 14:55:48 GMT -6
Oh, yeah, I forgot one.
I played with a TB who drove to practice in a car that had no brakes. For meetings he'd drive up a bank and put it in Park. For practice he'd coast into the lot and run his car into the field house to stop it.
That was an unusual guy.
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