Reality Has Set In

Wild Turkey said:
I could have been a Hall of Famer.
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Volbound1700 said:
I was always one of the shortest in my class despite being fast and athletic. So that killed my chance. I played Junior High but quit at Highschool level and did other sports that I could fit with such as basketball, golf, cross-country, and track. (The latter two being my best sports).

Funny thing is people asked me about playing High School Football and my response was, "do you want me to get killed?" I think they were joking anyways.
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My junior year of high school, my track coach was also the football coach. We were playing flag football with starting QB and I was covering one of the actual WRs and they were having a hard time getting the ball past me. So the coach came up to me asking me to play and I looked at him and said “Eventually I would need to tackle someone and I’m 100 lbs and that tackle will never happen”.
 
fishinabarrel said:
You also could have been ran over and your face stepped on after you snap the ball by some giant caveman
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That’s what makes that job even better … you can’t hit the snapper any more. No contact.
 
WhosYourDawggy said:
That’s what makes that job even better … you can’t hit the snapper any more. No contact.
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In the NFL? I thought they just couldn't make contact with the head or neck and also aren't allowed to line up directly opposite of them. When did it become no contact at all?
 
Wild Turkey said:
I was a center in high school and was actually pretty decent at snapping for kicks. If I had known what I know now I would have focused just on that and snapped all summer over and over until I was the best ever.

I could have walked on anywhere, earned a scholarship, and had a shot at the NFL if you had the vision.

That literally has entered my mind many many times.
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"I could snap a ball over them mountains"
 
Happens to everyone. Had a drunken debate with a buddy over the weekend who thinks he could hit .200 in the majors right now, nevermind the fact the modern MLB pitchers have change ups faster than any fastball we were seeing when we last played rec league baseball 13 years ago
 
fishinabarrel said:
In the NFL? I thought they just couldn't make contact with the head or neck and also aren't allowed to line up directly opposite of them. When did it become no contact at all?
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It seems its a little different in HS > College > NFL. In some you have to wait a certain amount of time, in others you can't line up directly across, and others you can go into the gap but not directly on. Whichever rule it is, the point is that long snappers no longer have to worry about making a difficult snap and getting blown up a second later. Makes it even a more attractive gig.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Happens to everyone. Had a drunken debate with a buddy over the weekend who thinks he could hit .200 in the majors right now, nevermind the fact the modern MLB pitchers have change ups faster than any fastball we were seeing when we last played rec league baseball 13 years ago
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When I was in junior high school our high school baseball team earned a trip to the state tournament and were rewarded by having the privilege of facing Alvin High School and some pitcher named Nolan Ryan.

Our coach served under Patton in WW2 so you get an idea of what he was like. After seeing the first two batters strike out without ever swinging the bat, he was livid. He told the next batter to “swing the damn bat” loud enough for everyone to hear. He didn’t swing at the first or second pitch. Coach walked down the basepath to tell him again to “swing the damn bat”. He didn’t. Coach met him on his way to the dugout and ripped him a new asshole. Ended with, “I told you to swing the bat. Why didn’t you?” Guy said, “ Coach, it sounded high.”

Your buddy would have been like our guys were. Maybe your buddy is a legend in his own mind.
 
WhosYourDawggy said:
It seems its a little different in HS > College > NFL. In some you have to wait a certain amount of time, in others you can't line up directly across, and others you can go into the gap but not directly on. Whichever rule it is, the point is that long snappers no longer have to worry about making a difficult snap and getting blown up a second later. Makes it even a more attractive gig.
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It can be. Check out Jon Dorenbos. My youngest daughter was a cheerleader at UTEP when Jon played there. His story was tragic in his early years but ended with a good gig as you said. He played long snapper for 10-12 years with the Bills and Eagles.
 
Deep Creek said:
When I was in junior high school our high school baseball team earned a trip to the state tournament and were rewarded by having the privilege of facing Alvin High School and some pitcher named Nolan Ryan.

Our coach served under Patton in WW2 so you get an idea of what he was like. After seeing the first two batters strike out without ever swinging the bat, he was livid. He told the next batter to “swing the damn bat” loud enough for everyone to hear. He didn’t swing at the first or second pitch. Coach walked down the basepath to tell him again to “swing the damn bat”. He didn’t. Coach met him on his way to the dugout and ripped him a new asshole. Ended with, “I told you to swing the bat. Why didn’t you?” Guy said, “ Coach, it sounded high.”

Your buddy would have been like our guys were. Maybe your buddy is a legend in his own mind.
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He was the best player on our team. We were the best team in the league. Nobody in the league ever so much as player college ball though.

I told him if he got 100 ABs against an MLB pitcher, he might luck into 5 base hits, and they would all be little flares between an infielder and an outfielder, a weak grounder that finds a hole or a swinging bunt.
 
Deep Creek said:
It can be. Check out Jon Dorenbos. My youngest daughter was a cheerleader at UTEP when Jon played there. His story was tragic in his early years but ended with a good gig as you said. He played long snapper for 10-12 years with the Bills and Eagles.
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Career earnings: $10,057,487 - 13 seasons.
 
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