TGHusker
Well-known member
I thought it would be interesting to find out each other's experiences in playing football - also coaching football. Some of you guys are expert at the Xs and Os of the game.
Go ahead and don't be shy - tell us what you accomplished and any interesting stories. It isn't boasting if it is true. So, re-live some of your past glories with us.
We all have football in common and it would be neat to hear the stories - at least I think so. A good way to getting to know each other better is hearing each other's stories.
My Story:
I went to a small town HS in SD (42 in my graduating class). Played 11 man football but played both ways - blocking TE on O and outside LB on D or Free safety. My senior year (1974 class) our team was picked to
share the conference title with another school. However, small town football is make or break by the # of players coming out. My senior year, only a few juniors came out. Our senior starting QB got knocked out
of the season wt an ACL injury during the 1st game. Thus we ended up with a backup who was a sophomore & who cried in the huddle when he got sacked! So, us seniors didn't have much support. We played the other team we were picked to win the conference with and which ended up 2nd in the state and beat them in every phase of the game except the final score. The before mentioned Soph QB, completed a pass to a wide open Line Backer who took the ball 95 yards the other way to win the game by one score. We didn't gel until mid-season and ended up 3-5 even though we had the state's best RB, the state's best OT, the state best kicker for our class - 3 all staters. Plus, a couple of honorable mentions.
My 'claim to fame' was being a 'hitter' - I loved to tackle and tackle hard. Yes, I had a couple of flags thrown at me - good thing there wasn't a targeting penalty then. Favorite moment: a strip tackle and recovery of a flair pass to my side of the field - I got there when the ball did and hit the guy, causing the fumble and recovering it and setting us up for the winning FG at the end of the game by our all state kicker and beating a previously undefeated team while getting our first win - we won our last 3 games. The last 2 by an average of 35 points. The all state RB had 355 yards in one game and 280 in the other game.
My favorite position was free safety which I played as a junior. I wasn't all that fast, just had a nose for the ball. I could roam wherever I wanted to and in one game I had 3 interceptions. Free safety, in my opinion, is the greatest position to play in all of football. Always in the action. My coach said I was the best blocking TE he'd ever coached. I loved the cross block wt the tackle. It was fun blocking for an all state RB. I had one pass thrown to me that year by the before mentioned Soph QB - it was 10 yards beyond me.
I didn't play in college.
Go ahead and don't be shy - tell us what you accomplished and any interesting stories. It isn't boasting if it is true. So, re-live some of your past glories with us.
We all have football in common and it would be neat to hear the stories - at least I think so. A good way to getting to know each other better is hearing each other's stories.
My Story:
I went to a small town HS in SD (42 in my graduating class). Played 11 man football but played both ways - blocking TE on O and outside LB on D or Free safety. My senior year (1974 class) our team was picked to
share the conference title with another school. However, small town football is make or break by the # of players coming out. My senior year, only a few juniors came out. Our senior starting QB got knocked out
of the season wt an ACL injury during the 1st game. Thus we ended up with a backup who was a sophomore & who cried in the huddle when he got sacked! So, us seniors didn't have much support. We played the other team we were picked to win the conference with and which ended up 2nd in the state and beat them in every phase of the game except the final score. The before mentioned Soph QB, completed a pass to a wide open Line Backer who took the ball 95 yards the other way to win the game by one score. We didn't gel until mid-season and ended up 3-5 even though we had the state's best RB, the state's best OT, the state best kicker for our class - 3 all staters. Plus, a couple of honorable mentions.
My 'claim to fame' was being a 'hitter' - I loved to tackle and tackle hard. Yes, I had a couple of flags thrown at me - good thing there wasn't a targeting penalty then. Favorite moment: a strip tackle and recovery of a flair pass to my side of the field - I got there when the ball did and hit the guy, causing the fumble and recovering it and setting us up for the winning FG at the end of the game by our all state kicker and beating a previously undefeated team while getting our first win - we won our last 3 games. The last 2 by an average of 35 points. The all state RB had 355 yards in one game and 280 in the other game.
My favorite position was free safety which I played as a junior. I wasn't all that fast, just had a nose for the ball. I could roam wherever I wanted to and in one game I had 3 interceptions. Free safety, in my opinion, is the greatest position to play in all of football. Always in the action. My coach said I was the best blocking TE he'd ever coached. I loved the cross block wt the tackle. It was fun blocking for an all state RB. I had one pass thrown to me that year by the before mentioned Soph QB - it was 10 yards beyond me.
I didn't play in college.
