Topic : Football
Empty Seat
Surprised to see an empty seat at the Super Bowl stadium, a diehard fan remarked about it to a woman sitting nearby. “It was my husband’s,” the woman explained, “But he died.” “I’m very sorry,” said the man. “Yet I’m really surprised that another relative, or friend, didn’t jump at the chance to take the seat reserved for him.” “Beats me,” she said. “They all insisted on going to the funeral.”
Quotes
- Woman griping about football to friend: “The most exciting play of the season was when my Stanley sat in the cheese dip.”
- If a husband watches more than 3 football games a week the wife should have him declared legally dead and have his estate probated. - Erma Bombeck
- Imagine another world looking down at 60,000 people who pay $900,000 to sit in a stadium that cost $45 million to watch 22 men being paid $7 million a year dispute the possession of a ball that costs $16.95.
Misplaced Kick
Football has its share of the improbable'like the time Chicago Cardinals? Clint Wagers prepared for a field goal attempt. Evidently his educated toe had its own ideas that day, for it missed the pork hide completely and slammed into his face, fracturing his jaw! (Maybe that explains why you-ve never heard of the Chicago Cardinals!)
Or we could tell you all about the time a Rice player ran full speed toward a perfectly teed ball ready for the kickoff-only to land flat on his back. But we won't.
Win One For the Gipper
Notre Dame football star George Gipp could do it all'run, pass, and punt with unparalleled skill. The 1920 season established the Gipp as a football immortal. But on December 14, 1920, young George Gipp died of pneumonia. But thanks to football legend-and a movie in which former president Ronald Reagan portrayed Gipp'the story of George Gipp lived on. On November 10, 1928, Notre Dame and Army were tied at halftime. Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne, himself a legend, told of being at the dying Gipp's bedside. Rockne recalled how Gipp feebly said, 'sometime, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys'tell them to go in there with all they-ve got and win just one for the Gipper.? They did.
My Father Was Blind
When Lou Little was coaching Football at Georgetown, he had a player who was definitely third rate but had so much spirit he was an inspiration to the team. He rarely saw action except in the last few minutes of a game that was already decided. One day news came that the boy's father had died. The youngster came to Little and said: "Coach, I want to ask something of you that means an awful lot to me. I want to start the game against Fordham. I think that's what my father would have liked most.?
Little hesitated a moment, then said: "Okay, son, you'll start, but you'll only be in there for a play or two. You aren't quite good enough and you know it.? The boy started the game and played so well Little never took him out. His play inspired the team to victory. Back in the locker room Coach Little embraced the young man and said: 'son, you were terrific. You never played that way before . . . what got into you"?
The boy answered: 'remember how my father and I used to walk around arm-in-arm? There was something about him very few people knew-he was totally blind. This afternoon was the first time my father ever saw me play.?
