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-Big_Red- · 2010-11-09 07:29:01

Ever since I was a little boy I wanted to play football. My dad was a hell of a nose tackle, my brother played defensive back, and my cousin is currently one of the best high schol running backs in the state of Florida. Football runs in the family. My mother would never let me play though. Not until I was in high school. I had quit my freshmen year during summer conditioning. It was too much. And I regret quitting to this day. But I couldn't play until my senior year, because I got really bad grades in 9th grade. So I just ran, and lifted up to my senior year.I had decided that I wanted to play the Defensive line. All of the varsity players who played hat position, along with the linebackers were badasses. I didn't know what had made them like that. This is what I did know: The D-Line coach was Coach Smith. Him along with Coach Louis were easily the two toughest men that I had ever met. The only rules of that defense were as follows: Out Hit Them, Speed, Finish. The Defensive Line practiced in a place called 'The Pit'. And they would do a drill so nutorious that it was illegal in the state of Florida. It was called 'Laser Line'. One person would line up on another and coach would say the word' HIT!!!!' Their bodies would collide and you had to drive the other person back, and headbutt, throw them to the ground, etc. Basically it was a toughness drill. Teaching ou how to destroy your opponent. I heard a story about how one guy through his opponent to the ground, took off his helmet, and beat him over the head with it. And this wasn't just some player, this was the quarterback who he was doing this to. The other drill that they would do in The Pit was called 'Machine Gun'. You line up in a two point stance facing a group of guys in that same stance, and when coach said the word 'HIT!!!' At that moment you are to charge at, and collide with the men infront of you. Immediately after one collision the next guy comes. If you get ran over you just have to get back up. After you hit everyone, you turn around and you do the drill again. The Pit was also used to discipline the football players.Everytime one of them would act up in class, the teacher would notify Coach Louis, and Coach Smith. He'd get beat up before, during, and after practice. For the first thirteen weeks of my senior year Coach Smith, and Coach Louis between the hours of 3:45 & 6:45 would make my life a living hell. The first day that I had stepped onto the practice field i was scared. I wasn't use to being violent, hitting, and attacking people. All things that D-Linemen were suppose to love to do. The first time that I had really got hit, I cried. I hadn't cried from pain since. Was a little boy. One of the players said: 'Dont worry John. Just hang in there. You'll get tougher, I can promise ou that. Just hang in there. We all had to go through it.' As I dragged myself off the field that day, the defensive back coach came up to me, and kissed me on my cheek. His skin was rough. I never asked him why he did it. I think he did it because he knew how hard the season would be for me. I had the biggest headache of my life that day. It was excrutiating.I was usually all alone in The Pit against them. There weren't too many new faces playing D-Line. But when someone did go in there, they were glad that they left. One time this one uy went in there, and when he left he said: 'Man Coach Smith better not make me do that **** again, I'll quit.' Probably the worst thing about The Pit was that no matter how tired you got, no matter how much ou wanted the next collision to knock you out, no matter how much you wanted to stay in the dirt, and not get back up, Coach Smith would not let up. After practice I would go to school, and my friends would say 'Damn John you look beat up.' if they could only know how I felt. I was on JV. Can you imagine that? A big strong senior who looks like he prototypical Defensive lineman on JV. Sometimes students, and teahers would masked fun of me. My teammates would tell me how sorry I was, and that i would never get in. The JV season lasted only 6 weeks. And when it was over I had decided to stay with the team, I wouldn't allow myself to quit again.One day during the machine gun drill a guys shoulder pad had went in my facemask cutting me about a half-inch under my eye. He didn't apologize. There is no compassion in The Pit. The first time that I had actually gotten in scrimmage during pracitce I had got drove all the way back to the safety by the O-line. Coach Louis said: 'Keep laying it on him!!!! I gotta know if he really wants to do this!!!' I hung in there. By the eight week I was no longer afraid of the violence. I was use to it. But I still hated it. And to prove that I wasn't afraid anymore I decided to tell Coach Smith to throw everything he's got at me. I didn't have anything to lose. I got injured that practice. I had hyper-extended my neck and it was discovered that I had scolliosis. The doctor said that it was risky. So my mom wouldn't let me play anymore. And when I heard that I cried. This would be the last time i do this because by the end ...

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#201 jeremiah06

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[QUOTE="-Big_Red-"]
He knew that if I could come back, than I would be a star. Atleast the best Nose Tackle in the county. rawsavon

I can't put my finger on it, but something about this reminds me of Uncle Rico

I'm shocked you're a veteran user how could you bump an old thread...

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#202 rawsavon

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Ah...dammit. I got linked to this from a thread on the front page and thought it was active. Should have checked the date. I know better

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#203 jeremiah06

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"]Ah...dammit. I got linked to this from a thread on the front page and thought it was active. Should have checked the date. I know better

More importantly I now remember why I didn't like Big_Red... I got suckered into believing he was an OK guy because I simply forgot...

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#204 rawsavon

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[QUOTE="jeremiah06"][QUOTE="rawsavon"]Ah...dammit. I got linked to this from a thread on the front page and thought it was active. Should have checked the date. I know better

More importantly I now remember why I didn't like Big_Red... I got suckered into believing he was an OK guy because I simply forgot...

He is the one that linked me here. I will blame this TOU violation on him and carry a grudge for all time...ALL TIME NOTE: Sorry mods. I would never have intentionally bumped a blog. Oh well. It had been a couple months since my last violation. I was due

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#205 Travo_basic

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[QUOTE="jeremiah06"][QUOTE="rawsavon"]Ah...dammit. I got linked to this from a thread on the front page and thought it was active. Should have checked the date. I know betterrawsavon

More importantly I now remember why I didn't like Big_Red... I got suckered into believing he was an OK guy because I simply forgot...

He is the one that linked me here. I will blame this TOU violation on him and carry a grudge for all time...ALL TIME NOTE: Sorry mods. I would never have intentionally bumped a blog. Oh well. It had been a couple months since my last violation. I was due

*Shakes finger* No worries.

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