OT-what position where you?

Southern Gentleman

All-Conference
Aug 10, 2011
7,315
3,929
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Who here was a big dumb lineman?

Linemen are typically far from dumb, well offensive linemen anyway. While we may have slower 40 times than our defensive counterparts, we have far superior perception of defensive schemes, especially at the center position. Offensive linemen are known as the smartest players on the team. Often recognized as leaders in their communities; superior politicians, physicians, attorneys, family men, and desirable by only the finest women in society.

The fact that most offensive linemen have higher net worth than most other players and more successful children makes it difficult to be humble in society yet we are amongst the most humble in any successful organization of value.

Fortunately I had a successful career as a center in both high school and college, opting to forego a chance at a pro career to be a leader in financial services.


And if you believe all that, I have some oceanfront property in Arkansas to sell you.
 

RUScrew85

Heisman
Nov 7, 2003
30,054
16,939
0
Tight End. Unsuccessful at it. Twin Hill Tigers, 5th grade. Teammate of the famous "panty-waste" @herdof3
 
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WhiteBus

Heisman
Oct 4, 2011
39,520
21,922
113
Linebacker, RB only in HS and everything on special teams except kicking. Was a deadly punter when close enough for a coffin corner. Like 80 yard wedge shot. Spot on.
 

Colbert17!

Heisman
Aug 30, 2014
17,429
18,883
113
Football??? You're kidding!!
Chicks love guys who play tetherball!!!

That's me with my back to the camera.

 

RUBound

Sophomore
Feb 4, 2004
758
168
0
QB - I think I took many hits in the head with the leather padded Riddell helmets in mid 80s
 
Sep 29, 2005
14,051
16,131
0
Guard/forward high school b-ball although I did jump center often

Catcher/pitcher/1st/ss/3rd high school baseball. Catcher/pitcher at RU.

Never played organized football. Was smallest kid in 7th grade until I grew 11 inches in one year.
 

ashokan

Heisman
May 3, 2011
25,325
19,690
0
Hitting people is so much fun!

Guard is a fun position in the right offense. We were one of the HS teams not running the option at the time, and we did a lot of pulling and trapping. I was often blind-blasting undersized DEs. Picking-up blitzes is also fun once you figure them out. I watch Barkley and I know exactly what he's doing wrong. I could fix him in one practice lol.

Center kinda sucks (as one would expect) but my HS QB spent 5 years in USFL and 2 in NFL. Seeing him in Giants Stadium and SI made my year at C seem better than it was (back then, when the other OL or someone went offside, it was legal for defenders to crash down on you as center). My long snap was pretty good but you could get blasted in your neck back then for that
 
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RUScrew85

Heisman
Nov 7, 2003
30,054
16,939
0
Can you still name all the park teams?

Probably not. 12 of them right?

Twin Hills
Country Club
Pennypacker
Buckingham
Garfield
Garfield East

That's all I got.

ETA:

Parks and sections
Willingboro is divided into several sections, each section's street names beginning with the same letter as the corresponding section name. For example, streets in Pennypacker Park all begin with the letter "P".[36] This is the case with all parks, excluding Martin's Beach and certain streets in Rittenhouse Park. Some streets that predate Levittown retained their original names, such as Charleston Road.

Originally, each Park or section had its own swimming pool for residents' use. Residents' families would receive free swim tags after showing applicable IDs at each section's school or the community office. However, some swimming pools, such as Hawthorne Park, have been inactive for years. Free lessons and other events were focused on these "park" pools during the summer months. By the 1990s, only Pennypacker Park and Country Club Park had operating summer pools. Finally, Country Club Park has been denoted the "community pool" at this time.

  • Buckingham Park
  • Country Club Ridge
  • Pennypacker Park
  • Millbrook Park
  • Martin's Beach
  • Deer Park
  • Somerset Park (First house was occupied here.[37])
  • Windsor Park
  • Garfield Park
  • Garfield Park East
  • Garfield Park North
  • Rittenhouse Park
  • Twin Hill Park
  • Ironside Court (Non-residential, Public Works Department and some industry.)
  • Hawthorne Park
  • Fairmount Park

ETA2: Teams? I can't even name all the parks.
 

Abro1975

Heisman
Nov 21, 2009
24,499
12,979
0
I was a Center on offense, Linebacker on defense in High School . Called the plays for both offensive lines and defense front 7. Don't call me dumb ! lol . State champs Senior Year (and Freshman year, but didn't play varsity freshman year)

About 50 years and 40 pounds ago , lol:

 

ruready07

All-American
Apr 15, 2003
43,484
6,455
0
High school: guard and inside linebacker
College: Guard

One of the best combinations. My older cousin, who first made me play football, was a standout guard/Lb combo. We were the first in our family’s history to not play soccer.

I played dB/rb/qb/k/p/kr/wr and even had snaps at nose guard
 

Scarlet16e2

All-Conference
Nov 22, 2005
9,003
4,069
113
I played weak side (left) tackle on O and was. Opposite that as a D tackle on D. (HS)
 

RU848789

Heisman
Jul 27, 2001
65,427
44,445
113
Starting safety and play-shuttling wide receiver on our HS freshman team, then 2nd teamer sophomore year, which is not unusual. Really despised our HS coach though and was debating playing soccer instead of football junior year and then, sadly, I broke my foot a week before school started, so I didn't play anything. And then I broke my other foot a week before junior year baseball (was also a sub as a soph). The year off led to smoking a lot of dope and playing a lot of poker after school and I ended up not playing either sport senior year, but did quite well in poker with my friends, lol. In hindsight, I kind of wish I had pushed myself to get back into it.
 

JoeRU0304

Heisman
Nov 9, 2005
106,478
18,017
103
I was an OL/DL (center/ DT) for 10 years (1988-1998) but forgot the 'big' part. I made up for it by not being fast. I've been coaching on the youth level since 2011 except for a 2-year break from 2016-2017.


Joe P.
 
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