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College Football Follies
Proving Ground
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8/30/2024
From "The REAL College Survival Guide" by Kevin Lawson
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So, there I was, standing on the edge of the football field, staring at the chaos unfolding
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before me.
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I had signed up for the college football team tryouts because, well, why not?
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I mean, I had watched every Super Bowl since I was five, and I could recite the stats of
00:19
every player like they were my own family members.
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I figured that had to count for something, right?
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Spoiler alert, it doesn't.
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As I looked around, I realized I was surrounded by a sea of muscle and testosterone.
00:35
These guys were built like Greek gods, and here I was, a 5'10 string bean with the
00:41
athletic prowess of a sloth on sedatives.
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My idea of a workout was lifting a pizza slice to my mouth, but hey, I was here for the experience,
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and maybe a free t-shirt.
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The first thing they had us do was run laps.
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I thought, laps?
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I can run.
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Turns out, I can run.
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For about thirty seconds.
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After that, my lungs felt like they were trying to escape my body, and my legs were screaming,
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what have we done to deserve this?
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As I staggered around the track, I could hear the coaches shouting encouragement, but all
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I could think was, is it too late to switch to the chess club?
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Next up was the agility drills.
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I watched as these guys zigzagged through cones like they were born to do it.
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I, on the other hand, approached the cones with the grace of a newborn giraffe.
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I tripped over the first cone and fell flat on my face.
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I could hear the collective gasp of the team, followed by a chorus of laughter.
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I lay there for a moment, contemplating my life choices, wondering if I should have just
01:48
taken up knitting instead.
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After the cones, we moved on to passing drills.
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I was handed a football, and for a brief moment, I felt like Tom Brady.
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That feeling lasted about two seconds before I realized I had no idea how to throw a football.
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I wound up and let it fly, only to watch it spiral wildly off course and land squarely
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on the head of a guy who was just trying to catch a pass.
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He turned to me with a look that could only be described as a mix of confusion and mild
02:21
rage.
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I raised my hands in surrender, muttering, sorry, man, I'm just trying to make friends.
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Then came the tackling drills.
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Oh, joy!
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I was paired with a guy who looked like he could bench press a car.
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As he charged at me, I had two thoughts.
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This is it.
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This is how I die, and I really should have brought a helmet.
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I braced myself for impact, and when he collided with me, it felt like being hit by a freight
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train.
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I hit the ground and lay there, staring up at the sky, wondering if I could convince
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my mom that I had a sudden allergic reaction to football.
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Finally, we moved on to scrimmage.
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This was the moment I had been dreading.
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I was put on the field, and as the ball was snapped, I froze.
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I had no idea where to go or what to do.
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I just stood there, watching the play unfold like a confused spectator at a circus.
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The quarterback yelled, hike, and I instinctively ran in the wrong direction.
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I could hear the coach yelling, get open, and I thought, open?
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I'm just trying to stay alive here.
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By the end of the tryouts, I was exhausted, bruised, and questioning my life choices.
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But as I walked off the field, I couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of it all.
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I might not have made the team, but I had survived the chaos, and that felt like a victory
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in itself.
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Plus, I had a great story to tell, and that's worth more than any t-shirt.
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