Who played football?

[Hoofhearted]

(06-01-2015, 03:32 PM)UDWhoDey Wrote: Hey all.  I graduated from HS in 1989 as an under-sized LB.  Played 2 years of semi-pro ball as corner and safety (once in 1993 as a spritely youth and in 2002 as "the old dude at 33".  Just curious who else?

Questions:
1.  Who else played advanced ball?
2.  What position did you play?
3.  Given your experience how does that factor into your view of Bengals?

1.  Yes, semi-pro (They did not pay me)
2.  Defensive back
3.  I don't get the hype about the QB being the being face for Bengals.  Or for Dalton being at fault for the overall team.  In my semi-pro teams QB was just a member of team.  Did not view him as overall fault or credit.  We were ranked #2 at one point nationally in my Dayton Steelers semipro team in 1993 (hated the team name :)

Others?

I wanted to try semi-pro, but like you stated, you didn't get paid and I had hungry mouths to feed. I played in (Columbus West) high school and got a few offers to play D2 football, but got into trouble with johnny law. Loved playing. I worked so hard at it... But I realized when I tried to walk on at OSU I was no where near good enough lol... It was a realy gut punch for me. 

I played OLB. I was a pure speed rusher and was ok at coverage. I was under 6 foot and weighed like 175 so I usually had a hard times with bigger backs.. I also love coaching kids. I teach Micro Minis for about the last 4 years.

It doesn't mean squat. I am like most other guys who played football and was simply not good enough to advance past HS. I don't have no where near the skills or knowledge to be given my two cents and be given much weight beyond some of the obvious things. More of less just like a place to vent and talk about the game with other fans :-)