Had an old memory pop up on my FB feed today, and it gave me a fun idea.  For those of you old enough to have interesting photos that paint a good picture of who you were at that time, let's have some fun and share a few.

Here is your boy, Sunset Bengal.  This is 20 years ago, at age 32, in my Semi-Pro Football days.  I played RG and RDE.

(04-13-2021, 05:39 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Had an old memory pop up on my FB feed today, and it gave me a fun idea.  For those of you old enough to have interesting photos that paint a good picture of who you were at that time, let's have some fun and share a few.

Here is your boy, Sunset Bengal.  This is 20 years ago, at age 32, in my Semi-Pro Football days.  I played RG and RDE.

RG you say?.... Perhaps Zac Taylor will channel his inner Dick Vermeil this summer.

(04-13-2021, 06:35 PM)jason Wrote: RG you say?.... Perhaps Zac Taylor will channel his inner Dick Vermeil this summer.

Eh, I may have "looked" prototype, but that was for Semi-Pro.  In that picture, I was 6'2" 235 with 32" arms and 10" hands.  On a positive note, I ran a 4.7 and ran down amateur QBs somewhat regularly..

(04-13-2021, 05:39 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Had an old memory pop up on my FB feed today, and it gave me a fun idea.  For those of you old enough to have interesting photos that paint a good picture of who you were at that time, let's have some fun and share a few.

Here is your boy, Sunset Bengal.  This is 20 years ago, at age 32, in my Semi-Pro Football days.  I played RG and RDE.

Look at those short arms!   

I honestly couldn't tell you where I was 20 years ago? I never really stayed in one place for long.

(04-13-2021, 11:43 PM)sandwedge Wrote: Look at those short arms!   

I honestly couldn't tell you where I was 20 years ago? I never really stayed in one place for long.

Nah, our Center had the short arms.  That's why I'd have to chip his man when he was covered, before heading for LBs.  In 11 personnel, I'd be the lead blocker, by pulling around the short side.

So glad there were no cell cameras 20 yrs ago. So glad...

(04-13-2021, 10:12 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Eh, I may have "looked" prototype, but that was for Semi-Pro.  In that picture, I was 6'2" 235 with 32" arms and 10" hands.  On a positive note, I ran a 4.7 and ran down amateur QBs somewhat regularly..

Sssshhhh. Or you’ll be on Hard Knocks and Mike Brown will try to convert you to TE.

(04-14-2021, 12:31 AM)Vas Deferens Wrote: So glad there were no cell cameras 20 yrs ago.   So glad...

You and me both brother, you and me both....


I had returned to college, with my head on straight this time, and finished it up. I was pretty straight by then. Twenty five years ago, however.....

Still trying to grasp everything that happened to me but still working my ass off to play football again because we didn't know how bad my brain injury was (brain scans the night of the wreck didn't show much damage at all so they didn't even know why I was in a coma. Go figure that a lot of my brain had been destroyed).

20 years ago was 2001 and I was 17. The summer between my Junior and Senior year I went through Basic Training. I played football (let's just say I was in excellent shape lol) then worked it out with the school to let me graduate after my fall semester and was off to AIT in the spring. Two days after my 18th birthday I was shipped overseas for my first tour.

I was a walking train wreck 20 years ago.. I drank way to much and had nasty drug habits.. Let's go further back to when I was still picking fights with guys twice my size.. No, wait..Let's not. I had to learn the hard way what a bad idea that was.. I didn't bother taking pictures of my black eyes and busted lips and such.. I will say that back then I could still outrun most mean dogs. Today I can't outrun parked cars missing all 4 tires.. 

(04-13-2021, 10:12 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Eh, I may have "looked" prototype, but that was for Semi-Pro.  In that picture, I was 6'2" 235 with 32" arms and 10" hands.  On a positive note, I ran a 4.7 and ran down amateur QBs somewhat regularly..

OK great...but what did you run the cone drill in?