05-24-2015, 08:14 PM
Mine are two games that I played in, as an adult. Both were in 2002, against the same opponent.
I played semi-pro football in Ohio and WV for several years, before I got injured and was forced to retire. I had played on some terrible teams, barely able to field a team type of teams. The nucleus of the group stayed together, and in 2002, we fielded a truly competitive semi-pro squad. The one team that had always seemed to have our number was the team from Akron. That year they were called the Jaguars (semi-pro teams often dissolve and reform from year to year, with the same cast of characters). Anyway, in our 1st meeting of the season, it was a grueling July day, with the temperature in the upper 90's. It was a hard hitting slugfest, with defenses ruling the day. Late in the game, with the nemesis driving toward a go ahead score, yours truly was getting his butt kicked by a much bigger man. (I was playing DT at about 235 that day) I had been flagged for encroachment twice on that drive, trying to get the jump on the bigger guy. Long story short, on 4th and goal I caught my jump just right, shot the gap and sacked their star QB Bubba Gains. We took over and ran out the clock.
That game was special, as we proved we were a force in the league that year. Even more special to me, as I normally did not play DT, our two big DL had went out with injury, and I slid down from DE.
Later that same season, they came to Zanesville for a night game. Much trash talking before the game, they were going to "make us hurt"... Things did not go their way, we dominated from the jump. They threw a tantrum, there was a huge bench clearing brawl in the field. They ended up quitting and leaving at half time. Sort of anticlimactic, as I had family and friends in the stands that night. However, I continued to play DT the rest of the season, and I made the first tackle of the game that day. A four yard loss, as the QB was handing the ball off.
No wonder I'm a Geno Atkins fan!
I played semi-pro football in Ohio and WV for several years, before I got injured and was forced to retire. I had played on some terrible teams, barely able to field a team type of teams. The nucleus of the group stayed together, and in 2002, we fielded a truly competitive semi-pro squad. The one team that had always seemed to have our number was the team from Akron. That year they were called the Jaguars (semi-pro teams often dissolve and reform from year to year, with the same cast of characters). Anyway, in our 1st meeting of the season, it was a grueling July day, with the temperature in the upper 90's. It was a hard hitting slugfest, with defenses ruling the day. Late in the game, with the nemesis driving toward a go ahead score, yours truly was getting his butt kicked by a much bigger man. (I was playing DT at about 235 that day) I had been flagged for encroachment twice on that drive, trying to get the jump on the bigger guy. Long story short, on 4th and goal I caught my jump just right, shot the gap and sacked their star QB Bubba Gains. We took over and ran out the clock.
That game was special, as we proved we were a force in the league that year. Even more special to me, as I normally did not play DT, our two big DL had went out with injury, and I slid down from DE.
Later that same season, they came to Zanesville for a night game. Much trash talking before the game, they were going to "make us hurt"... Things did not go their way, we dominated from the jump. They threw a tantrum, there was a huge bench clearing brawl in the field. They ended up quitting and leaving at half time. Sort of anticlimactic, as I had family and friends in the stands that night. However, I continued to play DT the rest of the season, and I made the first tackle of the game that day. A four yard loss, as the QB was handing the ball off.
No wonder I'm a Geno Atkins fan!
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