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**Rain Man** · 10-18-2006, 02:38 PM

Whether it's organized football, junior high football, or sandlot football, you can tell it here if it's worth telling.

I'll start.

Back when I wasn't decrepit, we used to play pickup football on our high school football field, and it was quite popular. We always had at least five on five, and there were occasional days when we had 11 on 11 or even more. We'd let anybody play who wanted in, so you'd occasionally get street toughs playing and stuff, but hey, it was football and so everyone got along.

A couple of times these two guys showed up, and one of them wanted to be the quarterback. He had a good arm, so his team let him be quarterback. I was on the other team.

After a few series, it became patently apparent that he was NEVER going to throw to anyone except his friend. Once we noticed this, we started double-teaming his friend, and he'd still throw to him. Then we actually started playing combo man-zones where we ignored every receiver on the field, and had his friend double-teamed with zones that rotated toward him. There was no way this guy was ever going to catch anything, but the QB kept throwing it to him and going three and out. It was quite amusing for my team, and the other team finally got so mad at him that they demoted him, and he and his friend left.

They came back one other time, and the team let him play QB again, but only on the stipulation that he not throw it to his buddy every time. I was on the other team again, and we immediately knew the plan wasn't going to work, so we went back to the double-team with double-zone approach, and this QB would throw into the teeth of it every time. It was hilarious. Finally we did something like trade his player for one of ours, and after that he was an okay player.

10-18-2006, 02:38 PM	Topic Starter
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3058491 VARSITY	Tell your entertaining football stories here. Whether it's organized football, junior high football, or sandlot football, you can tell it here if it's worth telling. I'll start. Back when I wasn't decrepit, we used to play pickup football on our high school football field, and it was quite popular. We always had at least five on five, and there were occasional days when we had 11 on 11 or even more. We'd let anybody play who wanted in, so you'd occasionally get street toughs playing and stuff, but hey, it was football and so everyone got along. A couple of times these two guys showed up, and one of them wanted to be the quarterback. He had a good arm, so his team let him be quarterback. I was on the other team. After a few series, it became patently apparent that he was NEVER going to throw to anyone except his friend. Once we noticed this, we started double-teaming his friend, and he'd still throw to him. Then we actually started playing combo man-zones where we ignored every receiver on the field, and had his friend double-teamed with zones that rotated toward him. There was no way this guy was ever going to catch anything, but the QB kept throwing it to him and going three and out. It was quite amusing for my team, and the other team finally got so mad at him that they demoted him, and he and his friend left. They came back one other time, and the team let him play QB again, but only on the stipulation that he not throw it to his buddy every time. I was on the other team again, and we immediately knew the plan wasn't going to work, so we went back to the double-team with double-zone approach, and this QB would throw into the teeth of it every time. It was hilarious. Finally we did something like trade his player for one of ours, and after that he was an okay player.
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