Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[Panoptes]

I've watched that bill burr clip 5 times now. We'll need to get some bill burr into the make my day thread.

OK, you asked for it:

BILL BURR

Too Many People

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUqp09N44QY"]Bill Burr - Too many people - YouTube[/ame]

[Marko69]

^ absolute class ^ ......, cheers for that. Going to have to purchase some Bill Burr DVDs.

[Dan V]

61-year-old placekicker scores for NAIA school




MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alan Moore swears he's not crazy.

• By Joe Songer, The Birmingham (Ala.) News, Sixty-one-year-old Alan Moore has earned a spot on the Faulkner (Ala.) football team, earning a spot with the NAIA Eagles as a placekicker.

Still, there is evidence to the contrary — most of which centers on his decision at 61 to attempt to play college football.
The rest centers on the fact he's doing it.
Moore, a Vietnam veteran who played on a national title junior college team in 1968, is the newest/oldest member of the Faulkner (Ala.) football team, earning a spot with the NAIA Eagles as a placekicker.
"I've heard that a few times about being crazy," Moore joked last week. "I've had a few people laugh at me and tell me I'm crazy. But that's OK. For some reason or another, I think this was just meant to be."

Early in the second half of the season opener Saturday vs. Ave Maria (Fla.) with Faulkner ahead 24-0, Moore got the call from coach Gregg Baker to attempt an extra point.
Moore connected and celebrated with teammates one-third his age. A representative of the College Football Hall of Fame said Moore had become the oldest, by a couple of months, to play in a college game.
"It's not about me, and it's not about being old. It's about the team," Moore said before hugging his grandkids at midfield after the 41-19 victory.
Moore said he never had regrets about not getting a degree and never secretly longed to kick a college extra point or field goal one last time.
However, Moore had a nagging feeling that he walked away from something he needed to finish.
"I can't really explain it right, but it's never been a life-long dream to be a kicker," he said. "That's not what this is about. What I told these coaches and the people here at Faulkner was I wanted to be an example to these kids of how important it is to follow things through, to not give up and never quit. That's why I think I want to do this."
Four decades before he showed up at Faulkner, Moore was a pretty good kicker in his hometown of Taylorsville, Miss. So good, in fact, he earned a scholarship to Jones County (Miss.) Junior College and was a member of its 1968 national title team.
But there was another calling.
In summer 1969, Moore decided to join the Army. A month later, he was in Vietnam.
"I spent 11 months living in a bunker," Moore said. "One of the things we had to do was go out from our camp and scout the enemy, find out where they were, draw fire. The first time, we marched in a straight line, six of us, into the jungle. I was fifth in line and we got separated from the front four. When you got quiet, you could hear people talking, and it wasn't your people. Scared me to death. I never got lost again."
After his discharge, Moore worked construction and started raising a family. Three daughters and five grandkids later, the football feeling returned.
"I was visiting one of my daughters and grandkids in Mississippi and went to see a Jones game," Moore said. "Their kicker wasn't doing too good, and I started talking to the head coach's wife. I told her that I was going to do this. I don't think anyone believed me."
He and a son-in-law erected goal posts in the backyard at a daughter's house, and Moore started practicing. He arranged a tryout with Jones and said he made every extra point and field goals from 30 and 35 yards. But Moore said he couldn't even get an e-mail returned from Jones.
However, coaches at Holmes Community College in Goodman, Miss., gave Moore a tryout, and it went well. A few weeks later, Moore was on the team.
"It was different, playing the game after being gone so long," Moore said. "The biggest thing is the kids. They're so much bigger and faster. And they have iPods. And they have cellphones."
Moore said he tried to earn his teammates' respect. "The coaches at Holmes had the players calling me 'Mr. Moore,' and I had to put a stop to that," he said.
Said Faulkner sophomore quarterback Casey Carpenter: "He's been real positive, but so far the biggest thing is still people asking about him. And then them not believing you when you tell them we have a 61-year-old dude on our team."
Moore landed with the Eagles after learning NAIA rules, unlike NCAA rules, would allow him to play.
Baker and other Faulkner coaches talked to Moore about why he was trying this off-the-wall dream, and they explained how he fit in.
"(W)e know right away that he's not going to be knocking home 55-yarders, but that doesn't mean he doesn't bring something to the table," Baker said. "He brings a very positive message about fighting for what you want to do and never quitting on anything. And he can play. He can make kicks for us."
He's already made one.

[Islair]

My son started skating lessons today. Been a busy summer for him. First water skiing and now ice skating. WOO!

[YT]

Our son started Catechism classes and is doing well. But we're keeping him being alone with the priest

He's also way ahead of the other kids in his 1st grade class. At the PTC the teacher said his reading is at a level 16 (on a scale of 20) while most of the kids his age are only expected to be at a Level 6-8.

Plus the teacher said he is harassing little girls at a 6th grade level! :D

[Islair]

Congrats YT!!

[YT]

Thanks Is!

[-Deborah-]

Nice, YT!

You were missed at the game this year, BTW!

[DanO]

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GO LIONS "11" !

[YT]

Thanks Deb & Dano.

I really wanted to be there and would have been if money was no object. But I'm glad y'all had a great time and got to witness a blowout of the Chiefs.

Hope y'all had a drink for me and the others that couldn't make it.

[Malto Marko]

I think I consumed enough for the entire forum that didn't make it.

We really did miss you though, Stan.:-D

[DanO]

I thought Kansas was in charge of that Malto...................

GO LIONS "11" !

[Coop]

Kansaw missing Stan?

gay!! (cue treo)

[edindetroit]

I'm seeing fewer inane posts from people now, too. Not as many "I'm going to the bathroom, bed, eating dinner, etc etc etc

I just got back from the bathroom, what did I miss?

[Kansas]

Holy crap! Me and Justin Durant have the same birthday.



JDurant52 Justin Durant



Very blessed and thankful to see the age of 26 today...I'm getting old out here tho lol