re: Harrison Hit

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did you ever play football?

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Yes. Little League, Junior high and 6A Alabama high school ball. LB/G and then as a junior moved to TE because they realized I could catch the ball.. And I broke my leg coming down with a ball that season. Compound fracture; both bones in my lower leg. Bone came through my sock and shoe. That was the end of my football career. My leg is still not 100% right now.

But I was not nearly good enough to play college ball anyway. But I did play with a couple and against many incredibly gifted athletes.

When I played in the 90s the wedge was still legal on kickoffs. My sophomore year, I was the wedge buster. Until I got knocked unconscious and my face mask got broken off. That is why I think I had to sit out the rest of the game, the face mask, not the concussion. So I can commiserate with getting knocked out.

Times have changed now though.