A Request for someone with a high pain tolerance:

Submitted by MGrether on

I am curious as to how many "should have been" touchdowns we had this year. Here are the requirements:

1) WR must have been open with no one between him & the endzone, or already in the endzone.

2) The pass to that WR must have actually been thrown.

3) The pass must have been either dropped, under/over thrown, or batted away

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KOB Returns

December 25th, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^

But you also got to include how many TD's the other teams would have had as well.

I'm guessing at least 72 if they wouldn't have been laughing so hard at our defense or special teams play, and 83 more if they hadn't felt sorry for Rodriguez at some point during the games.

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maizedandconfused

December 25th, 2010 at 10:22 PM ^

I think the guy who said "guys who never played football" wasn't implying football players are all Rhodes Scholars (just some of them), merely that you can't fully appreciate the intricacies of what makes a good coach unless you have been coached. 

On the other hand, if we were talking about how to be a brutish, ill-informed douchenozzle, you would be my first consult, previous experience and whatnot.

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BostonWolverine

December 25th, 2010 at 2:39 PM ^

Torture yourself if you want. Don't ask someone else to do it.

You: "Hey, can you come here and tell me how this ice pick feels underneath your fingernails?"

Anyone: "Screw you."

Also, if you do take up this exercise, don't include passes that were batted away. Those aren't "Should've been TDs."  Those are decent defensive plays.

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MGrether

December 25th, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^

In my mind I had grouped that together w/ underthrown balls (ex: Illinois game where Gallon was WIDE open, but the ball was underthrown and it got tipped away. Little more air, and it was a clean TD).

I consider that as different from earlier in that game when Martez Wilson jumps 20' in the air, bats the ball away and then intercepts it.

I apologize for not being more clear... or is it shame on you for not reading my thoughts properly.

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mGrowOld

December 25th, 2010 at 3:31 PM ^

Can somebody also check with every hot chick at every bar ive ever been at that didnt go home with me but wouldve have if i had approached her right? Might as well really be tortured if were going to play the pain game......

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Calvin

December 25th, 2010 at 4:17 PM ^

Why is everyone so whiny about this? Is it that ridiculous? It's ridiculous because of how ardous, and painstakingly long that task would take. Not to mention meaningless(aside from of course to the OP). But come on. Christmas spirit? Does everyone have to be so negative about it? Seems a little silly.

No way buddy. Sorry. But good luck on finding out.

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CaptainBlue

December 25th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^

So I watched the entire season on fast-forward. Whew!

The final answer is: 74 missed opportunities in 2010

Thanks for the topic, I learned so much watching Nard's passes fly over Stonum's head and Roundtree dropping every other ball thrown his way. Thanks for the pleasant Christmas Day activity, champ.

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bryemye

December 25th, 2010 at 11:02 PM ^

The UFRs are available. Freaking count them. If you're too lazy to do that then that's on you. Asking someone to do something menial like count something by going through UFRs is just pitiful.

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