Comments on: FOOTBALL AS LIFE: CAREER READS 101

By: lawvol

lawvol — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:38:08 +0000

This, unfortunately is more accurate than it should be. Hmmmm….

Such are the mysteries of life.

By: soledad

soledad — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:35:50 +0000

Journo majors, look for the holes in the defense underneath. You could run hard and fast up the middle in hopes of becoming the next Howard Troxler, but you gotta sell that fake and go for the jump pass into the Public Relations end zone.

(Math skills were strong enough to recognize a 15-1 female to male ratio in all PR classes couldn’t be a bad thing)

By: jacketexan

jacketexan — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:04:43 +0000

People skills are more of a soft-handed TE. They can get you out of a pinch by blocking reasonably well on ground plays or catching a good dump-off pass. They may do well as a possession receiver, but they just aren’t a good deep threat…(at least that’s how my people skills performed at the combine)

By: JD

JD — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:04:09 +0000

I guess my career in communications (not my degree field) is like the I-AA QB running a good-enough offense… but there’s the constant threat of hotshots who aren’t getting any burn in the big show deciding to transfer and trap me on the bench.

By: playitforward

playitforward — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:41:54 +0000

So I guess this means finding a quarkback in the flats equals a career with GM.

By: gosouthgohard

gosouthgohard — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:26:12 +0000

@ jacketexan #28-

If engineering is an old-school option offense, “people skills” are the receivers. Nice if you have good ones, but those boys ain’t gettin’ many reps.

By: THETexasStateUniversity

THETexasStateUniversity — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:13:51 +0000

And it’s a snap to TTSU, freshman at the University of Kansas. Looks like he’s gonna run a Biology major sweep route on first down. He runs left side and OOOOHHH HE JUST GOT LIT UP BY SIR! CAPTAIN! MORGAN! That’s a loss of 5 yards.

2nd down and 15. Looks like TTSU is gonna try the old “3 yards and an in-transition night job stocking grocery shelves” play. He does just that, but here’s a yellow flag as it looks like he’s going to get penalized for taking a drug test one day too late after having his ankle snap under a grocery cart! He’ll walk it off though.

3rd and 22 now. TTSU, a fresh transfer student, sits in the shotgun looking to go to grad school and keep a distance between himself and the real world as well as his defenders. Here’s the snap, and “Ihadnolife Thisyear” makes a GREAT catch over the middle to get his team within striking distance!

4th down and 1 now. Looks like they’re in a goal line formation, just trying to get those extra A’s necessary to impress the graduate coordinator voters.

“Boy Brent, don’t you think that it’s high time for these graduate coordinators to have playoffs for which students they eventually pick to work in their programs?”

‘You know, partner, I’m not sure our listeners out there could handle that much coverage of HIPPIES.”

Here’s the snap, looks like a hando–NO! It’s the Statue of Brief Foray Into Broadcast Journalism Liberty Play! TTSU fumbles the snap, and here comes the Ghost of Keith Jackson to bitchslap everyone on the field! It’s pandemonium down there! Captain Morgan scoops up the ball, and Spring Finals makes a bone-crushing block! Captain Morgan is rumbling down the left sideline, and he may just do it! Can you believe it, folks, a 98-yard defensive touchdown!

By: DevilGrad

DevilGrad — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:33:27 +0000

I practice international tax. The Administration basically bailed us out on Monday.

By: hobeg8r

hobeg8r — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:26:05 +0000

#50 – or they could go into bankruptcy law like I did – which is becoming more and more like assembly line work. The parts (and the people) just keep on coming. To paraphrase Donald Trump – if you haven’t filed for bankruptcy, you’re not doing it right.

By: DevilGrad

DevilGrad — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:13:25 +0000

Good luck to all y’all Group Five larva, but be on the lookout for the punt block team anchored by GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, CRUSHING LAW SCHOOL DEBT, and BIGLAW THROWING ASSOCIATES OUT THE WINDOW LIKE SANDBAGS.

See “Above the Law” pretty much any day of the week for the gory details.

By: Jebus

Jebus — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:54:55 +0000

These tears are tears of laughter, right? Right? Guys? Right?

/back to work writing this motion.

In my case the TE was open (Grad School/professor route), but my QB was overcome with the spirit of Rex Grossman. (Fuck it, I’m throwing it to the triple covered WR).

By: cyclonestate

cyclonestate — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:29:34 +0000

So….

Mike Leach punted the ball as the punter, outsprinted the fuck out of every the other 10 teammates, hit sticked the punt returner, then recovered the ball on the 5 yard line?

Yeah, I’d say that’s about right.

By: Wes Tex

Wes Tex — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:38:27 +0000

I guess I am like an out right Big 10 champion – I convinced myself during three years of law school and several years of the Big Firm practice that I was legit and very important but, as soon as something like a recession (i.e. any other BCS conference champion) came along, I got my ass handed to me in quick and efficient fashion.

By: Adam the Gay

Adam the Gay — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:32:25 +0000

i haven’t had a chance to read the comments, as i finished my Business Associations exam today and am now drunk, but that could not be more like my life. as a second year law student: “FUCK.”

By: vegas_buckeye

vegas_buckeye — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:32:10 +0000

Computer Science – it’s like being the waterboy who just wants to bang the cheerleader.

YAY! Mathletes!