Wow. Just…wow.
Jun 26, 2008 Awesomeness, Mike Vick, Rendhel and Sid, Teams that aren't the Texans
I like Kris Brown as much as a guy can like a kicker, I suppose. I mean, I have no ill will toward him or anything, so he’s got that going for him. Which is nice.
That said, if this was real, I would gladly kill him if Shaun Suisham suddenly wanted to placekick in the Bayou City.
Jesus balls, that is amazing. Though…really…doesn’t it kind of remind you of those Mike Vick / LeBron James PowerAde commercials?
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June 26th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I don’t watch videos from work, what’s the gist of it?
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June 26th, 2008 at 9:58 am
110-yard field goal.
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June 26th, 2008 at 10:00 am
That’s nice and all Matt, but much of my family lives in Virginia and every single one of them would trade Suisham for Kris Brown without thinking for more than a second.
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June 26th, 2008 at 10:02 am
The Redskins ruined Desmond Howard, so I place little stock in their player development skills.
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(Actually, you are probably right…but, assuming that video is real, you have to think that kid has some talent that we just aren’t seeing.)
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June 26th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Reminds me of the Lebron full court shot. Gotta be fake. Especially with the ball girl catch video recently coming out, its fishy.
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June 26th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
It’s fake.
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June 26th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
hmm….provided that it’s real and there’s no helium in the ball, it’s pretty amazing. however, i’m skeptical. after all, it’s over 45 yards longer than the record (63 yds).
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June 26th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
That said - even after his amazing job last year, I’m STILL not sold on Kris Brown. Actually, I’m very mistrustful of ALL kickers… I blame Ian Howfield.
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June 26th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
@ 8.DHC: You and me both, brother.
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June 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Suisham’s long last year was a 50 yarder, so I’m gonna go out on a limb here and declare this to be complete crap.
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June 26th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Just like that old Gatorade video where Andy Roddick serves the ball so hard it sticks into the clay at Roland Garros, or the one where the guy is surfing at Mavericks and surfs by a shipwreck.
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I think it’s probably fake.
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June 26th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Another vote for fake. Just look at the trajectory of the ball versus normal kicks (aren’t there a couple of physics fans here?). Normally, field goals are falling nearly straight down, but that kick is defying the laws of physics by staying at a true 45 degree angle to whole flight. Yeah, I call bullshit.
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June 26th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I love my gravatar. If only my wife would touch me like that.
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June 26th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
I’m saying it’s fixed somehow, either helium or video. It’s also off a tee and not in a game time scenario, so it’s not apples to apples as an in game situation.
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June 26th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
@ Lee: That was going to be my response to the 50-yard 2007 long. I mean, Elam hit from 64 in a game but could probably go 90 off a tee in the right conditions.
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Still…yeah…like a fake. Which means I don’t have to kill Kris Brown.
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June 26th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I would say its fake but goddamn, if it was real the skins really hit the jackpot there. The Vick commercial is clearly fake and the lebron its a little believable since i dearly follow the Final Four this year and Greg Love took shots from halfcourt, free throw from the other side and from court to court consecutively. He would make a better backup QB for the Giants. And from the size of that guy, I think he can fit Captain Hairspray in his mouth.
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June 26th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
@ Jordan: Kevin Love?
Plus, the giants already got rid of the most likely candidate to eat captain hairspray (Jared Lorenzen).
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June 26th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Who is Greg Love? You mean Kevin Love?
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June 26th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
I may not know physics, but I do know balls, and how to kick them. Ummmm…errrr…I’m talking about footballs. Fake. Totally fake. I don’t think even Pele could pull off a kick like that.
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June 26th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
OK…now I’m irritated! Geico commercial before the film clip…I work for Progressive dammit! I hate that fucking Ozzy talking, bug-eating, rat fucker of a lizzard! Sorry…just venting.
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June 26th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Uh, totally completely fake. This makes me laugh, though, because I managed to get someone in my Fantasy Football League last year to draft Rackers in the 7th round because of the video of him hitting the goal posts (which was also fake).
Anyone who has ever seen a football game on TV should know this is fake. Announcers always note before a big game that “So and so was hitting his kicks from 65 yards during pre-game warmups!”, and that’s cause for celebration. Elam hit his kick in Denver, in the thin air. The New Orleans guy with the wooden foot who also hit 64 yards had… a wooden foot.
And finally, helium wouldn’t help out any significant amount. Has no one ever seen MythBusters?
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June 26th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
@ Foomey: Hey, I am a Progressive customer! (Which is in no way a euphemism for me paying for lovin’ from Foomey.)
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June 26th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
@socctty: Yeah, I saw that one, but ever since I got bored one summer and read every urban legend on Snopes, I got tired of telling people that their stories were urban legends/myths.
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June 26th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
one of the smartest thing I ever did was show my dad snopes.com. made my life more inbox-friendly.
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@socctty: nope, didn’t see that one. did they actually test it? I wouldn’t think it would matter with helium because the amount of helium in there wouldn’t be nearly enough to counter the weight of the football itself.
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June 26th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
@Matt: Glad to hear you have joined the ranks, and I wouldn’t expect you to pay for any of my love. That’s just my weekend job, since Progressive doesn’t pay me for shit! Oops…did I just say that out loud? My bad. What I meant to say was that Progressive is so busy sponsoring baseball stadiums (at the tune of like $16mil), sponsoring a $10mil “X-Prize” for the first auto company to build a 100mpg car, and sending me bullshit like little trees to hand out in the hopes of getting customers to go paperless, that they just don’t have enough left over in their budget to give me a decent raise. That’s all I meant. Nothing more. I love my job, I love my job, I love my job…I’m going to throw myself onto a busy highway now.
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June 26th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
@ Foomey: Technically, I am considering switching from Progressive since they were a total pain in the ass when it came to getting the cars fixed after the tornado. But that doesn’t reflect on you so much as the twit they sent to be our “adjuster.” “So, did all these dents come from the tornado?” Well, yeah, that and the FUCKING TREE THAT FELL ON THE GODDAMNED CAR, YOU NITWIT FUCK!!!!
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June 26th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Hey Foomey,
Got any more of those baby trees?
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June 26th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Yeah its Kevin Love, I swear he looks like a greg to me.
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June 27th, 2008 at 5:08 am
@Matt:Choose wisely. As a former adjuster, I can honestly say that Progressive does have the best claims service. They may not pay us for shit, but they certainly do know how to train their employees. You probably got one of the few twits that do work there. Sorry you had such a crappy experience…especially after having gone through such a horrible storm. I wouldn’t have asked about the dents, but instead about your ginormous balls. That always put a smile on my customer’s faces. Really. Feel better?
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June 27th, 2008 at 5:13 am
Almost forgot…
@Beef:Are you kidding? I did the socially responsible thing…I recycled them all. They came in plastic containers.
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June 28th, 2008 at 11:46 am
@Foomey — Awesome.
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And since we are WAY off topic….in order to help alleviate the vast amount of idiocy in society, please pimp-slap the next person you meet who claims they are “Being Green” by eliminating CO2 emissions……since, you know, CO2 is what plants fucking breathe.
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So taking away what they breathe does not help things become ‘green’. Just sayin’.
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June 28th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
@Shake: When are we EVER on topic? Ok..so when am I EVER on topic? That’s what I get for watching football only to see men’s tushies….I have so little to contribute, but I have decided that I am going to learn more about the Texans, and am currently in the midst of purchasing my first official Texans Jersey. Doesn’t appear that Will Demps, at Matt’s suggestion, is currently available. Anywho…You won’t have to worry about Progressive being too ‘green’. I drive at least 1500+ miles/month for my job, and they won’t buy us hybrid cars, so in essence, Progressive is helping the environment. Now, having said that, I must admit that I did buy a battery-powered lawnmower, and all of my trimmers, etc. are also battery powered. Should I bitch-slap myself first? At least I recycle.
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June 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
To continue my F you (Not you Matt, just in general) rant from earlier: If you don’t recycle, F You. And don’t tell me it costs money to recycle, take it somewhere that pays you for it if that is the case.
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June 29th, 2008 at 8:09 am
@Foomey- Not to rain on your parade, but the majority of power plants burn natural gas to make electricity…..which you (& everyone else) then use when plugging in an appliance (or electric lawnmower). So if folks are buying electric lawn equipment b/c of emissions, then they are fighting a losing battle. At least until we finally build more nuclear plants in the US, but that’s an off-topic for another day/thread.
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Recycling = less demand for natural resources = good. And it’s easy to do these days with all the drop stations at local schools, day cares, HEB, etc.
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June 29th, 2008 at 9:12 am
@Shake: You’re not raining on my parade because I am participating in a program that CPS is doing. I purchase 50% of my electricity from the Windmills in West TX. It actually costs me about $10/month more to do it, but I’m happy to help preserve our natural resources for the future. How do you like me now?
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June 29th, 2008 at 9:20 am
@Shake: sigh, that’s why my wife insists I use an old-school push mower. The only contaminant is my gas from having to push the damn thing.
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June 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
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June 29th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
@Foomey — I’ve always liked you….just don’t tell my wife.
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June 29th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
@Shake: I know. I’ve always known.(batting eye lashes)
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June 29th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Shake, believe a brother when I say this: You can’t handle Foomey.
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June 29th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
@BFD: Shhhhhhh! That was our little secret!