AFC Championship

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005, ryanx at indy.rr.com wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 05:13:02PM -0800, Bill Campbell said:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2005, Henry Melancon wrote:
>> >Pro Football is for "real" men and not whiney babies!!!!
>> 
>> Nah!  That's Rugby or Lacrosse.  Pro Football has too much time out for
>> resting.
>
>You might call it resting, some call it ligament surgery, knee
>reconstruction, or compound-fractures with a coach breathing down your
>neck and saying "feeling better yet?".
>
>Besides, lacrosse is for for girls. And rugby, I dunno. They get so
>muddy you can't tell who is who.

Lacrosse is for girls?  Perhaps you have it confused with field hockey.
Where I went to college, Johns Hopkins University, football was something
to keep lacrosse players in shape in the off-season.  The first lacross
game I ever saw was at West Point, and a couple of guys came off the field
spitting teeth.

Bill
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