Rush on Oxy, PlameGate, my kid makes the winning TD with 47 secs left

[monkeyboy]

Can it get any better than this? My kid's H.S. football team was behind by 1 point last nite. After a horrible game where the defense spent the whole time on the field and the offense hadn't scored a single point, they went 60 yards in 2 minutes to the 17 yard line. 4th and 6 on the 17, 47 seconds left, the quarterback rolls out and throws a hail-mary into the corner of the end zone where the split end is waiting with nobody around. Bad news: a defensive player had a handful of the QB's jersey, causing him to throw a wobbler that was about 5 yards short of target. All of a sudde, from across the end zone, some kid comes flying acros and snags it about 2 feet from the out of bounds maker; Touch Down! The crowd goes wild! We're all screaming and yelling, and I'm looking for my kid, when suddenly people start yelling "Ethan!". I look back, and the kid holding the ball had a big fat "40" on his jersey. Holy smokes, that's my son! I'm sure he'll spend today as the Freshman B.M.O.C., then it's back to the books.

[sidwill]

1. Congratulations

What a wonderful feeling that must have been for you and your son.

[dflprincess]

2. Yes. It can get better.

The chairman of the Minnesota Republican party has been indicted by a grand jury.

Check it out:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=146342

[ewagner]

3. From one proud father to another

:toast: Congratulations! I hope you caught the moment on film as I was able to.........it's still hanging in my living room from 6 years ago.

Enjoy these moments. Kids have a nasty habit of growing up and going away to college. Believe me, I'm an empty nester now and I still go back and look through the photo albums....I wouldn't have missed those moments for anything!

Relish the moment my friend! and I wish you many, many more!

[monkeyboy]

4. I used to be big on videotaping

but I found that I always ended up missing out on what was REALLY going on, so I'll have to ask around and see if anybody got it on film.

[ewagner]

5. hope they did

I had the same prob w/videotaping.