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Video: The obligatory “skull-rattling hit that almost broke Willis McGahee’s neck” clip
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| January 19, 2009 11:55 am
| Allahpundit
Posted on 01/19/2009 2:51:42 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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I thought he might be out for ever...it was an instant KO....
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I just read that he’s OK - thank God - but he may be seeing stars for a week or two.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Vicious. Cheap, and vicious.
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posted on
01/19/2009 2:56:28 PM PST
by
Per-Ling
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I’m sorry, but it’s just not worth it. Especially that we are learning so much more about the permanent and cumulative effect of Traumatic Brain Injuries.
He might seem okay now, but I’ll wager those closest to him will be seeing undeniable effects in the days and weeks to come.
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posted on
01/19/2009 2:56:30 PM PST
by
sinanju
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I saw that happen on a kickoff at a high school game when I was a kid.
One of them DIDN’T get up. Paraplegic.
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posted on
01/19/2009 2:57:42 PM PST
by
RonF
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I saw this hit when it happened and many times afterward and while it was a hard hit, I would not describe it as 'brutal'. It was not an intentional helmet to helmet hit. The Pittsburgh player led with his shoulder and tried to avoid hitting McGahee with his head. There was contact between the helmets but it was far below the level of hit that Jack Tatum laid on Darrell Stingley. THAT was an intentional missile launch that was intended to injure.
The good thing for McGahee was that he saw it coming. The body tends to deal better with impacts like this when that happens.
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posted on
01/19/2009 2:58:54 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("The good of the people is the highest law." - - Cicero)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"...it was an instant KO...."
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posted on
01/19/2009 2:59:25 PM PST
by
skimask
(Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience)
To: Per-Ling
I wanna see rollerball.
No penalties. No substitutions.
Yeah baybee! Now THAT’s a mans sport!
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:00:30 PM PST
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
To: RobRoy
“Jonathan....Jonathan...”
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:01:24 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("The good of the people is the highest law." - - Cicero)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I would agree with you on the hit. Not intentional at all. Both are going full steam ahead and in fact McGahee lowered his head at the time of the hit.
Glad to hear they both are okay.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:02:22 PM PST
by
VicVega
(Muslims are cowards)
To: Per-Ling
Vicious, yes. Cheap? Hardly! Go cry in your beer as the Steelers get their 6th Vince Lombardi tropy, loser!
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:02:58 PM PST
by
Longhair_and_Leather
(The new presidential mantra--"Obama let babies die")
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I saw the remake. It was beyond bad. The original is a classic and has some great social implications.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:03:35 PM PST
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
In fact, the original movie Rollerball is one of the reasons I have NEVER been a pro sports fan. I see it as a business. Nothing more.
But I love to PLAY sports.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:04:36 PM PST
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
To: VicVega
Glad to hear they both are okay. Indeed. As are we all, I'm sure. I got a real sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when I realized that McGahee wasn't moving. Then I saw him move his legs and was greatly relieved.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:05:32 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("The good of the people is the highest law." - - Cicero)
To: RobRoy
I saw the remake. I read one review and have not bothered to see it since. Never will. The original needed no improvement.
I wish I could say the same for "Dune" but that's off topic and a thread for another day.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:07:41 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("The good of the people is the highest law." - - Cicero)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
There’s a rule that needs to be changed. I don’t think the hit was intentional but it positively should have been a personal foul.
The rules evidently allow for helmet to helmet contact for a ball carrier, but if McGahee had been a quarterback that hit would have sent the Steeler to football suspension hell.
Players are too big, strong and fast to allow that sort of hit to continue.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:07:57 PM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
(You're either in or in the way.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I never thought I’d see my Baltimore Ravens, of all teams, so physically beat up. Those Steelers just play like maniacs on meth, every play.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:08:18 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
McGahee is a resilient SOB. I believe that was the guy who shredded both knees in his last game. Total rebuild in both knees, his agent (Drew) convinced someone to use a first round draft choice on him, and he ended up being darned good. His body has remarkable repair ability.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:13:30 PM PST
by
Paradox
(When the left have no one to villainize, they'll turn on each other.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Uff-da. I stopped watching pro ball a couple of years ago, so I’d have missed this otherwise. That’s a hit.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:15:49 PM PST
by
SoDak
(Molon Labe)
To: Per-Ling
It’s football. It wasn’t intentional, and it looked like both braced just before the impact for the hit as they knew it was going to be harder than expected.
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posted on
01/19/2009 3:17:42 PM PST
by
kenth
(I got the brain cloudy blues.)
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