Posted on 06/08/2014 1:45:20 PM PDT by BBell
Shelby Osborne: Football is her passion and she joins the thin ranks of women in men's college football. Most women have played as kickers. Is Shelby Osborne creating a new normal?
When Shelby Osborne walks onto the football field this fall, she'll be treading on ground few women have dared to walk.
Fewer than a dozen women have played college football on a men's team. But this week, Osborne made history when she signed a letter of intent to play football with Campbellsville University in Kentucky – as a defensive back, the same position she played in high school.
No woman has played that position in men's college football.
Her job will be to guard against the pass, and the run. She must be fleet of foot, agile, and able to take a hit. Defensive back can be a physically demanding position. But so can combat in the US Army, where women are increasingly showing they have the physical attributes necessary to get the job done.
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I knew it was either D3 or NAIA.
For the average college football player, the transition from high school to college is a big one.
The first year, the average player adds 15 - 20 pounds of muscle to their bodies. The second year, another 5 - 10 pounds of muscle are added.
By their junior year, they might even get a chance to play.
This young lady looks to be a fine upstanding individual and I wish her well.
Having said that, her body will only be able to add 5 - 10 pounds of muscle for the entire 4 years that she is in college. Unless she resorts to steroids, which I doubt she will since she would not look good with a moustache.
Like Rudy in the movie, ‘Rudy’(wish I could have thought of that name), her coaches will only ever play her in certain situations. Those in which she is unlikely to get hurt.
It’s cool that she likes to play, but the reality is that there is a world of difference between HS and college and she will not be doing herself or her college any favors by taking the field...
This is crazy.
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