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Penn State's Anthony Zettel Tackles a Tree Into Submission
Ukrainian Chrisis ^ | May 18, 2015 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 05/18/2015 11:59:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Penn State teammate Jordan Dudas filmed Zettel's nature-defeating feat and posted the video to Instagram.

Anthony Zettel, defensive tackle for Pennsylvania State University, put his football skills to a real-world test when he decided to tackle a tree.

Teammate Jordan Dudas posted an Instagram video showing Zettel showing off his skills in the woods by tackling a tree to the ground.

Zettel, who boasts the ability to throw a football 75 yards and can drive a golf ball more than 300 yards, can now add football fauna take-downs to his resume


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1 posted on 05/18/2015 11:59:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

What a beast, he pushed down a dead trunk with its roots already completely rotted away


2 posted on 05/19/2015 12:14:36 AM PDT by repentant_pundit (Sammy's your uncle, but he behaves like a spoiled rotten brat.)
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To: repentant_pundit; nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono

The YouTube of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhgKfPzymOM

This is almost as impressive as having a dead imaginary girlfriend.


3 posted on 05/19/2015 12:33:58 AM PDT by shibumi ("Walk Through the Fire, Fly Through the Smoke")
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To: nickcarraway
> ...can now add football fauna take-downs...

Ummm, a tree is flora, not fauna. Fauna is, you know, animals...

I know, picky, picky, football players don't know the difference between trees and animals anyway...

4 posted on 05/19/2015 12:34:37 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: repentant_pundit

We used to go out into the bog and push trees over. I was about ten at the time. We thought we were pretty tough!


5 posted on 05/19/2015 12:37:05 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: repentant_pundit

“Zettel, who boasts the ability to throw a football 75 yards and can drive a golf ball more than 300 yards,”

Did both in college, and that 300 yards with a rusty driver while drunk. All you have to do is go Happy Gilmore.


6 posted on 05/19/2015 1:02:24 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: repentant_pundit; nickcarraway; dayglored; 21twelve; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono

After much introspection and in depth consultation with the muses of late night posting I have come to the conclusion that a disclaimer must preceed this next video clip.

I found this quite by accident while looking for other examples of men tackling trees.

My posting this video in no way constitutes an endorsement of what this tree has been made to endure, nor am I in any way affiliated with the subject of this video. I also do not endorse his attire for this training exercise. (My own Mawashi is far more stylish, colorful and modest.)

And (I cannot stress this enough!) this video will almost certainly be unsettling for younger, more sensitive viewers and anyone with a modicum of taste.

That said - here’s how a ~Real Man~ tackles a tree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QQU5BO9AnM


7 posted on 05/19/2015 1:14:52 AM PDT by shibumi ("Walk Through the Fire, Fly Through the Smoke")
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To: shibumi
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8 posted on 05/19/2015 1:56:44 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Demonicide" - http://youtu.be/FgUWow7WT2Y | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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To: shibumi

I’m just thankful the sheep were too fast for him!


9 posted on 05/19/2015 2:21:57 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: shibumi

Is that Krispy Kremes portly brother in a Speedo?
Notice none of sheep want anything to do with him.
They seem awfully skittish when Big Boy comes anywhere near.


10 posted on 05/19/2015 4:42:03 AM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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11 posted on 05/19/2015 5:27:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: shibumi

Fat Boy!


12 posted on 05/19/2015 7:13:54 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: repentant_pundit

It’s a stupid video, but Zettel is a first team All Big Ten Defensive Tackle. He was certainly a “beast” against tOSU last year in a double overtime loss.


13 posted on 05/19/2015 2:15:36 PM PDT by FlJoePa
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