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Sarah Fuller Explains Why She Criticized Vanderbilt Teammates
Game 7 ^ | November 30, 2020 | Anthony Amador

Posted on 11/30/2020 9:24:44 AM PST by md1986

Sarah Fuller made history on Saturday afternoon when she became the first woman to play in a Power Five conference football game. Vanderbilt installed her as a kicker after the team’s other kickers were deemed unavailable due to COVID-19. Vanderbilt ultimately lost to Missouri 41-0, falling to 0-8 on the year. The team’s head coach, Derek Mason, was fired one day later. Shortly after making her big debut, Fuller did an interview with Courtney Cronin of ESPN. Among the interesting tidbits that emerged from their conversation was how Fuller got angry at her teammates at halftime.

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To: Chode

PLEASE restate that.


21 posted on 11/30/2020 9:37:56 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: rlmorel
Perhaps they should have pointed her to the cheerleader squad.


22 posted on 11/30/2020 9:38:39 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (Q is the larpiest larp that ever larped.)
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To: md1986

For those of us with daughters who have coached girls teams, one of the things you see immediately is that girls teams tend to cheer non-stop. They cheer win they are winning. They cheer win they are losing. Compared to my son’s teams, girls just cheer more, lots more. Watch a girls college softball game and listen in the background. It’s constant.

So with that said: She is really complaining that the Vanderbilt football team is not feminine enough for her taste. A further effort to make sissies out of our sons.


23 posted on 11/30/2020 9:38:41 AM PST by 728b (Never cry over something that can not cry over you.)
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To: md1986

Looked like a long onside kick. Any HS kicker could have kicked it better.


24 posted on 11/30/2020 9:38:52 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: alternatives?

She had good intentions..but she demoralized them. I dont think the coach was fired BECAUSE of her. They had no kickers due to COVID but the timing stinks.


25 posted on 11/30/2020 9:40:00 AM PST by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry )
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To: G Larry

Her “kick” was a deliberate squib kick. I expect she was told to squib it, and if so, can’t blame her for that. But fact is, her kick took less skill and leg strength than any other kick a kicker could be asked to execute - much easier even than an extra point. I suspect very few of us on this board could kick an extra point under game conditions, but the vast majority of us could make the “kick” she did in the game.


26 posted on 11/30/2020 9:40:04 AM PST by Burma Jones
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To: brownsfan

She’s not wrong

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Yeah. A little enthusiasm probably changes everything in 41-0 romp.


27 posted on 11/30/2020 9:40:51 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid! )
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To: md1986

Do you suppose she out-kicked other kickers and that was why she was on the field?


28 posted on 11/30/2020 9:42:10 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: md1986

In the facility, at university, there are scales on which the football players (or anybody else) can stand, to read their weight.

The scales are manufactured by Toledo Scales.

The lowest reading on the scales, is 150 lbs.


29 posted on 11/30/2020 9:42:55 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: All

“We made a first down, and I was the only one cheering...”

She can’t kick. So, maybe there is a cheer spot open for her.


30 posted on 11/30/2020 9:43:12 AM PST by rbmillerjr
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To: cymbeline

No, I’m sorry. I think that there was someone at Vandy that could have done just as well or better.


31 posted on 11/30/2020 9:43:49 AM PST by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: yukong

I don’t know a kick that lasted 30 years total seems like you should get pretty good coverage.


32 posted on 11/30/2020 9:45:31 AM PST by pas
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To: md1986

Jut shut up and be grateful you were allowed to play, Sarah!!!!


33 posted on 11/30/2020 9:45:32 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: md1986

Sarah Fuller’s comments to her teammates reminded me of the Office Space girl.

Case of the Mondays (scene from Office Space):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AB9zPfXqQQ


34 posted on 11/30/2020 9:46:12 AM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: 728b

Agreed. Went to my niece’s soccer game and the noise irritated me, as you are correct, they cheer NON-STOP. Men/boys simply say “let’s go”. I’ve been listening to death metal for decades but girls’ screams in soccer games, annoy me LOL


35 posted on 11/30/2020 9:46:42 AM PST by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry )
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To: G Larry
It was a squib kick. Was fine. Nothing spectacular but no squib kick is. It was what she was supposed to do. That said, she looks like she could kick start a 747 engine in the middle of an Alaskan winter. She is going to look like a weeble wobble as she gets older. Dainty isnt what I would call her.


36 posted on 11/30/2020 9:47:17 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: md1986

It’s one of the many reasons I don’t watch ESPN anymore. Sure, hype it up, but the one kick I did see was not remarkable at all. Like most “new” athletes on a team, whether you’re the second-string punter or a backup on special teams, you really cannot come in and start screaming at your teammates in an attempt to earn their respect... not in football. Clearly she has a lot to learn, and on the basis of her performance, I would add kicking to that list.

MJ


37 posted on 11/30/2020 9:47:48 AM PST by mjustice (Apparently common sense isn't so common.)
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To: Chode

LOL, my filthy mind which does always hover just above the gutter cased me to snort when I read that post!


38 posted on 11/30/2020 9:49:11 AM PST by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: md1986
In Mason’s postgame Zoom press conference, he explained the play call and why it worked for Fuller, whose only been practicing with the football team for a few days after her soccer season ended last Sunday:

“That was designed, you know, meant for her because that’s what she used to striking. You know, really, we tried to go with the most natural kicks in her arsenal.

“Tried not to, you know, over-coach her, but let her do and understand what felt comfortable to her. And that’s really what we went with. Man, I thought she punched it exactly where she needed to punch it. Ball’s down, 35-yard line. Let’s go.”

Give the coach a break, they had no other person to go with.........

39 posted on 11/30/2020 9:49:54 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: PGR88
Feminist tokenism for absurd leftist optics.

Their punter made 7 or 8 kicks during the game, so to blame COVID for 'no kickers available' was a ruse. Let's not pretend a punter couldn't kick from a tee, or drop-kick.

From what I know, the coach deserved what he got. Perhaps he thought it would save his job.

40 posted on 11/30/2020 9:50:09 AM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'm going ahead.)
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