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I'd probably save the "warrior" label for our military men and woman get their asses shot off in AFG and other schit holes around the world. But, "Tough SOB" fits.
 
BlueDogs said:
I'd probably save the "warrior" label for our military men and woman get their asses shot off in AFG and other schit holes around the world. But, "Tough SOB" fits.
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No warrior or tough guy. Carl is the only real tough guy around here.
 
NYUConn said:
I led a 3 hour training program at my office at 8 am after drinking the previous night til 4 am and spending the 15 minutes prior to the training dry heaving in the bathroom. Nailed it and nobody was the wiser.

Basically was my flu game.

Suck it, Jordan.
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Perhaps the participants were just as hung over (nay, drunk) as you?
 
Carl Spackler said:
The word warrior gets thrown around a lot, and especially coming from you it's not really - well whatever. He's a college football player, and not a soldier. Nobody needs to know that he played with a broken bone to know that the kid has the toughness to play the position he plays, if they've been watching this team through the season. People questioning whether or not he's got the goods to play the position, don't know what they're looking at.

He wasn't the first football player at UCONN, or the first quarterback at UCONN, to break a bone and keep playing in a game, and he won't be the last.

I'll be more impressed if the next time he's got a receiver in stride, open down the hashes for a TD, that he lays the ball out there for the receiver to run under and catch it.

Dealing with pain, and overcoming - is part of the game, and why I don't think that little kids really should play football. It's a grown up sport.
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^^^^^^
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What, we're already on page 2 and nobody's dropped the "millennials" bomb yet? Boneyard, I am disappoint.
 
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If there is one thing I hate in this world more than rodents, it's leaks.

There are only a few people who read that line and can understand what that means and why I write it, and Nostical is not one.


On a more related note, there is nothing more annoying to coaches trying to accomplish something at a scholastic athletic level, than meddling parents. It starts at grade school athletics, and by the time you get to division 1 college athletics, the parents are out of the equation, because their kids are adults and phone calls, letters and now the shield that emails and nastygrams provide, mske it easy to say things to coaches and administrators -thst might be difficult face to face, and those things in college don't mean the same as they did in grammar school and high school.

So they look elsewhere for info and places to let loose, snd there is this thing called the internet these days and fan message boards. The only thing worse is the actual internet parent complainer, is thr internet player family groupie complainer.

I mean it that there should be a tag somehow on posters that are player family on this website. I was clear earlier ehen I notedcmy responses in this discussion had more to do with the poster, than the subject.

That noted, I make it habit to write things I'm vomfortsble saying to anyone face to face and there is nothing in this thread I would retract, and nothing I'd be uncomfortable saying to anyone face to face.

Season is on the book, and its good that the QB broke his wrist in the last game and not the first, because we'd be nowhere without him

Have a nice day and a happy new year. I've got a couple more days to enjoy some home time, and I'm going to do exactly that.
 
I think we're all somewhat intelligent people that can distinguish that when Nostical calls a player a warrior he isn't comparing a football injury during a game to live combat. The whole, the "real heroes/warrior" crowd is tiresome. We all get it.

As for Spackler, be a bigger hardo, you cant.
 
Gotta love how Dez takes a shot at Sherrifs stating that Thomas was open for most of his rout.
 
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I agree that Shirreffs played admirably through the injury against Marshall, but after a redshirt year shouldn't we be looking at Tyler Davis to be the QB for 2016? Kid is huge and looks to have the physical tools to be a solid pro-style QB. I think with the offensive line a year older with some more time to clock it could be TDavis time for the huskies. Shirreffs helped us get bowl eligible this year and that was a valiant feat, but for us to take the next step we need a quarterback that can lead us there.
 
uconnfan68 said:
Couldn't tell?
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That tells you all you need to know about his arm - if you can't tell his throwing with or without a bad wrist. I am sure Thomas was thrilled he stayed in the game.
 
Carl Spackler said:
The word warrior gets thrown around a lot, and especially coming from you it's not really - well whatever. He's a college football player, and not a soldier. Nobody needs to know that he played with a broken bone to know that the kid has the toughness to play the position he plays, if they've been watching this team through the season. People questioning whether or not he's got the goods to play the position, don't know what they're looking at.

He wasn't the first football player at UCONN, or the first quarterback at UCONN, to break a bone and keep playing in a game, and he won't be the last.

I'll be more impressed if the next time he's got a receiver in stride, open down the hashes for a TD, that he lays the ball out there for the receiver to run under and catch it.

Dealing with pain, and overcoming - is part of the game, and why I don't think that little kids really should play football. It's a grown up sport.
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the use of the term warrior, or going to war, should be saved the the men playing in the Army - Navy- Air force games. As a vet myself, no combat, thank you G-d, I cringe when the NFL guys, talk about going to war. Football is physical, we all know that, and the players do give up their bodies, but they do not face death.
 
raf46 said:
the use of the term warrior, or going to war, should be saved the the men playing in the Army - Navy- Air force games. As a vet myself, no combat, thank you G-d, I cringe when the NFL guys, talk about going to war. Football is physical, we all know that, and the players do give up their bodies, but they do not face death.
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I KNOW I shouldn't continue this stupid argument, but...

1) There is no "threat of death" prerequisite for the definition of the word warrior.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warrior
  1. : a man engaged or experienced in warfare; broadly : a person engaged in some struggle or conflict <poverty warriors>
2) However rare, there IS a threat of death on the football field, which is why many parents choose not to let their sons play the game.
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/11/24/high-school-football-deaths-2015

3) The context in which the word warrior was used to start this thread does not have anything to do with our men and women in the military, nor does it detract from their bravery and sacrifice.

In the immortal words of HuskyMedic, "It's going to be a long off-season"...
 
UConnDan97 said:
I KNOW I shouldn't continue this stupid argument, but...

1) There is no "threat of death" prerequisite for the definition of the word warrior.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warrior
  1. : a man engaged or experienced in warfare; broadly : a person engaged in some struggle or conflict <poverty warriors>
2) However rare, there IS a threat of death on the football field, which is why many parents choose not to let their sons play the game.
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/11/24/high-school-football-deaths-2015

3) The context in which the word warrior was used to start this thread does not have anything to do with our men and women in the military, nor does it detract from their bravery and sacrifice.

In the immortal words of HuskyMedic, "It's going to be a long off-season"...
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visit the wall or ww2 memorials and quote your dictionary. This thread needs to end NOW! too much raw emotion.
 
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raf46 said:
visit the wall or ww2 memorials and quote your dictionary. This thread needs to end NOW! too much raw emotion.
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The only one getting emotional is you. I feel no need to quote the definition of the word at any specific locale, since changing the locale won't change the definition. To those of you who took offense to Nostical's use of the word "warrior", I suggest you pour yourself a glass of champagne, relax, and think of more important things to complain about as you usher in the new year...
 
UConnDan97 said:
The only one getting emotional is you. I feel no need to quote the definition of the word at any specific locale, since changing the locale won't change the definition. To those of you who took offense to Nostical's use of the word "warrior", I suggest you pour yourself a glass of champagne, relax, and think of more important things to complain about as you usher in the new year...
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you served where? Your couch, your dorm room. Have that glass of champagne and it is no joke, that freedom is not free. I paid my dues, you did what? Appreciate what others did for you.
And to all a good night.
 
I'm pretty sure one can respect our veterans and those who died in service of their country and understand what people are trying to get across when describing football players as Warriors.

This thread gets to the next level when a Native American gets angry the US military co-opted Warrior.

Fingers crossed!
 
whaler11 said:
I'm pretty sure one can respect our veterans and those who died in service of their country and understand what people are trying to get across when describing football players as Warriors.

This thread gets to the next level when a Native American gets angry the US military co-opted Warrior.

Fingers crossed!
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I was actually waiting on a Steph Curry - Golden State Warriors reference, but yours is clearly the higher hurdle to clear... ;)
 
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