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  On 2/15/2011 at 12:53 AM, MeanGreenTeeth said:

"Bobsled" and "Athlete" don't go together. I think playing Wii makes me as much an athlete as your average bobsledder. Don't get me started on curling....

I don't know if you've ever watched a bobsled race but it is a little more involved than that. They have to sprint almost 50 meters pushing the sled before hopping in. It is not as simple as sitting in a rollercoaster and letting gravity do its thing. Most of the guys are very athletic and some are former collegiate athletes.

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  On 2/15/2011 at 12:53 AM, MeanGreenTeeth said:

"Bobsled" and "Athlete" don't go together. I think playing Wii makes me as much an athlete as your average bobsledder. Don't get me started on curling....

Clearly you haven't seen Cool Runnings.

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  On 2/15/2011 at 12:53 AM, MeanGreenTeeth said:

"Bobsled" and "Athlete" don't go together. I think playing Wii makes me as much an athlete as your average bobsledder. Don't get me started on curling....

Congratulations son, your an idiot.

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  On 2/15/2011 at 12:40 AM, Mean Green 93-98 said:

Interesting choice of Scripture.

Glad he's doing well with the bobsled thing, but I'm still holding out hope I'm going to see him catch a football on Sundays.

Life is suffering

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  On 2/15/2011 at 3:34 AM, Cr1028 said:

I don't know if you've ever watched a bobsled race but it is a little more involved than that. They have to sprint almost 50 meters pushing the sled before hopping in. It is not as simple as sitting in a rollercoaster and letting gravity do its thing. Most of the guys are very athletic and some are former collegiate athletes.

Y'all are a sensative lot aren't you? Okay, there is some small degree of athletism, but let's not pretend it's in the same universe as most summer sports.

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  On 2/15/2011 at 6:01 AM, MeanGreenTeeth said:

Y'all are a sensative lot aren't you? Okay, there is some small degree of athletism, but let's not pretend it's in the same universe as most summer sports.

You're pretending you know a darn thing about bobsledding.

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  On 2/15/2011 at 4:04 AM, Travis said:

Clearly you haven't seen Cool Runnings.

Wasn't Cool Runnings based on a true story of a Jamaican bobsled team? Still, a fun movie to watch, MON! Bob sledding is not for the average "mommas boy".

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  On 2/15/2011 at 12:53 AM, MeanGreenTeeth said:

"Bobsled" and "Athlete" don't go together. I think playing Wii makes me as much an athlete as your average bobsledder. Don't get me started on curling....

Other than your ridiculous stance on curling, I support you. If these people knew anything about the bob they'd realize that the trend in bobsledding these days is towards fatter and fatter dudes.

Stay hard brutha.

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Bobsledding teams are made up of some of the strongest, fastest and best fit individuals on the planet, especially the sprinters. I spoke with JQ at the KState game. Johnny got his foot in the door for a tryout through contacts he made while training at the MIcheal Johnson training center. He tried out but got cut at first. Then got a last second call to fill in because another sprinter showed up at a race 15lbs over weight. So JQ hopped on a plane and competed as a reservist and his team finished third for that race. This was just the break he needed.

There's only two tracks in north America, with 8 races per year so your window of opportunity is very small for this sport and The Mighty Quinn made it count when he had to.

Rick

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  On 2/15/2011 at 12:53 AM, MeanGreenTeeth said:

"Bobsled" and "Athlete" don't go together. I think playing Wii makes me as much an athlete as your average bobsledder. Don't get me started on curling....

Signed,

Herschel Walker

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  On 2/15/2011 at 3:14 PM, FirefightnRick said:

Bobsledding teams are made up of some of the strongest, fastest and best fit individuals on the planet

No..no it's not. Don't get me wrong. I actually like to watch bobsledding. I'm not saying it is easy. I imagine it takes a ton of timing and practice and skill. I'm not saying it's not a sport. I'm sure it's great if your bobsledders are very athletic since every hundredth of a second counts. But to say that the most athletic individuals in the world do bobsled is absurd. JQ was a great football player for us and a great athlete, but he is no Carl Lewis. He is no Michael Phelps. Not even close. That's not a knock. I hope he does well. But it is largely a skill sport, not an athletic sport.

(I was actually just being snarky at first, but now I feel I must defend my position for stubbornness sake.)

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