Posted on 09/21/2009 3:42:30 PM PDT by wagglebee
These kids has something to really be proud of.
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The coach and players of the green team should be commended as well. That was so nice and this young man will never forget it !!
That was great !
I wonder where the Spoofhounds got the name for their team (serious question)? Usually high-school teams pick college or pro teams, but I’ve never heard of any other team with that name.
I disagree.
In spite of the downs, Matt sounds like a pretty bright kid. Should he find out it was all a dishonest trick, the coach and team’s “feel good” (pat ourselves on the back) moment will have been at Matt’s expense.
Big heart’s were on that field, on the side line’s and in the stand’s, God smiled.
That is true sportsmanship shown by both coaches and players. A big thank you from a football fan.
Never mind, found it in wikipedia (at least the non-political stuff is fairly reliable). Back in the ‘20s, the Spoof Hound was a plaster toy prize from a carnival, similar to a Kewpie doll. One day around that time, when the players were having a particularly bad day, the coach told them they were playing like spoofhounds, and the players adopted the name for each other. Eventually it became popular enough that the team formally adopted the name. They are the only team in the country that uses this name.
I don’t see it as a trick. They gave him a touchdown as a gift.
Very kind of them.
Good story. They’re not the only unusually named team.
Scottsdale (AZ) Community College’s sports teams are the Artichokes.
I disagree with you.
It wasn't 'dishonest', and it wasn't a 'trick'.
Matt knew they lost, and lost badly.
All that happened was that Matt got the opportunity to keep it from being a shutout.
I have seen pro football teams who have let another team escape the same situation, and they only did so because they were tired.
The coaches and players of the two teams in this video did it for a very different reason.
Thanks for posting!
Now that is what I call coaches.
Great job teaching those kids, and learning from them.
If you read some of the posts below the video, it’s hard to feel compassion for some of the responders!
If you read some of the posts below the video, it’s hard to feel compassion for some of the responders!
I coached kids for 15 years in football. You would be amazed at how good they can be if given the chance. It was some of the best 15 years of my life.
Some people are simply consumed with hatred.
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