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		59-year old makes Division III college football team. Better not step on his lawn (sports.espn.go.com)		70
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albo		2007-08-22 03:30:14 PM

submitty had a chance but blew it:

59-year old makes makes Division III college football team. "Get off my end zone"

KellyLockhart		2007-08-22 03:32:44 PM

This guy has been training special forces soldiers how to stay in shape. Yeah, I guess he's got what it take to knock some college-age heads around on the football field.

oldsbone		2007-08-22 03:34:46 PM

After that, he should declare for the draft.

HomerToeclipper		2007-08-22 03:36:13 PM

DAMN GOOD!

unremarkable asterisk		2007-08-22 03:36:40 PM

The Billdozer?

bearloverhr		2007-08-22 03:37:04 PM

makes makes??

Jaboobinator		2007-08-22 03:38:18 PM

I hope he takes that medicine that keeps him from having to pee all of the time due to an enlarged prostate.

KJUW89		2007-08-22 03:38:59 PM

awesome

jmayson		2007-08-22 03:42:41 PM

There are no lawns anywhere near Sul Ross. Just rocks and dirt. Beautiful part of Texas though.

Solty Dog		2007-08-22 03:43:09 PM

Now he should do a Subway commercial.

ViperCTW		2007-08-22 03:44:05 PM

So that's what Doug Flutie's been up to

The_Sponge		2007-08-22 03:44:23 PM

albo: submitty had a chance but blew it:

59-year old makes makes Division III college football team. "Get off my end zone"

Or how about:

"Get off my astroturf."

Moopy Mac		2007-08-22 03:45:32 PM

I was told by the NCAA that you have five years from your first enrollment to use your four years of eligibility (with a one year medical redshirt possible). If he enrolled in school and played almost forty years ago, how is he eligible now even if he only used three years of his eligibility?

Marxst1		2007-08-22 03:45:37 PM

I call movie rights!

?isn't that how it works?

stubblyhead		2007-08-22 03:46:00 PM

i thought somehow that there were age limitations for college ball, and I also didn't realize you could still be eligible to play as a graduate student. wonder what the story is on those 40-somethings they mentioned in there.

Gosling		2007-08-22 03:48:09 PM

So Julio Franco's becoming a two-sport player, I see.

puffy999		2007-08-22 03:48:19 PM

Moopy Mac: If he enrolled in school and played almost forty years ago, how is he eligible now even if he only used three years of his eligibility?

I do not know the answer, but it could be because this is Division III, or there could be some sort of grandfather clause (no pun intended) that allows someone who went to school so long ago to still suit-up.

kong		2007-08-22 03:49:30 PM

The NCAA's three divisions have different sets of rules, including those that govern eligibility. In Division III, your five-year eligibility clock only runs during semesters in which you are enrolled at an institution of higher learning.

cYn21		2007-08-22 03:51:19 PM

All that, and they never said what position he plays.

He may just be a kicker.

uofwi92		2007-08-22 03:52:03 PM

I don't care how athletic the dude is, this just shows you how pathetic D-III schools are.

/Proud alum of D-I school
//Go Badgers!

Cochinita		2007-08-22 03:52:25 PM

Doug Flutie = Flutie Flakes, right?

proposal: Alzheimer's All-Star Bran bits

Solty Dog		2007-08-22 03:52:45 PM

cYn21: He may just be a kicker.

Naw, they reserve that for band geeks and girls that wanna play football.

besotted euphoria		2007-08-22 03:52:45 PM

he got "grandfathered" in...

iKarl		2007-08-22 03:53:30 PM

Unavailable for comment

fappomatic		2007-08-22 03:54:05 PM

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

/got nuttin'

srhp29		2007-08-22 03:55:18 PM

I thought regardless of whether you had played or not before, you had no eligibility left after a certain age? I guess I was wrong.

Fellows		2007-08-22 03:55:22 PM

Moopy Mac: I was told by the NCAA that you have five years from your first enrollment to use your four years of eligibility (with a one year medical redshirt possible). If he enrolled in school and played almost forty years ago, how is he eligible now even if he only used three years of his eligibility?

As others have already posted, D1 schools play by different rules than their DII and DIII counterparts. There are quite a few stories of non-traditional students stepping onto the field at DII and DIII colleges but nothing like this.

That being said, I'd love to go see this guy play.

Enrico Pallazzo		2007-08-22 03:56:35 PM

Marxst1: I call movie rights!

?isn't that how it works?

It's been done

www.lovefilm.com

semiotix		2007-08-22 03:57:11 PM

uofwi92: I don't care how athletic the dude is, this just shows you how pathetic D-III schools are.

/Proud alum of D-I school
//Go Badgers!

I don't care how Sconnie you are, this just shows you how pathetic D-I graduates are.

/Proud alum of D-III school
//and the asshole TA who wouldn't pass you just because you stumbled into class 4 out of 15 weeks
///but yes, f**k 'em Bucky

srhp29		2007-08-22 03:57:26 PM

uofwi92

I don't care how athletic the dude is, this just shows you how pathetic D-III schools are.

/Proud alum of D-I school
//Go Badgers!

Yeah, those pesky D-III schools and their smaller enrollment and less scholarships. Why do we even let them exist. Us D-I'ers are so much better than them at football, which is what college is about anyway, right? (Well to some, obviously)

LOLcatlike		2007-08-22 03:57:33 PM

I couldn't find a picture of this guy, or more info on the Powerbase training program. Did anyone else?

RavinDave		2007-08-22 04:00:41 PM

Break out the prune-flavored Gatorade®.

Tubs O Bacon		2007-08-22 04:03:43 PM

"A longtime strength and conditioning coach at Nebraska, Oregon and Texas A&M, Flynt has spent the last several years selling the Powerbase training system he invented. He recently taught it to some of the military's special operations forces, keeping up with them in their workouts."

I guess this is a not so subtle troll for his training system. I guess the joke's on me for thinking I was going to be reading a feel good story about an old dude trying to recapture lost youth.

wayne brady		2007-08-22 04:04:04 PM

Powerbase - Link (new window)

Not impressed. Bands and a mat, woot!

/go GymJones, real deal.

Moopy Mac		2007-08-22 04:05:50 PM

kong, thanks for the info.

wayne brady		2007-08-22 04:06:09 PM

Sorry, might as well link GymJones, too.

Link (new window) "Wear your pain"

/ still impressed in grandpa.

toonz		2007-08-22 04:08:17 PM

wasn't this an episode on "Coach?"

byss		2007-08-22 04:10:31 PM

Is it this guy?

i54.photobucket.com

TheraTx		2007-08-22 04:12:43 PM

Robert Conrad should play him in the movie

scotus		2007-08-22 04:13:13 PM

He's married to Eileen Dover. Amazing.

FauxReal		2007-08-22 04:14:31 PM

cYn21: All that, and they never said what position he plays.

He may just be a kicker.

I was wondering about that too... does mascot or stats guy count as being on the team?

The Southern Dandy		2007-08-22 04:17:48 PM

Broken hip in 3...2...1

James Brown		2007-08-22 04:17:57 PM

Ain't nothing quite like Division III sports. I can't wait for the upcoming UC Santa Cruz Hakey Sack tournament. Go Banana Slugs!

Judd Nelson's Nostrils		2007-08-22 04:18:14 PM

Chris Weinkie is suing for copyright infringment.

KiwDaWabbit		2007-08-22 04:23:48 PM

One of my best friends played Division III football, so I am getting a kick out of these replies.

larrimo		2007-08-22 04:27:24 PM

KiwDaWabbit: One of my best friends played Division III football, so I am getting a ~~kick~~ punt out of these replies.

FTFY

machoprogrammer		2007-08-22 04:39:07 PM

uofwi92

Yeah, damn MIT and CIT. What pathetic schools.

/UW Madison is MIT's biatch.

TheAnswerIs42		2007-08-22 04:41:32 PM

Article: A devout Christian, Flynt sees many religious undertones to his story. He also believes it touts the benefits of strength training.

Me: WTF?