I deal with Long Snappers. Lots and lots of Long Snappers. To say I know them well is the understatement of the year. In the past couple of weeks on Twitter, I have been spraying about certain “personality traits” I have noticed amongst my Long Snappers. One particular comment set the Long Snapping world into a tizzy. This wonderful, and true statement, was:
“A true Long Snapper can’t do a head first slide, climb a fence and/or do a proper somersault.”
Given, many o’Long Snapper has disagreed with me and said they, in fact, could do all three (please note: I have not seen one do all three AND have actually witnessed a top tier Long Snapper cut himself, on his belly, attempting to climb a fence).
Needless to say, I have been creating a list (couple have been put on Twitter) that I am certain will be continuously updated (feel free to add your own on this blog’s comment section). Here you go. Enjoy:
You are a Long Snapper if…
· you can’t grab a football without immediately placing your hands on it the way you snap
· you have waited for a significant amount of time for an elevator instead of just taking the stairs
· you have burned your mouth on pizza, yet continued to eat the pizza
· you tend to over-think things
· you have thrown up from eating too much.
· you have ever searched and searched for a chair simply so you can sit down instead of standing while working
· you have a ton of female friends (and usually end up with the hottest one as your lady friend)
· you have blacked out from eating too much
· you have spilled on your shirt and proceeded to lick it up rather than use a napkin
· you are a phenomenal dancer
· you are always tugging at your shirt to pull it away from your belly/chest (this one is a flat out epidemic amongst Long Snappers)
· you are smart – if you weren’t, you’d be a kicker:)
· you have tried to hide a “good ball” at a camp so no one else would use it.
· you like ranch dressing….on everything.
· you have tried to snap other objects besides a football (rocks, pine cones, children, etc)
· you have the ability to power through a brain freeze to not waste a good Slurpee
· you have entered a belly flop contest.
· you can throw as good, if not better, spiral than your starting quarterback
· you think you can punt
· you tend to walk very slow
· you have more knowledge about Long Snapping than your head coach and, odds are, so do your parents
· you are superstitious
· you have responded to a waitress with the word “Yes” when she asks what type of cheese you would like on your burger.
· you have the air conditioning in your car always turned on
· you immediately sit in a car and point the vents directly at you showing complete disregard for all other occupants.
· you have never ordered anything less than a large…in anything.
· you tend to scratch your stomach a lot (side note: a true, true Long Snapper has been know to let his scratching get carried away and has been seen with a finger in his belly button at times and, yes, they will always smell it)
· you don’t realize how heavy you actually breathe and often tend to grunt
· you have raged while watching a football game on TV because they didn’t show the snap.
· you have snapped a ball at a party
· and last, but certainly not least, you have used being a Long Snapper as a pick up line with the ladies_________________________________________________________________
“A true Long Snapper can’t do a head first slide, climb a fence and/or do a proper somersault.”
Given, many o’Long Snapper has disagreed with me and said they, in fact, could do all three (please note: I have not seen one do all three AND have actually witnessed a top tier Long Snapper cut himself, on his belly, attempting to climb a fence).
Needless to say, I have been creating a list (couple have been put on Twitter) that I am certain will be continuously updated (feel free to add your own on this blog’s comment section). Here you go. Enjoy:
You are a Long Snapper if…
· you can’t grab a football without immediately placing your hands on it the way you snap
· you have waited for a significant amount of time for an elevator instead of just taking the stairs
· you have burned your mouth on pizza, yet continued to eat the pizza
· you tend to over-think things
· you have thrown up from eating too much.
· you have ever searched and searched for a chair simply so you can sit down instead of standing while working
· you have a ton of female friends (and usually end up with the hottest one as your lady friend)
· you have blacked out from eating too much
· you have spilled on your shirt and proceeded to lick it up rather than use a napkin
· you are a phenomenal dancer
· you are always tugging at your shirt to pull it away from your belly/chest (this one is a flat out epidemic amongst Long Snappers)
· you are smart – if you weren’t, you’d be a kicker:)
· you have tried to hide a “good ball” at a camp so no one else would use it.
· you like ranch dressing….on everything.
· you have tried to snap other objects besides a football (rocks, pine cones, children, etc)
· you have the ability to power through a brain freeze to not waste a good Slurpee
· you have entered a belly flop contest.
· you can throw as good, if not better, spiral than your starting quarterback
· you think you can punt
· you tend to walk very slow
· you have more knowledge about Long Snapping than your head coach and, odds are, so do your parents
· you are superstitious
· you have responded to a waitress with the word “Yes” when she asks what type of cheese you would like on your burger.
· you have the air conditioning in your car always turned on
· you immediately sit in a car and point the vents directly at you showing complete disregard for all other occupants.
· you have never ordered anything less than a large…in anything.
· you tend to scratch your stomach a lot (side note: a true, true Long Snapper has been know to let his scratching get carried away and has been seen with a finger in his belly button at times and, yes, they will always smell it)
· you don’t realize how heavy you actually breathe and often tend to grunt
· you have raged while watching a football game on TV because they didn’t show the snap.
· you have snapped a ball at a party
· and last, but certainly not least, you have used being a Long Snapper as a pick up line with the ladies_________________________________________________________________
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