1. You find yourself rooting for random colleges because you know a Rubio Long Snapper on the team.
2. You have brought a stop watch to a football game that your son is playing in
3. You have brought a stop watch to a football game that your son is NOT playing in
4. You have caught snaps in a hotel hallway or parking lot
5. You have adjusted furniture in your house so your son could do drills
6. You have caught snaps in bizarre locations all over the country (possibly even in your house)
7. You have pressed refresh on your computer umpteen times as the rankings are being updated
8. You have made very good friends within the Rubio Long Snapping family
9. You have watched several Rubio Long Snappers improve so much it is shocking
10. You have thought Rubio is out of his mind, at times
11. You have thought Rubio is a genius, at times
12. You have looked at a Long Snapper in college, and possibly pro, and thought your kid is better (and could be right)
13. You have taken a photo of your son getting into a perfect stance all over the country
14. You have had to explain to countless people exactly what the heck a Long Snapper is and that he is NOT the center
15. You have injured yourself from catching a snap
16. You have caught a snap with a baseball glove, net, mattress or sheet
17. You find yourself watching just the Long Snapper during a football game
18. You have printed out a Rubio blog and given it to your son to read
19. You have forwarded a Rubio blog to someone
20. You have said to yourself “I can’t believe Rubio just did/said that” countless times:)
21. You have laughed out loud by something I have said on Twitter.
22. You have had your son snap in front of crowds/family/parties to show exactly what he does and how good he is at it.
23. You have done the laundry and been amazed at how many Rubio Long Snapping shirts your son has
24. You are more excited for Vegas than your son
25. You have waited for my morning #QuoteOfTheDay on Twitter and/or Facebook to send me a text knowing that I was officially awake
26. You wonder how Jolie puts up with me
27. You are usually the one at a game that never knows where the punt goes since you are too busy watching the Long Snapper the whole play
28. You now have a sick feeling in your stomach anytime you see a bad snap (doesn’t even have to be your own kid)
29. You most likely know more about Long Snapping than your son’s high school coach.
30. And last, but certainly not least, You have threatened your son with “Oh yeah?!?!? Well, I’m gonna call Rubio!”
Please feel free to add some, as I am sure I have missed a couple, on the comments section of this blog.
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Brian Butcher – assembling the new Rubio Snapping Net on Christmas Eve, and trying to make it look just like the one in the picture!!
Joel Walcott – Lobbying the state High School Association to recognize Long Snappers for all District, State teams.
Walt Ferris – If you’re the only one in the stadium that wants your team to punt
Andrea Gibbs – If you find yourself randomly using the word “embrace”
Krista Renning – When you are having a romantic dinner with your husband and a Rubio tweet comes in changing the conversation back to Long Snapping for the remainder of the dinner!
Andrea Gibbs – You know you’re a Long Snapping Parent when your family Christmas Picture is in matching personalized college jerseys. Also when your 18 month old grandson is learning to snap like his uncle and can get the t.v. to ESPN to watch football all by himself.
Jan Price – As a long-snapping parent, I am intimate with a stop watch and diagram to mark where the snaps hit.
Terry Crosby – You have a mattress tied to a tree in the front yard, and you don’t care what the neighbors think
Terry Crosby – When your son who has not snapped in 2 years says…. ” Dad, did you see Rubios blog today,? I am pretty sure to do all 30″..
Dawn Eustace – How about you team has a losing season but you don’t care cause your son will have a lot of high light videos!!!
Walt Ferris – if you think a great game is a 0-0 tie
Loretta Zupancic – Are upset because the camera never pans on the Long Snapper
You now you are a parent of a longsnapper when you have to buy new shoes often because your son blows the sides out.
If you pray to Rubio each time your son goes out to punt snap (as he is running on the field and getting set in his stance). “Rubio, please help him remain calm and have confidence. Help him have a perfect snap and get down the field to make the tackle”.
When you text Rubio during the game to ask him for advice for your son. And when he tells you what to do and how to get the info to your boy, you do it immediately!
– You have permanent damage on the side of your house that you proudly show off to friends and family.
– You deliberately ask friends and family to catch so he can shock them with how fast he throws it.
– You find it amusing good fun to think of wacky places to snap.
– You leave work early in the winter because it gets dark early.
– You look forward to hearing “Dad, can you catch for me”.
When you remember where your son got his start and feel incredibly grateful for the many lessons he learned, the experiences he had and the drive, discipline and determination he continues to realize his dream of playing in the NFL. Thank you Rubio. Much love and a snicker too, Pam
That is supposed to say smuckie not snicker!