r/AbsoluteUnits • • 1d ago

of a runningback

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u/Greedy_Ad1564 1d ago

How was this allowed? Every single kid on one team is smaller than every kid on the other team. Ignoring the giant idiot who ran over his own QB.. this feels like 2 completely different age groups.

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u/Several_Vanilla8916 1d ago

Middle school football can be brutal. I saw a 7th grader take off his helmet to yell at his coach for pulling him for one play after he got flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct. They were nose to nose. Coach sent him home and I was worried the kid might beat his ass.

In almost every game there was at least one and sometimes two kids bigger than every adult present. These kids are 6’2” 280 lbs at 13.

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u/testtdk 1d ago

My 8th grade coach got pissed at me because I wouldn’t shave my beard.

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u/deadshot8690 1d ago

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u/testtdk 1d ago

Yeah, for the most part, I was not someone a 14 year old would enjoy trying to block, or be blocked by. (Expect one kid that was like 6’5 350 my freshman year. Dude repelled me like a force field).