Too much can be hazardous to your health
 

Well, it was bound to happen.
Not sure where I was but I must have been asleep as I didn't know until I read my local paper today that the OSU players (Ted Ginn) injury was caused during the excessive celebration that took place after he ripped off that opening TD run.

Call it a freaky way to get hurt but maybe one will think twice about doing something like this in the future. Beside, it will save a flag from me :)

same thing happened to Luis Castillo for the Chargers after a sack. Twisted his ankle during the celebration dance and ended up missing a few games. Does anyone really think these few problems are going to stop the idiots from, well, making themselves look like idiots?

I was working a game once where the punter simulated as if he was roughed. I had never seen that foul called and I didn't want to be the first one to ever call it. It was obvious that he wasn't even touched but he flopped to the ground and injured himself. From then on, any time a kicker tries to act I walk by and remind them that simulating being roughed is a foul.

At the PRO level, I could care less.
Bu I can hope that at the lower levels some coaches and players saw what happened and how easy it could occur to one of them in future seasons.

You are way more optomistic than I.

The best one ever was when one of Grammaticas pulled a hammy after jumping up celebrating a 32 yard field goal.

Jumping is way beyond the physical limitations of kickers.

A couple of similar stories, but both from BB.

When I was the asst girls BB coach for our HS about 10 years ago, we had our stud hurt in the celebration by our students after qualifying for the state tournament. She was able to play at state, but not at full strength.

Another game I was coaching and two girls during the starting lineups did a "jump and high ten" and the girls came down on each others feet and both were injured and could not start the game, although later could play.

Look at his left leg.

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/310/injury300lt5.jpg

REPLY: Monte...you had a girl stud ??!!??!!

Hey, careful who you are talking about out there. By the way, Bill Gramatica blew his knee with the Cardinals on that celebration. Martin Gramatica blew his knee back when he was at Kansas State but it was during practice and not during a celebration.

The best self-injury I have seen: Gus Frerotte. It must be beyond a QB's mental ability to understand that walls are hard.

Warrenkicker, that's who I was trying to remember. I couldn't remember who it was that head butted the wall. What a doofus.

At least Ginn didn't do it to himself. They didn't lose that game because he got hurt but it sure didn't help anything.

Bob. Don't ask. Don't tell.

The worst part about it was that it wasn't Ginn's celebration, it was Roy Hall's.

What ever happened to tossing the official the ball and acting like you expected to score?

Plus jumping up and down or any other antic for making a simple tackle?

I guess it's to fire up the crowd or something. But is does cause my gag reflex to act up once in a while.h:eek: