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"Give Him the Business"
I have this interesting or you may say "boring" question...
"We have a personal foul on No. 99 of the defense. After he tackled the quarterback he's GIVING HIM THE BUSINESS down there, that's a 15-yard penalty." That's a famous quote from Ben Dreith. I was wondering if GIVE HIM THE BUSINESS is really a penalty in American football as we CALL it. Or was it just 1stly called by Ben. I searched online for this, some people say in the rulebook and some say it's just to emphasize the foul... |
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Ben Drieth was a jr. high phys ed teacher. Supposedly, "give(ing) ____ the business" (me, him, etc.) was a trademark expression of his. He was also a bit of a maverick and on this one play, he was probably a bit charged up and this just came out.
According to Markbriet (sp??) in his book, Drieth wasn't criticized by the league because it was an accurate description. I just think they didn't want their R's to clown around while the mic was on, but I don't think they had to worry about that with Ben. |
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Personally, I thought that was pretty funny, and I hope he wasn't criticized for that. |
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REPLY: An ACC ref (I think) actually did a reprise of the famous Dreith moment last season...at least I think it was last season.
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Dance re-mix of both calls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl-s5O7n95A :D |
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Edit: Ahhh, had to watch it again... it never gets old! |
I think Ben was just being too discriptive, instead of announcing a personal foul he used his "giving him the business" quote.
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