My sister - I'll let you guess who she is among the participants in The Challenge - made a very interesting discovery: there are 291 pounds at stake here. Holy cow!
At the height of his career, Dick Butkus - one of the most feared linebackers in NFL history - only weighed 245. "Mean Joe" Greene - a tackle, who I believe EARNED his moniker honestly - was 270 lbs of anger.
At the height of his career, Dick Butkus - one of the most feared linebackers in NFL history - only weighed 245. "Mean Joe" Greene - a tackle, who I believe EARNED his moniker honestly - was 270 lbs of anger.
Without taking into account all the miles that will be run and biked simply to train for the marathons and the Century Ride, we have a commitment of 665 miles - that's 1,170,400 yards, which works out to 11,704 lengths of a football field. Assuming the average number of touchdowns scored in a game is, say, 7 (I'm probably up in the night on this one), that's 1,672 games worth of touchdowns. A regular NFL season, not counting pre-season games or playoffs or the Super Bowl, consists of a total of 256 games. In six months, we're going to play 6.5 seasons of football!
We're putting the "iron" in gridiron folks! Also, combined, we're looking to lose an entire defensive powerhouse . . . and maybe a waterboy soaking wet. Cool!
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