Self-Inflicted Injuries
September 10, 2015
The most unfortunate incident of the weekend occurred in UCLA's game, when a big lineman, Eddie Vanderdoes, caught a TD pass, picked up a teammate to celebrate, and tore his ACL. Football has a long history of foolish self-inflicted injuries.
My good friend Johnny Majors had a bad experience during the 1955 Tennessee vs. Kentucky game. Johnny scored a touchdown then, due to the fact that he'd downed a bottle of Jim Beam before the game, he tripped on his way back to the sideline and broke his ankle. Then he fell onto the bench and knocked out half his teeth, which helped him blend in with the Vols crowd at "Sergent" Neyland Stadium.
Finally he vomited all over coach Wyatt Bowden, infecting him with e coli, leading Wyatt to step down after the season in favor of his son Bobby. So all I can say to Mr Vanderdoes is you're going to have to try harder to match up to one of the all-time greats like Johnny.
Washington University vs. Southern Illinois