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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 340395" data-attributes="member: 22">I really like his speech about how much he hated playing football in college. There aren't many DALLAS characters you can imagine saying a line like, "It’s a profane and painful way to spend a Saturday afternoon." It made an interesting counterpoint to his Rambo-esque appearance.Matt: I never did care much for the game, but Bobby did. He made me try out for the team with him. He made me work harder than anyone else too. He pushed me. He used to say to me, “You can do it, Matt, you can do it!” I used to say to him, “I don’t wanna do it, Bobby, I don’t wanna do it!” Bobby made first-string quarterback,;I made third-string halfback. It couldn’t have worked out better. He did all the actual playing and I was sitting nice and safe over on the bench. After the game, he’d get all the cheers and I’d get all the cheerleaders. Everything was perfect until the first-string halfback flunked math and the second stringer’s family moved to Tulsa. All of a sudden, I found myself in there, actually playing the game. Well, you know Bobby had a great arm, probably the best in the conference. Every time we’d get in the huddle, I’d beg him, “Throw the bomb.” He’d just look at me. He’d grin and call for a run up the middle. Do you know what it’s like to run up the middle? It’s like charging headlong into a long black tunnel full of broken bodies and horrible screams. All you can do is run as hard as you can. When you can’t run anymore, you punch and kick. It’s a profane and painful way to spend a Saturday afternoon. There are actually guys in that tunnel who like it in there. As for me, the only tunnel I ever liked was the tunnel leading out of the stadium.Pam: I think you liked more than that. Bobby told me you made All-Conference with him twice.Matt: He made me look good. He made us all look so damn good.</blockquote>

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