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No One Knows Why

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I played offensive guard and

defensive tackle on my high school

football team. On special teams, I was

on both receiving and on kickoff. I was

almost always on the field. Then one

day, my line coach saw me kick the

football. The kicker had been

challenging and mocking everyone,

saying they couldn’t kick as well as he

could, so my line coach had me take the

challenge, but only after the head coach

was watching. So, after I kicked the ball

past the end zone into the parking lot, I