This has to be the most succesful troll thread ever

Manhattan Buckeye;1005274 wrote:It is unfortunate when it happens, but usually the guys involved catch a race marshall and get back in the game. I was only in one "melee" involving an incident where a guy shoved my teammate into a cornfield - we worked it out, got back in but it still cost us at least 40 seconds of time. The race continues.

Yeah sometimes the officials see it and don't do shit. Hell at in indoor meet my sophmore year I was running the 5k and in the first 10-20 meters some dude tried to get towards the inside and his spike ended up catching and digging into my leg and dragging me down. The race didn't even get restarted and after the race I had a few gashes on my lower leg and blood all over my spikes. My coach and I went and talked to the officials and he said he didn't call everyone back to restart because he felt I just went down on purpose because I didn't get a good start. The trainer ended up telling me I needed stitches(never got them) and said she couldn't believe I kept running because I probably lost a good amount of blood.

My freshmen year of college I almost decked a kid in a 10k at our conference meet cause he kept getting right up near me and shoving me against the rail. With about 700 meters left my coach and the kids coach were right there and this kid coaches goes "you got him now, hes dying, hes giving in" I just gave him a small elbow to the ribs and took off I ended up beating the kid by like 20 seconds.

My junior year I literally almost got into a fight with a dude who was like 6'10. It was D2 regionals and this guy shoved me down just after the first mile. Tried to recover but couldn't and after the race I was so pissed I looked for him and finally found him gave him a pretty huge shove and then he pretty much told me to chill and that he was sorry. He slipped in some mud and I guess I was in front of him and it caused him to try and catch his fall and I got the worst end of it.

These are really the only things that ever happened to me but I've seen a lot of stuff over the years.

said_aouita;1005186 wrote:What race was this? The NCAA does not run the marathon? I take it she ran for a smaller school, NAIA?

It was the NAIA. But the NAIA isn't made up of "small schools." That would be the USCAA.

said_aouita;1005194 wrote:Malone Invite (college 8k race) in 1990 had two runners stop about 200 meters after the start and get into a fist fight. No ref's came and stopped it or handed out yellow cards. A lot more contact in XC then you realize......my shins and ankles have the scars to prove it

Also, coordination I question also. The ground XC runners race on is not groomed, like soccer fields.
Check out Okie State's college invite, they have man-made barriers you must hurdle. Some XC courses cross streams, like Heidelberg U. Another example is Wilmington Colleges XC course, which has roots sticking out all over the place. You get twisted ankles, if not worse injuries at Wilmington's course a lot.

Don't talk to me about "contact" in XC. There may have been a couple of fights...whoop-de-do. Ok, there was an elbow to the rib...wow. Someone gets pushed into a rail, tree, or something else...terrible...

I thought I heard it all, and now you bring "contact" into the equation? That is awful weak. Especially when you think about contact in football, wrestling, basketball, and soccer...

Not all soccer fields are groomed, but I do understand what you mean. Cross country courses can be rough. But that still doesn't get any bonus points.

" Yeah sometimes the officials see it and don't do ****. Hell at in indoor meet my sophmore year I was running the 5k and in the first 10-20 meters some dude tried to get towards the inside and his spike ended up catching and digging into my leg and dragging me down."

Very poor marshalling not to catch that at the beginning, especially at an indoor meet. I don't condone violence at any course, but typically it happens when the race is in a forest/fields with little supervision, like Logan, or Piketon.

Iliketurtles;1005273 wrote:But I can make a generic statement to fight my arguement. You're on a jungle island and 200 miles across it is a boat and the first one there gets back to their home land safely. Who wins? I'd go:

1)XC Runner
2)Wrestler
3)Soccer Player
4)Football Player
5)Basketball Player
6)Baseball Player

The winner would be the guy with the gun.

OSH;1005318 wrote:It was the NAIA. But the NAIA isn't made up of "small schools." That would be the USCAA.

I didn't mean "small school" to be derogatory, just that most NAIA schools are smaller then NCAA schools.

password;1005498 wrote:The winner would be the guy with the gun.

That would be the basketball player I mean they are all thugs right?

OSH;1005318 wrote:It was the NAIA. But the NAIA isn't made up of "small schools." That would be the USCAA.



Don't talk to me about "contact" in XC. There may have been a couple of fights...whoop-de-do. Ok, there was an elbow to the rib...wow. Someone gets pushed into a rail, tree, or something else...terrible...

I thought I heard it all, and now you bring "contact" into the equation? That is awful weak. Especially when you think about contact in football, wrestling, basketball, and soccer...

I didn't mean NAIA as "small school" to be a negative, it's just most NAIA schools are smaller then NCAA D1.

Where did I ever say XC has equal or more contact then other sports? I was only giving examples to 2kool4skool.

hope this helps.

said_aouita;1005571 wrote:I didn't mean NAIA as "small school" to be a negative, it's just most NAIA schools are smaller then NCAA D1.

Where did I ever say XC has equal or more contact then other sports? I was only giving examples to 2kool4skool.

hope this helps.

I didn't take it as negative. I was just clarifying that NAIA schools don't necessarily mean they are "small." There are/were NAIA schools that have enrollment numbers of several thousand, probably maximum number being around 10,000-12,000.

And while they may be "smaller" than DI schools, that doesn't mean the athletics aren't just as good (if not better, in some instances) than their DI, DII, or DIII counterparts.

Iliketurtles;1005566 wrote:That would be the basketball player I mean they are all thugs right?

OSH;1005672 wrote: And while they may be "smaller" than DI schools, that doesn't mean the athletics aren't just as good (if not better, in some instances) than their DI, DII, or DIII counterparts.

Totally agree. Can remember when Lubbock Christian and their all-Kenyon XC team crushed the NCAA D1 national champs years ago. An example closer to home, Malone (my former school) has won the All-Ohio XC meet numerous times.

password;1005242 wrote:Who would be the winner if you put the following people in a room, locked the door and let them fight it out until only one was standing ?

1. Wrestler
2. Football Player
3. Baseball Player
4. Basketball Player
5. Soccer player
6. XC player

I'd move XC above soccer, unless during this fight they get a lot of breaks.

password;1005242 wrote:Who would be the winner if you put the following people in a room, locked the door and let them fight it out until only one was standing ?

1. Wrestler
2. Football Player
3. Baseball Player
4. Basketball Player
5. Soccer player
6. XC player

I'd move XC above soccer, unless during this fight they get a lot of rest breaks.

* Funny, here I am dog piling soccer. I have on the FWC channel, they are talking about the UEFA Champions League.

said_aouita;1005194 wrote:Malone Invite (college 8k race) in 1990 had two runners stop about 200 meters after the start and get into a fist fight.

lol, that had to be the most pathetic looking fight in history.

said_aouita;1005718 wrote:Totally agree. Can remember when Lubbock Christian and their all-Kenyon XC team crushed the NCAA D1 national champs years ago. An example closer to home, Malone (my former school) has won the All-Ohio XC meet numerous times.

Said when did you go to Malone? I always enjoyed it when we beat Malone for the AMC Championships in track .

2kool4skool;1005873 wrote:lol, that had to be the most pathetic looking fight in history.

No way. We had a hard core nerd fight in biology class in high school between the two biggest nerds.
Think they were fighting about what's better, Star Trek or Star Wars.

Iliketurtles;1005885 wrote:Said when did you go to Malone? I always enjoyed it when we beat Malone for the AMC Championships in track .

Early 90's.

Track is by far the easiest of all sports, once you start including sprinters.

How did your XC team do against them?



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edit- XC does not have "injury time out" like in wrestling. How often to we see a wrestler use injury time for hurt lungs?

said_aouita;1006036 wrote:Early 90's.

Track is by far the easiest of all sports, once you start including sprinters.

How did your XC team do against them?

Never really paid attention. I went to Tiffin and we were in that limbo when we were D2 but we still NAIA as well. I think the only meet we ever competed against Malone at in XC was All Ohio. Just checked the all ohio races we never faired too well against Malone .