MooPig Body Type Department :: "XXXL and Up"

The Most Influential Man you never Heard Of
Mixed martial articles by Pat Darnell  |  May 24, 2014  |  Bryan TX

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Offensive line man is a discreet taxonomic category, and possibly an endangered species. But don't stop reading yet. You have to realize that in the National Football League, NFL, Left Offensive Tackle is the most important, and probably highest in IQ, player on any team. This has been thought about and researched by many aspiring football aficionados, many who are reticent on how to pick players for teams. It's all pretty straight forward. Position of Offensive Line Man is based on a player's physical size.

ALABAMA GAMEDAY: Evolution of offensive lineman... article by Tom Deas, Executive Sports Editor, Tuscaloosa News, wrote:
"... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a 2004 study, determined that in a 40-year period starting in the 1960s the average size of men and women in the U.S. increased by approximately 1 inch and 24 pounds."

"...Nobel Prize winner Robert Fogel and his colleagues spent some three decades researching body size and determined that the average height of native-born American men rose four inches between 1890 and 1980. ...[Offensive line coach, Joe Pendry said] "...If we had anybody that was 240 when I was playing (in the late 1960s), that was big. Back in those days, a 250-pounder was really big. It's changed quite a bit. (Deas, Tom. Oct 17, 2013.) ..."

The top five offensive tackles drafted this year, 2014, are:

1. Greg Robinson, 6-5, 332 lbs, Auburn

2. Jake Matthews, 6-5, 308 lbs, Texas AandM

3. Taylor Lewan, 6-7, 309 lbs, Michigan 

4. Zack Martin, 6-4, 308 lbs, Notre Dame
5. Cyrus Kouandjio, 6-6, 322, Alabama (Chris Fedor. May 05, 2014. LINK)

CONCLUSION
Science is needed here. How can a 6 and a half foot, 300-plus pound man run a forty yard dash in 4.5 seconds? Then repeat it, say, 60 seconds later? And keep repeating that for an hour?

The NFL uses large linemen to protect quarterbacks from large defensive linemen rushing into the offensive backfield. "...The size of offensive linemen began to change when the rules changed. In the 1970s, college football rules were altered to allow linemen to use their hands – what Alabama's late, legendary coach, Paul. W. "Bear" Bryant called "legalized holding." Previously, offensive linemen had to keep their hands in toward the middle of their jerseys, with their elbows extended, when blocking. (ibid. Tommy Deas. The Tuscaloosa News. October 17, 2013)..."

Someday there will be pauses in the football games occurring while larger-than-life linemen exchange liability insurance information for the collisions they cause on the playing field.


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http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/01/xlii-superbowl-will-actually-be-played.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/04/annual-lbda-awards.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2009/01/moopigs-fat-burning-mentor-huh.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/05/lbda-l-arge-big-dumb-anim-al-on-your.html
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20131017/MULTIMEDIA/131019723
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pendry
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2014/05/2014_nfl_draft_top_5_offensive.html
http://q.usatoday.com/2014/03/04/nfl-draft-top-10-offensive-tackles-greg-robinson-jake-matthews-taylor-lewan-cyrus-kouandjio/

MooPig's "I Feel a Limerick Coming on" Department :: "Rugby, Warwickshire, England"

It Takes Leather Balls, and a Little Bit of Dementia, to Play Rugby
Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Mar 30, 2014  |  Bryan TX

[Picture Credit] St Andrew's Church, in the town center, is Rugby's original parish church. A church has stood on the site since the 13th century.

Rugby, Warwickshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Rugby is most famous for the invention of rugby football, which is played throughout the world. The invention of the game is credited to William Webb Ellis whilst breaking the existing rules of a football match played in 1823 at Rugby School, which is near the center of Rugby."

'via Blog this'

It's a shame that I cannot justify paying cable TV so I can watch Rugby. There is one sport channel for Rugby, but I would have to subscribe. Watching online is expensive too. It takes a bunch of Gigabytes to stream anything these days. I only have 5 Gb's a month on my computer here at work for $59.99, that is about one Gb per week.

Young athletes see themselves as invincible and indestructible. The pursuit of short-term athletic glory overshadows the specter of long-term disability, especially when the symptoms of C.T.E. may be delayed by decades. No one knows certain how much head trauma is needed for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, C.T.E., to develop. But for some of us who are candidates for C.T.E., it would explain some of those rugby songs we used to sing:

Rang a Dang Doo

[Starts with The Chorus:]

A Rang A Dang Doo
Pray, what is that?
Its got fur all around
Like a pussy cat
Its oval shaped
And its split in two
And that’s what we call
A rang a dang doo


I knew a girl,
Whose name was Jeane
She was the sweetest girl
I’d ever seen
She loved a boy
Who was straight and true
He longed to play
On her Rang a Dang Doo

[Chorus]

She took him to
Her father’s house
They crept upstairs
Quiet as a mouse
They locked the doors
And the window too
They played all night
On her rang a dang doo

The very next day
Her father said
You've gone and lost,
Your maiden head
So pack your bags
And your suitcase too
And bugger off, with your rang a dang doo

So she went off to be a whore,
And hung this sign above her door:
"One dollar each and three for two
To take a crack at her rang a dang doo."

[Chorus]

They came by twos, they came by fours,
Until at last they came in scores,
But she was glad when they were through
For she still had her rang a dang doo.

Then Mary’s came
And Mary’s went,
Her price dropped down
To 50 cents
She got the crabs
And the herpes too
That was the end of her rang a dang doo

And now she lies beneath the sod;
Her soul, they say, is gone to God,
But down in Hell, when Satan's blue,
He takes a whirl at her rang a dang doo.

As you can see I am partial to anthologies. My last comfort and longest friend in travel companionship is my battered and well fingered "why was He Born so Beautiful, and other Rugby Songs," Prefaced by Michael Green. My weathered 1972 copy has been with me, just like my F2 Nikkormat, all over the world.

"Editorial Note: For more specialized insights into the social psychology of these songs, and to the fans who evidently take pleasure from singing them, a recent article by the eminent psychiatrist Dr. Stafford Clark is recommended."

CONCLUSION
I played football through high school. I went to a small private university, that had a football team, but I wanted to try something new. In college I took up Rugby.

I soon learned how to fake an injury for the team. Yes, sometimes the team is gasping for air, and barely able to scrum up, so the captain quietly whispers "Two Minutes Darnell" ... and I would feign an injury so the team could get a two minute blow. Sometimes, I didn't need to fake an injury, as some long legged Fly Half would run right over me, or a rabid Hooker who had it in for me.

You see, Rugby goes forward as the clock runs, there is no break between plays, and if you stop with the ball or fall down with it, you are the epicenter of a loose ruck. Plenty of opportunity to fake your own injury.

That's MooPig's Report from the Middle, where the men are meritorious, women are strong, and the children are above average. Thank you, Garrison Keillor.

Having taken part in two of the sports on the list, American Football and Rugby, I remember having my bell rung many times in practice and in games. It got to be a game in itself to see how fast I could recover in order to get back in the game. I played lineman, Guard, in the pit where head and shoulder strikes are the name of the game.

I plan to donate my brain to the institution that could slice it up and study it after I am gone. I think it will help many in their struggles with mid-life dementia.


__________________Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy
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G O D Aid :: "Please !!! Urgent Recruitment of Bands and Celebrities ..."

Gulf of Mexico, oil spill, disaster, Relief Efforts, GULF OIL DISASTER AID
Retrieved by Pat Darnell [from Jan 2010 article in MooPig Wisdom] and, the Dancing Dogs

Developing New Label Ideas for a New Year of Disasters... Calling all Bands and Celeb's
by Pat Darnell and Wri N Kullroecker

Everyone seeing Haiti Aid stuff all over, with promise of a soon-to-come Galactic level Spectacle performances from Bands and old stand-bys? Like DUBYA, and Willie.

Wondering 'HOW' you and your Band too can hustle all that open TV exposure, when other wise you can't find a stage -- no, ne'er even a street corner -- to play your deluge ocean of emotion music ... ?


Wonder no more; MooPig Enterprises' "Branding Department" has an idea for starving musicians.

Instead of providing Aid after-the-fact, MooPig's talented "Head Hunters Department" suggests a regional dispatch for Bands 'WHEN' the disasters are actually happening. The USA has very precise regional disaster corridors; and incredibly advanced warning systems are every day being heralded.

"There are many empty spaces, and dead air, resulting from concert-type Disaster-Aid lag-times; those need to be filled," say those who measure such things.

Why not provide Disaster Rockers Inc when a disaster is developing. Regional dispatch can round up the next Band will-call and rotate into disaster sites, to set up Stadium Rock Fest's.

This way the responding BAND -- or for really large cataclysms, multiple BANDs-- receive buckets full of much deserved Exposure !!


No doubt with international news wires also on site, your BAND will Rock the Headlines every time. And, don't forget the MUSIC itself, with the disaster as backdrop your Band will provide interludes of tunes for all the anxious queuing families, rubber-neckers, and onlookers.

Rescuers will appreciate your efforts as well: you can play your UNION Musician card with the Fire Dept and EMS groups... eh?

"It takes a village to have a disaster," say proponents of over-population groups.

Some "What to include" suggestions come to mind:

• Candles
• Cookies
• Kettle Korn
• Coffee
• MRE's
• Boots, blankets, Bingo
• Weather Proofing
• Instruction Booklets
• Signage
• Diesel fired Generators
• Traffic Cones
• Hats 

Larger items could be on-hand similar to READY MEN or like a Red Cross 'BAND' Wagon, combining Entertainment with Rescue, E and R:

• Disaster Relief Housing
• Press Station
• Mohawk Grenades
• Junior Opening Band [preferable a local cadre]
• Leaflets and Billings of your activities
• Professional dance starter duo's
• Professional Hippies and Skin Heads Moshing
• NEVE Board

... And of course any up to date Disaster Relief BAND will bring:  WiFi and Hot Spot \ Wireless \ Laptops \ Sound and Filming Crew \ and your $Ten Million BOND information on hand

"Mudslides, Missiles, Alien Abductions, Tornadoes, Rioting after Sporting Events, Pearl Harbor and World Trade-like events, Oil Fires, Disastrous Movie Premiers, and a plethora of National Disasters and not having mentioned Climate related human tossing calamities yet," explain those who have a stake in disasters. "Don't forget all the opportunity around the entire world, also."

That is so right! Glaciers melting, Pyroclastic clouds, Monsoons, Islands sinking into the oceans in Dubai, Neutron Star Matter hitting Earth, Vogons,  ... not shabby stuff for the On-the-Spot READY Instant-it-Happens Disaster BAND ....

CONCLUSION:

Others, like BIONIC BEAUTY, Talking about most recent Disaster, Earthquake in Haiti:

In times of natural disaster, our world seems to forget the boundaries that separate us. It’s truly awe-inspiring for me. These last few days, I have shed many tears while watching the news casts of the earthquake that devastated much of Haiti. Twitter and Facebook are still hotbeds of activity for information and for ways to help. But with anything, it’s best to be informed. When Michael DeVellis, the Executive Director of The Powder Group (which also publishes the my favorite On Makeup Magazine) sent me the information below, I immediately asked if I could share it with all the Bionic Beauties out there. [Read more Parlay HERE ...]

GET on YOUR BAND-AID Wagon or Boat, or what ever you Got !! Thar's DISASTERS Galore !
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MooPig's Suggested Titles for Psycholgist's Self-Help Books in 2009 and beyond

Publisher Whims
by Pat Darnell


Inconvenient truth among us:

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely...
• Term versus Whole Life Insurance...
• How to be the Ultimate Gamer...
• Third rear brake lights; the Real Story...
• SUGAR: Teenagers' Impunity
  

MOdal Development:

• Break point in the game of life; How to predict it...
• Three strikes, and Society makes you start wearing a bell around your neck...
• Do you want that last caramel, little kiddie?
  

Elderly Senior and Senility Issues:

• Do you mean: "You make me happy for just one day; Your happiness is guaranteed a lifetime," elderly? or...
  
• "Ersatz, ubiquitous Elders gather to the haunting harmonica of Dan Woods," elderly? ...or...
  
• "Erectile Dysfunction, like Bon Jovi, is much overrated," elderly?

Remember the Evacuation of Houston? Get ready for some real Quasi ~ clogging

Bunged Freeways and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5, HSPD-5
§ What is the answer to traffic and freeway congestion in event of evacuation?
4Under the NRP, the Secretary of Homeland Security will consider, but is not limited to, the four criteria stated in Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) when deciding whether to declare an incident of national significance. These criteria are: (1) a federal department or agency acting under its own authority has requested the assistance of the Secretary of Homeland Security, (2) the resources of state and local authorities are overwhelmed and federal assistance has been requested by the appropriate state and local authorities, (3) more than one federal department or agency has become substantially involved in responding to an incident, or (4) the Secretary of Homeland Security has been directed to assume responsibility for managing a domestic incident by the President. (Disaster Preparedness: Preliminary Observations on the Evacuation of Vulnerable Populations due to Hurricanes and Other Disasters. GAO-06-790T . Washington, D.C.: May 18, 2006)

Oksee maw’ ron
The whole materialization of automobile clogging in an emergency evacuation is an oxymoron. If I am interpreting oxymoron correctly, a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special effect, e.g. "wise fool" or "legal murder" or “pretty awful” or “unabashedly abridged” or other forms of understatement, like “Cubs ~ World Series," so that:

Emergency ~ evacuation ~ Freeway ~ congestion ~ parking lot ~ pedestrian ~ emergency ::

>>>then the argument is false positive, such as emergency equals emergency!

"Houston, we have a problem"

Ever since they started building in the rice fields of Katy west suburban Houston, and building up the Stafford/ Sugar land salt grasses, things have not gone right for low lying Houston Metro and suburban land. Houston is barely 50 feet above sea level, and Greater Houston is more or less a transition from salt gulf to foothills. So what up? Oh, maybe a little suburban wide neighborhood commtiment to local governance would help. Or as stated above (2) "...the resources of state and local authorities are overwhelmed and federal assistance has been requested by the appropriate state and local authorities...

Automotive Clogging
The argument presents a corollary of not less than six possible venues for evacuation of Houston, in event of impending disaster, and at least three basic forces of evacuation:

• Emergency evacuation > automobile
• automobile > freeway
• freeway > clogged
• bunged freeway > parking lot
• Parking lot > immobile automobile
• auto immobile > people on foot
• pedestrians > Emergency evacuation

Okay, I’m glad I got that out of the way. As the emergency evacuation is shown to be a galactic epileptic seizure, there remains one nagging issue. “Houston, we have a problem.” It seems Houstonians are so busy fixing other’s problems, they have only 20 hours or so to tend to the bizarre flagellation of self-inflicted total freeway clogging; and forget the whole thing by the next day.

I mentioned earlier there are at least three basic forces upsetting the impending evacuation of Houston-land:

1. Design Failure
2. Design Failure
3. Design Failure
   ...and an unprincipled, dodgy knack Houston-land-Estonians’ have of never learning from their mistakes, uncanny as this all seems. >Pd out