Photo gallery: Columbia Trojans tryouts
Sunday, March 8, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST
BY Matthew Cavanah
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The Columbia Trojans hosted their first tryouts at Rock Bridge High School. Fifteen men attended.
Athletes stretch prior to the start of tryouts for the Columbia Trojans, a start-up, semi-professional football team. Fifteen players showed up to the team's first tryout on Saturday.
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Lawrence Washington runs through a lineman drill at a blocking sled on Saturday morning during the Columbia Trojans' first tryout.
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Kendrick Jackson (left), Matt Kenna (middle) and Craig Mullins (middle right) show of their agility to Columbia Trojans coach Jeff Edwards on Saturday during the semi-professional football team's first tryout.
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Athletes stretch before the start of the Columbia Trojans tryout at Rock Bridge High School on Saturday morning. The start-up semi-professional football team invited players 18 years and older to tryout.
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Purvis Hunt (left) tracks the ball as Matt Kenna tries to put on defensive pressure. The Columbia Trojans, a start-up semi-professional football team, held their first tryout at Rock Bridge High School on Saturday.
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Marvin Williams (left) rushes in on Craig Mullins (center) and Quinton Scott during the Columbia Trojans' tryout on Saturday morning.
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Lawrence Washington comes out of his lineman's stance during a conditioning drill on Saturday at Rock Bridge High School. Washington founded the Columbia Trojans, a start-up semi-professional football team.
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Nate Brinkly (left), Columbia Trojans' defensive coordinator, times Marvin Williams during a drill on Saturday. The start-up semi-professional football team held its first tryout at Rock Bridge High School on Saturday morning.
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Matt Kenna (left) works his way through an agility drill at the Columbia Trojans tryout on Saturday as coach Jeff Edwards (right) looks on. The team is a start-up semi-professional football team founded by Lawrence Washington, who plays as well.
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David Cammack Jr. sprints out the end of an agility drill on Saturday morning during tryouts for the Columbia Trojans, a start up semi-professional football team. The tryout was open to anyone 18 years and older.
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hi my name is marcus brown iam the brother of william moore iam 5'9 176 pound and i have love 4 the game so much i live in jefferson city mo and i was wondering if you have room 4 one more if so give me a call at 573-418-2980 please
my name is johnathan jacobs i wonted to know when is try out bec i wont to play football please give me a call bec i can be a help to the team call me at 573-581-4708 thank u
this marcus brown again this is my new number please give me a call 573-724-4451 thank u
A little Googling (more legal and less risky than noodling) found this number you should call:
(573) 356-7482
Hi,
This is Rick Gurley, I am 5'3", 350 Lbs, blind in one eye, with heart disease, but I have always wanted to play football. Please call me: (573) 555-5555.
I am sorry, I just find this a bit funny.....LOL.
Rick.
Hi,
This is Ellis Smith and I am 6-2" tall and weigh 180 pounds. I am 76 years old and suffer from severe vision problems; my hand-eye coordination is also slipping badly.
Rick, can you tell me who to call to sign up to become a Formula I race car driver?
Ellis, Rick -
You all are rude.
What Pro Sport do YOU wanna play, Julie? LMAO!
Rick.
And before you answer, Julie; "Mud Wrasslin" is not really a sport! LOL.
Rick.
Rick, Julie may have a point about our rudeness. Please clean up your act. I, for my part, will exit Columbia and return to that small (~6,000 students) campus of the UM System that's been notorious for 139 years for producing sociopaths. One of those "sociopaths" is currently running UM System.
Ohhh I don't know Ellis... All we are really doing is attempting to fulfill our childhood hopes and dreams.. Trying to get our childhood back.. Even if we aren't children anymore.....
Formula Racing has not come to Columbia yet, I don't believe. But, I hear you can find some nice dirt tracks here...... LOL.
Lets drop everything, our jobs and families, and waddle our fat asses (well apparently thats not the case for you) onto the field of our dreams, just so we can try to get a moment of our childhood back..
I think you have a good idea about what I find humorous here...
Rick.