RE: Finn Takes Gold at Mobe Throwing Contest

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 7 - 8 year olds have a *much* smaller soccer field than adults do.  I don't know exactly how big it is, but it can't 
be more than 50 yards, perhaps closer to 30 yards than 50....  I thought I mentioned that in the first message, perhaps 
not clearly enough :-)


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
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-----Original Message-----
From: mikeiscool [mailto:michaelslists () gmail com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 7:49 PM
To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Cc: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec); funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Finn Takes Gold at Mobe Throwing Contest

On 8/30/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:49:23 EDT, Blanchard_Michael () emc com said:
> > I dunno, I'm sure that I could throw a baseball, football, heck prolly even a
> > soccor ball 100yards.
>
> In most baseball stadiums, the outfield fence is about 400 feet - a bit
> over 100 yards.  It's a *long* throw for a professional from the warning
> track to the basemen, and a miracle to make it from there to home plate.
>
> Also, given that 40-50 yards is a *long* pass for a professional quarterback,
> and making a 70-yard pass is likely to have you remembered for generations, the
> ability to air a football 100 yards seems unlikely.
>
> (And yes, I'm aware it's harder to do when you're trying to hit a fast-moving
> wide receiver while 3 linebackers are trying to connect your face mask to
> the ground...)
>
> http://www.allfootballbettinglines.com/NFL/i_passing.htm reports a total
> of 9 99-yard pass completions, 8 98 yarders, and 5 97 yarders. In all of
> NFL history.  And those *include* any motion the reciever made after catching
> the ball (if it goes over 50 yards, you're probably *way* past the defensive
> secondary, and there's nobody to stop you from running it in...)

I'm still trying to grasp the concept of him *throwing* a *soccer
ball* from goal to goal? I could only just *kick* it that distance;
and even then there would need to be a fair amount of  energy in the
ball already.

I just can't see the ability to *throw* a soccer ball that far. Goal
to goal? No way. Surely I've misread something ...

-- mic

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