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Inspired by FoxSports.com
Tim Frisby, a 39-year old walk-on receiver was granted his eligibility to play NCAA football with the
South Carolina Gamecocks. So what has Frisby been doing all these years? "Pops" as he has been
nicknamed by his teammates has been in the armed forces for the past 20 years, and is Ranger qualified with the 82nd Airborne.
He served in Desert Storm and Kosovo. In fact the day that I type this the 82nd Airborne has began a deployment in Afghanistan.
Frisby graduated from High School from Allentown, PA back in 1983. If he had waited just two more years
his oldest son could have attended College with him as a Freshman. Coach Lou Holtz was quoted on FoxSports.com
as saying "He's going to play this year because he deserves to play".
"I wish all our kids had his desire," says South Carolina receivers coach Rick Stockstill. So maybe he's more like Rudy
then he is Paul Blake?
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From IMDB.com the "plot" of 1991 film "Necessary Roughness" starring Scott
Bakula (of Quantom Leap fame).
"Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must
form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule. With fewer
players than most teams, the makeshift team must overcome obstacles that the best teams in the country couldn't deal with.
Using a 34 year old quarterback, a female placekicker and a gang of misfits, Ed "Straight Arrow" Genero must take his team
to play the number one Texas Colts."
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