Majorly English

I’ve written about college fantasy camps before, and this whole bizarre thing has just taken a screeching turn from bad to worse:

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – For 70 fanatical fans of Notre Dame and Penn State football, the highlight of the anticipated clash between the Irish and Nittany Lions will not be the game taking place at Beaver Stadium on September 8. One night earlier, Penn State’s Bigler East Field will play host to Fantasy Bowl I – a unique challenge football game between two teams of college football diehards.

Before they cheer on the current generation of gridiron greats, two rosters of 35 players averaging 40+ years in age will proudly wear the colors of the Irish and Nittany Lions themselves. They will do battle at 7 p.m. (ET) in an 11-on-11 semi-contact flag football game with school pride and bragging rights at stake.

I think it’s important to note that SCHOOL pride is at stake here, as no doubt personal pride was haplessly cast aside when these fantasy fellas signed their name to that big fat check.

Oh, and what exactly entails “semi-contact football”?  It appears to be more physical than two hand touch, but (and I’m certainly hoping that’s the case for the middle-aged posse here) a far cry from full-contact football.  Are they allowed to butt heads in the trenches, or will they just spend the time competing over who has the cutest grandkid or most diversified mutual fund portfolio?

Yea, sure, let’s let a group of men so far beyond their athletic prime they can’t even remember missing it compete against each other in physical competition, and let’s make sure we get the guys who have already proven themselves to take things like this WAY too seriously.  Oh, and it’s for SCHOOL PRIDE, guys, don’t let us down!

Somebody’s going to die at this, I swear to God.  And then the other guys are going to argue about whether or not the now-corpse’s knee hit the ground before breaking the plane of the end zone.

College Football Fanatics To Battle In Fantasy Bowl I Before Irish Visit Penn State