Eastern Michigan concrete wall stunt results in comedy (Video)
By Dan Zinski
Eastern Michigan had a great idea for how their players should come out before Saturday’s first game of the season. Erect a cinderblock wall in front of the entrance and have the players bust through it with sledgehammers.
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This would create a very intimidating image, conveying the power and manliness of the Eastern Michigan football program. Actually, no. That’s wrong. All it conveyed was how stupid the whole idea was in the first place.
Here’s the first problem: cinderblocks are made of concrete and are therefore hard to break through with sledgehammers. I know football players are big and strong but how many of those guys had actually swung a sledgehammer before this? It’s not like you can just pick up a sledgehammer and start bashing away at walls. There’s technique involved.
Here’s the second problem: once you break down the cinderblocks, you are left with a huge pile of rubble that your players then have to step over/around in order to get to the field. Didn’t think of that did you???
There’s a reason that, since time immemorial, football players have been entering fields either by running out unobstructed or breaking through some flimsy barrier like a big paper banner. The barrier is supposed to be symbolic anyway. You don’t need to put up a literal obstruction that needs to be broken into pieces with sledgehammers.
Back to the drawing board on this one, Eastern Michigan.