On the Bottom of the Pile
CNN/Sports Illustrated has an amusing set of quotes from various NFL players on what it’s like to be on the bottom of the pile after a fumble. The common threads? Testicle grabbing and eye gouging:
“I don’t know if people really want to know what goes on down there: Basically anything you can’t get away with on the field, you can get away with under that pile. Nobody can see you. The go-to spots are the eyes and the family jewels. If anybody grabs your family jewels, you are going to let go. In the pile you hear some screams of pain, but you don’t know where it is coming from — unless it’s you.”
– BEN LEBER, Chargers Linebacker