<p>So we happen to be in Tampa/St. Pete (not for the Superbowl, ironically) but have been having lots of fun attending superbowl stuff. One event was a flag footbowl game with NFL players (got to watch Doug Flutie play quarterback AND drums-- that was fun!). In the first quarter Sidney Rice (Minnesota Vikings) caught a pass and ran into the crowd, nearly tackling a spectator. Hey-- I stayed on my feet!! We had a nice dance :)</p>
<p>Cool. Did anyone get a picture?</p>
<p>Not an NFL player, but my mother was sitting on a folding chair, courtside, during a NBA game (her one and only game) and was run over by Lew Alcindor (as a Milwaukee Buck) when he was diving for a loose ball. He did in fact tackle her. She is all of 5’4" and 120 pounds, and he of course 7’2", and all she said afterward was ‘these guys sure are sweaty!’</p>
<p>Well, I once “had a nice dance” with a former NFL player–this was at a nightclub in Dallas back in the 80s. Don’t remember his name.</p>
<p>ummm… the guy catching a pass doesn’t tackle anybody. His job is to avoid being tackled and run around or over people. LOL</p>
<p>No, mercifully I have never been run over by an NFL player!</p>
<p>Have fun in Tampa! Maybe you can snag some last minute tickets.</p>
<p>^^^Details, details. Yes, technically he was the receiver of the completed pass, but his momentum brought him into the crowd, and the experience was much like what morandi described above. He grabbed onto my shoulders to keep from bwoling me over. Ironically, MOWC, I was taking a picture just as it was happening. I looked at my camera-- its a picture of his shorts!!</p>
<p>*** This happens to be the second time I had the participant of a sporting event land on me. Last time it was at a very popular 10K roadrace. Unfortunately the runner was having a heart attack.</p>
<p>We want to see that picture! (the football one not the heart attack.)</p>
<p>jym!!! Haven’t you had enough broken bones in your family?!?!?!?! 
Please stop this dangerous living and find someplace SAFE to hang out! :D</p>
<p>Great story. And I’m so very happy you’re not telling it from a hospital bed. </p>
<p>morandi’s mom is tough!</p>
<p>all she said afterward was ‘these guys sure are sweaty!’
eeww
no haven’t been run over by a pro football player- but one of my boyfriends lived upstairs from one of the Seattle Seahawks
he was a tight end or some kind of end I think. I don’t know- I don’t watch football.
His thigh was about the size of my waist ( at the time!)
he was really nice though- he reminded me of a big gulumpy dog.</p>
<p>Last summer, my son attended a program at the college where the Colts have their summer training. His closing banquet was in the gym next to the locker rooms. The ladies room was just past the locker room, and when I went, I passed by a Colt wearing just a towel. When I told my husband, he wanted to know who it was. All I could remember was a huge chest!</p>
<p>LOL everyone!</p>
<p>I will see if I can figure out how to attach the photo, but it really is just a picture of Sidney’s shorts!</p>
<p>And yes, very grateful for no broken bones or injuries!! Enough is enough!!</p>
<p>Not tackled but S2 did play paintball with Steve Smith and other assorted Carolina Panthers a few years ago. S2 reported Steve Smith to be as fast in real life as on TV!</p>
<p>Jym, you’re starting to sound like a native! “Tampa/St. Pete” is what we old-timers call it. Hope that, other than your “dance,” all is going well with you and yours.</p>
<p>Glad no broken bones. Hope your family is fine and healing well.</p>
<p>Hi mudder!!</p>
<p>All is going very well! Thanks for all your help!</p>
<p>lamom, cd, pugmadkate and all,
Thank heavens no broken bones! Just a fun story to tell. Right after it happened my s. posted it on his facebook page! When I called the person we were supposed to meet for breakfast today, she asked me about the incident. I asked her how she knew and she told me h posted it on facebook. Now I know how our kids feel when we tell all their stories!</p>