The Benefits Of Playing College Football

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"I hate to have to tell you this but you tore your ACL, MCL, PCL, and meniscus and you'll be needing knee surgery," the doctor admitted. It was at that moment as I sat helplessly on the doctor's table with my knee wrapped in bandages and propped up by pillows, that the dragon born a couple days prior arose from the depths of my sorrows. Thoughts began racing through my mind. "What if I never play football again? Why did this happen to me? I never had surgery before." All of these horrors smacked me in the face at once. I knew that this was one of the worse injuries of all for an athlete and it was going to take a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication to bounce back. But I would not let this stop me from reaching my ultimate goal, my treasure, playing college football.…show more content…
This was a must win in order to clinch the playoffs. There was two precious minutes left ticking off the scoreboard and the game was tied at 17. We had the ball. As i dropped back in the pocket, with the football cocked by my ear ready to be fired, a three hundred pound beast burst through my offensive line ready to eat me. So I rolled out to my left in pursuit of the safety provided out of bounds. Right before I reached the sideline a defensive back dove and jammed his helmet perfectly into my knee cap. My knee popped and bent the total opposite way it was supposed to and I immediately fell to the ground in excruciating pain and began cursing like a sailor. My dragon was just

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