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just saw a post elsewhere, searched it out and verified it

she's 5'6" tall and 145 pounds

based on that - it looks like a gimmick - Shenandoah sure to make big $$$ with attendance and TV stuff

at that size, and as a female, I truly doubt that she is capable of handling the ordinary roughness of college football even at a low level

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I personally find this post to be out of touch. 5'6' 145 lbs. and a female not tough enough? Gimme a break.

How about female Marines/Army fighting along side of their male counterparts?
Female astronauts and their high level physical and mental training?
Do you remember when the prevailing thought was that a black man could never be a quarterback in the NFL?
Female fight pilots not tough?
I am not sure how big you are physically, but I am pretty confident that a highly trained and conditioned female boxer/mixed martial arts fighter could probably compromise your physical well being.

When I was teaching a few years ago at a middle school, one of my female students played offensive tackle on the team (not flag or touch football). She was plenty tough and took it to her opponents big time.

tuttigym

My guess is this girl is just a publicity stunt. Good for her if she can get some attention and promo money. I am a small guy but she is four inches shorter than me and 20 pounds lighter. I would get killed in high school football so I can't imagine she is more than a publicity stunt. I hope she is successful and proves many of us wrong.

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My guess is this girl is just a publicity stunt. Good for her if she can get some attention and promo money. I am a small guy but she is four inches shorter than me and 20 pounds lighter. I would get killed in high school football so I can't imagine she is more than a publicity stunt. I hope she is successful and proves many of us wrong.
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My opinion: pretty bad guess. "publicity stunt"? For what or for who?? Shenendoah College? D-3 football? Oh, i know: NIKE.

tuttigym

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My guess is this girl is just a publicity stunt. Good for her if she can get some attention and promo money. I am a small guy but she is four inches shorter than me and 20 pounds lighter. I would get killed in high school football so I can't imagine she is more than a publicity stunt. I hope she is successful and proves many of us wrong.
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My opinion: pretty bad guess. "publicity stunt"? For what or for who?? Shenendoah College? D-3 football? Oh, i know: NIKE.

tuttigym
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I would say for Shenendoah. I have never heard of them before and I just referenced them. Always good to get your name out for recruiting. "If a girl can play there, I can play there". new recruiting slogan.

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My guess is this girl is just a publicity stunt. Good for her if she can get some attention and promo money. I am a small guy but she is four inches shorter than me and 20 pounds lighter. I would get killed in high school football so I can't imagine she is more than a publicity stunt.
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I agree

Haley Van Hooris was Honorable Mention All State in Virginia at ChristChurch h.s.

according to Wikipedia that school has just 225 students which makes it kind of amazing that they fielded a football team

Alexandria h.s. in Va. has 4,100 students - and there are many other similarly very large high schools in Va

the football program and competition at ChristChurch is surely very, very weak compared to the much larger schools

I would be willing to bet she was given that Honorable Mention All State honor not because she deserved it but for other very obvious reasons

imo at 5'6" and 145 imagine her making a pick and then taking a very hard hit from a 260 pound guy - very, very unlikely she could withstand that

good for Shenandoah and the $$$ it will bring to the school - that's it

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