Post by larry on Jul 23, 2009 13:46:35 GMT -5
Division II football players like Pittsburg
State’s Joe Windscheffel don’t always
have it as easy as major college players
are perceived to.
Many of them hold down
jobs, in addition to their full-time school
schedule and a practice schedule that
isn’t a whole lot different from their bigtime
brethren.
In the case of Windscheffel, the need to
get some work done off the football field
has cost him any chance of playing this
season.
Windscheffel is a redshirt freshman
defensive back/linebacker for the Gorillas
of Pittsburg (Kan.) State University, a
powerhouse program in Division II that
annually produces All-American players
and makes regular appearances in the
Division II playoffs.
Windscheffel is hardly small, standing 6-
foot-2 and weighing 225 pounds, but he
was no match for a zebra.
Yes, a zebra. (And not the flag-throwing kind.)
Windscheffel, a 6-foot-2, 225-
pound linebacker/safety from Smith
Center, recently had to move three
female and a male zebra to paint a
fence along a pasture line.
But the male charged him, bit his
arm and would not let go. The
animal was dragging Windscheffel
by his arm when two of his fellow
farm hands finally freed him.
He was left with a compound
fracture on his forearm that
required a plate and six pins.
Sounds like Windscheffel might be a bit
injury-prone, as he missed the 2008
season with an Achilles’ injury.
As for the zebra, which is obviously a fan
of rival Northwest Missouri State, there’s
no word on if Bill Snyder would like to
know more about its athletic background.
(From FanHouse---Had trouble with the link, so posted the article.)
State’s Joe Windscheffel don’t always
have it as easy as major college players
are perceived to.
Many of them hold down
jobs, in addition to their full-time school
schedule and a practice schedule that
isn’t a whole lot different from their bigtime
brethren.
In the case of Windscheffel, the need to
get some work done off the football field
has cost him any chance of playing this
season.
Windscheffel is a redshirt freshman
defensive back/linebacker for the Gorillas
of Pittsburg (Kan.) State University, a
powerhouse program in Division II that
annually produces All-American players
and makes regular appearances in the
Division II playoffs.
Windscheffel is hardly small, standing 6-
foot-2 and weighing 225 pounds, but he
was no match for a zebra.
Yes, a zebra. (And not the flag-throwing kind.)
Windscheffel, a 6-foot-2, 225-
pound linebacker/safety from Smith
Center, recently had to move three
female and a male zebra to paint a
fence along a pasture line.
But the male charged him, bit his
arm and would not let go. The
animal was dragging Windscheffel
by his arm when two of his fellow
farm hands finally freed him.
He was left with a compound
fracture on his forearm that
required a plate and six pins.
Sounds like Windscheffel might be a bit
injury-prone, as he missed the 2008
season with an Achilles’ injury.
As for the zebra, which is obviously a fan
of rival Northwest Missouri State, there’s
no word on if Bill Snyder would like to
know more about its athletic background.
(From FanHouse---Had trouble with the link, so posted the article.)