Page 9 - Sports Facts

Who are the smartest guys on the Football field? Hint: It's not Quarterbacks!

Most people assume that quarterbacks have to be the smartest guys on the football field. After all, they run the offenses, they have to keep track of plays, read defenses and make the right choices to score. However, evidence shows that they're NOT the smartest guys on the field.

The real answer? Offensive linemen. Yes, the big guys up front. It seems that all they have to do is mindlessly block for the QB or the running back, right? Wrong. Turns out that they have to be smarter than most of their teammates. Experts consider that they have the hardest job. They have to adjust to many different fronts, understand blitz concepts, recognize patterns and communicate with one another in extremely fast fashion. If you saw The Blind Side, you'll know that O-linemen tend to be the highest paid players, and with good reason.

There's real evidence to back this up, too. Before any player goes in for the NFL draft, they have to take a 12-minute 50-question test called the Wonderlick. Think of it as the SATs for Pro Football. On average, Offensive Linemen tend to score higher than everyone else!

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A murdered confessed on his deathbed… then he didn't die!

James Washington thought he was gonna get away with murder. He was already in prison, serving time for a different crime, when he suffered a heart attack. He called the guard on duty and said he had something to get off his conscience. He confessed to the murder of Joyce Goodener, whom he had killed in 1995.

The guard recalled his confession in court, while the man tried to take it back after he survived the heart attack. However, the man was found guilty of the murder and now faces a life sentence. It's a very unusual circumstance, but we're glad that justice was made!

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Bears fans drank virtually ALL the Beer in Nashville!

The Bears are having a spectacular year in the NFL. The OMG-Facts home team has a 7-1 record and are atop their division and are favorites to go deep into the playoffs. It's no surprise that when a team does well, the fans flock behind it. That's what happened in Early November when the Bears travelled to Nashville to play against the Tennessee Titans.

After the Titans fell 51-20, Bears fans took to bars to celebrate. Nashville didn't know what it had coming. A bar that was close to the stadium reported it was out of bottled beer by Sunday evening. Other bars just had a few bottles of left by the time Bears fans left.

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Ever wonder why the team isn't called the Toronto Maple LEAVES?

Any hockey fans in the house? Well just in case some of you aren’t, The Toronto Maple Leafs (yes Leafs, not Leaves ) is the name of a professional hockey team based in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1917, the team is one of the original six league members. When the team was first established, it was christened the Toronto St.Patricks.

The franchise was sold in in 1929, and renamed the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club (Toronto Maple Leafs for short), and given the team colors blue and white. The name was chosen to honor the Maple Leaf Regiment from World War 1. As the regiment is a proper noun, its plural is Maple Leafs (not Maple Leaves). Take that grammar Nazis.

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A Washington Redskins’ quarterback played in the Super Bowl a DAY after surgery!

If the pressure of the Super Bowl wasn’t already enough, the day before Super Bowl XXII, Doug Williams had a six hour root canal surgery! Not only did he play the full game the next day, he played it with his jaw wired shut!

Just to make this chain of events even more bizarre, Doug Williams won Super Bowl XXII MVP AND led his team to a victory against the legendary John Elway! We can only imagine how much pain Doug Williams must have been under, most people take time off of their office jobs after a root canal surgery! He played a full contact sport the DAY AFTER.

Williams said the pain he experienced after the Super Bowl caused him to lose sleep for days! Not only was Williams the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, he was the first black quarterback to PLAY in the Super Bowl! Needless to say, 1988 was a great year for Doug Williams.

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