Ben McKenzie
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We made the playoffs.
I think it was the playoff game.
Maybe it wasn't.
Maybe it was a regular season.
But they were incredible, right?
They went on to, I believe, win the state championship or at least get to the game.
Anyway, we play them.
We're at our home field.
House park is packed, both sides.
They're already up in the first quarter, but they do a dive.
The fullback takes the ball off center and I'm strong safety.
And they've just like obliterated the lineman, obliterated the linebacker.
And it's me and this fullback in the hole.
And I try to hit him.
He just trucks me, like trucks me to the point where I'm back on my ass in front of thousands of people.
My memory, anyway, is that he laughed as he did it.
Like, he crunked me and laughed.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I mean, there wasn't much of a game plan at age 18.
I didn't go there knowing what I wanted to study.