The Hottest Football Prospect for the Class of 2011?

by MaconDawg on Jun 20, 2009 1:30 PM EDT

While the Georgia coaches have been out scouring the nation for the best players to add to their roster, they may not have ranged as far as the folks at Scout.com. They're the ones who are following t he recruitment of Adler Football Club (Berlin, Germany) RB/CB Duplicate Duplicate.

We don't have nearly enough 5'7, 155 pound German cornerbacks, so I'm hoping he chooses us over Alabama, Florida and Miami. That way I could interview young Duplicate (or "Double Dupe" as he's probably known to his teammates") as part of my continuing search for a German phrase to replace schadenfreude in my blogging lexicon. The early leader is derfaupinmeyerbluten, which I'm told means "to laugh uncontrollably at Urban Meyer's haircut." I'm sure Dupey and I could do better.

When the worlds of computer programming and college football recruiting collide, hilarity is just bound to ensue, right? Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go watch some film of Munchie Legaux, who while not a Berlin Adler Eagle (yes, it's a real football club, no it doesn't appear that they have a tailback named Duplicate) is most assuredly real. I know because Da Coach O already dropped off his scholarship offer for 2011. And if Da Coach O believes in Munchie, then I guess I do too. Until the folks at Rivals take down Double Dupe's profile . . .

Go 'Dawgs!!!

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Danke schoen, MaconDawg

Your quite random posting may have changed the course of my life. Well, not my life as a whole but my life in the immediate future.

You see, since I arrived here in Germany in November of last year, I assumed that I was living in a society completely devoid of knowledge or interest in football and, like the rest of Europe, entirely obsessed with fussball (like us Americans, the Deutscher are smart enough to give soccer a different name, even if it is only a literal translation of the English “football”).

Anyway, your fateful discovery of Duplicate Duplicate inlcuded the mention of “Adler Football club,” which turned out to be the Berlin Alder (lit. "eagle), a member of the German Football League. And, lo and behold, there is a semi-pro franchise in my very city: the Stuttgart Scorpions .

Their primary color is red, they have a handful of players from the USA (plus one each from Turkey and Greece) and they have a page on their website explaining the tradition of tailgating. This is apparently football season, and their next game cues up on the 4th of July in a home rematch against the Weinheim Longhorns. They beat the Longhorns in May by a touchdown . . . or they lost in May by a touchdown, I’m not quite sure. In any event, a mere tie (34-34) with the Schwaebisch Hall Unicorns doesn’t bode well for their ability.

I can think of no better way to to celebrate our nation’s birthday than by taking myself out to the prolate spheriod game and enjoying our nation’s most awesome pastime. And this is Germany, so beer in the stands is a certainty. Ich liebe Deutschland.

*PS: This just keeps getting better. Their stadium is even bigger than Georgia Tech’s!

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by wwcmrd? on Jun 20, 2009 2:54 PM EDT reply actions