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    Default Jake Plummer Named to US Olympic Handball Team

    What irony is this? This is pretty weird...but Congrats Jake!




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    Jake Plummer Named to US Olympic Handball Team

    34-Year old Former NFL Quarterback Joins Team USA

    March 31, 2009

    Salt Lake City, UT-The United States Olympic Committee announced today the addition of Jake Plummer to the U.S. Olympic Handball Team roster. The right handed Plummer is expected to join the team’s 16 player roster Friday and will play primarily as a left-winger.

    Plummer 34, is well known as a former quarterback in National Football League, for which he played 10 seasons with both the Arizona Cardinals and the Denver Broncos. Plummer started playing competitive handball only two years ago, after he retired from the NFL. Even with the lack of competitive handball experience, Team U.S.A. General Manager Steve Pastorino likes what he sees in Plummer, “His combination of speed and agility to go along with his strong arm make him a natural for the sport”.

    Plummer will be by far the oldest member of the U.S. team, but U.S. Men’s coach Matt Sabatino thinks that his ten years as a professional football player will help. “Anytime you have an athlete with Jake’s caliber and his experience, [playing with younger players] shouldn’t be a problem in the slightest.”

    Team U.S.A. did not qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but with addition of Plummer, Coach Sabatino is hopeful that the team can qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Half jokingly Sabatino added, “hopefully Jake can throw the ball to his teammates [and not the opposition] a little better than he did in the NFL.”
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    Jake Plummer = Winner


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    lmao

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    Quote Originally Posted by sneakers View Post
    What irony is this? This is pretty weird...but Congrats Jake!




    http://www.usateamhandball.org/news/index.html
    Ruh roh....that last line...Jake's going to start crying and demand a trade.



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    lol

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    I wonder if he still drives an Element.

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    GO TEAM USA!

    Hey, Jake! Remember that you are supposed to throw it to those who are: A) Wearing Red, White and Blue and B) Speaking English without any funny accent
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    Quote Originally Posted by FanInAZ View Post
    GO TEAM USA!

    Hey, Jake! Remember that you are supposed to throw it to those who are: A) Wearing Red, White and Blue and B) Speaking English without any funny accent
    I know! It should be exciting to watch!


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    Can you throw interceptions and fumble in handball? If so, Jake will excel and make us all proud.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shazam! View Post
    Can you throw interseptions and fumble in handball? If so, Jake will excel and make us all proud.
    The only time I can remember watching handball was during the '84 Olymics. I would describe it as a inversion of soccer. (Meaning that it is basicly the same game except that it is played with you hands instead of your feet) So, yes he will have plenty of oppertunities to throw lots of INTs! However, I don't believe that he will get the oppertunity to fumble.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sneakers View Post
    What irony is this? This is pretty weird...but Congrats Jake!


    http://www.usateamhandball.org/news/index.html
    I'd like to see him playing against our team (for those who don't know we are Olympic and World champions)... I hope you'll come to play here so I could try to talk to him... I think he was a decent QB and I liked him... After all, he is the last QB that put us so close to another SB day...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shazam! View Post
    Can you throw interceptions and fumble in handball? If so, Jake will excel and make us all proud.
    Yes you can (damn... sounds like a leitmotiv I've heard recently )

    Handball is funny... I've played it a bit at school.
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    This is hilarious. I can see it now. After he makes an epic mistake, he flips off the 12 people booing at him from the bleachers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FanInAZ View Post
    GO TEAM USA!

    Hey, Jake! Remember that you are supposed to throw it to those who are: A) Wearing Red, White and Blue and B) Speaking English without any funny accent
    That counts out throwing it to any Americans
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