Jeff Fuller Who?

The Clueless Wife

A couple weekends ago Cody and I went to watch Texas A&M play -and defeat- Oklahoma in College Station.  (Whoop!)  You should know though, that I was the WORST Aggie imaginable while in school.  -Like, less than a 2 Percenter.  (Other Aggies out there, please don't hate me.)  I enjoyed the traditions and yells and all, but did not care even the tiniest bit about football (or any other sport for that matter).  I went to games throughout my freshman year, and then only a handful through the rest of my time there.  Football though -especially A&M football- is not a joking matter to my sweet husband.  While he politely answers all my questions, I know that he often gets annoyed at my lack of total understanding since it usually starts to interfere with him just enjoying the game.  So, I decided to learn a bit.  -This game was where my recent interest in learning about sports developed as I mentioned in my intro post to The Clueless Wife.

All I heard the entire game yesterday from Cody yelling next to me was "throw it to Jeff Fuller!"  Jeff Fuller.  Jeff Fuller who? -That was the question reeling in my head the whole game.  I finally just asked.  His literal response was the following: "Jeff Fuller is a man beast!"  Yeah, that really cleared things up for me!  While I didn't learn a whole lot by any means, I did bother to learn a bit about who this Fuller guy is and why he is said man beast.

So, Jeff Fuller is a wide receiver who plays for Texas A&M's football team.  (I had at least already gathered that, but I thought I should state it.)  Fuller is 6'4" and 215 lbs from McKinney, Texas; he's currently a junior.  Fuller set a new record for number of career touchdowns at A&M previously held by Bob Long from the late 60's.  While the record setting catch was number 20, as of today he is at 27 touchdowns in his career at A&M (I originally looked that number up on the 7th).

Since one of the most basic things to state about Fuller is the fact that his position is that of a wide receiver... it begs me to ask the question -what is a wide receiver?  I know it's a position in football... but what does a person with that position, and therefore Fuller, do?  (I did warn you all that my knowledge in the field of sports is pitiful.)  A wide receiver is an offensive position where the player runs and catches the pass from the quarterback, then attempts to run for a touchdown.  This position typically runs closest to the sideline and is farther out from the rest of the players, hence the description 'wide'.  I hope no one out there needs me to explain 'receiver'!  These guys are typically the quickest and most agile on the team.  Besides catching passes wide receivers are also responsible for helping block to allow other team members to run the ball downfield.  Wide receivers are often referred to simply as a receivers, or as wideouts.

I know it's not a lot, but hey - it's a start!  I have a general idea who Jeff Fuller is and what he does as a wide receiver.  Trust me, the simple fact that I now know he has the current record of touchdown catches at A&M will impress Cody!

(Ahem, ... I will have you know I did ask Cody to read over this post for me before finalizing it.  While he openly laughed at it and said this whole idea sounds silly, he did say though it was worded 'wierdly,' it was generally correct.  Just wanted to make sure that what I was learning and sharing was in deed at least fairly accurate!  I figured my husband would know since he was the one raving about Jeff Fuller to begin with.)