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Cooleys vs. Mottrams Throw-Off, Part I
By Chris Mottram | August 6, 2009
Nearly two months ago, Jamie posted video of Chris Cooley tossing a football to little tikes, after which he declared “Cooley throws like a girl.” Based on that video, this seemed like a factual statement.
This then prompted the Brothers Cooley to challenge the Brothers Mottram to a good ol’ fashion throw-off. (Or maybe we challenged them; I don’t really recall.) With the Cooleys living in Ashburn, VA and the Mottrams residing on opposite sides of North Carolina, the logisitics were tricky.
But alas, the Cooleys have held up their end of the challenge and recorded the results. (Jamie and I will be doing the same this weekend in Wilmington, NC and posting our half of the throw-off on Monday.)
A few things we’d like to point out:
1) Tanner’s claim that we’ve never played organized sports is false. Fact: Combined, we’ve played just about every sport in an organized fashion. Except football. Probably not a useful resume for this specific competition.
2) The accuracy portion of this video is pointless. In all of our years playing backyard two-hand-touch and Turkey Bowls, we’ve never had the occasion to throw at a target 10 feet off the ground. Every pass at the crossbar would be incomplete. We shall come up with a better accuracy test for our portion.
3) We are 100% certain that our combined distance will beat the Cooleys 105-yard total.
Remember: Come back Monday to watch a couple bloggers beat an All-Pro tight end in a football competition.
Topics: Chris Cooley, Mottram Rules, Redskins | 14 Comments »
August 6th, 2009 at 9:10 AM
105 yards? You are effed. A.C. Slater could only manage 60 when he was at Bayside. That got him a college scholarship to a terrible sitcom though…
August 6th, 2009 at 9:12 AM
We only need to throw 53 yards each. It’s gonna be a close, for sure, but I’m fairly certain we can handle it.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Tanner told me Chris could outdistance Jason Campbell, so I’m glad he only threw it 58, which is still a big number for a guy with that motion.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Next challenge…
Cooley Bros. Vs. Mottram Bros.
Who can blog the fastest. Two laptops, 2 paragraphs, 1 winner.
Its only fair since you are going to their “Turf” bring them to your “Turf”.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Anyone else notice that we didn’t actually see either of them thow the ball towards the goalpost? All we saw was the flight of the ball, not the release. I smell fraud!
August 6th, 2009 at 10:39 AM
@ #4
That could be a cool series actually.
I smell an idea for that period of crap between NBA finals and Training camp…
August 6th, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Chris M. has already suggested beer pong for the next challenge.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:56 AM
I don’t think you two want to challange them to anything involving drinking.
A gay TV triva contest would be a better idea. I know you two watch Idol, Bachelor(ette), Project Runway, etc.
And it was suspicious that you didn’t see either actually throw the passes at the goal post.
August 6th, 2009 at 3:16 PM
“…and all they do is blog all day.” Isn’t that exactly what Tanner does?
August 6th, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Yes, which is probably why Tanner throws like a girl.
August 6th, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Next, I challenge Andray Blatche to a jump-shooting competition.
Which I am 100 percent certain I can win.
August 7th, 2009 at 1:57 PM
beer pong with Chris Cooley?
/fangasm
August 7th, 2009 at 3:41 PM
I want to see a golf challenge.
As always, I’m willing to lend my assistance.
August 10th, 2009 at 7:56 AM
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