The lights are on
Like most gaming nerds, I've never exactly been a natural athlete. In three years of playing intramural basketball, I think I scored a total of five points. I thought I'd give wrestling a shot in high school and was promptly injured and unable to continue. Hell, I have a bag of ice on my knee as I type this, and I haven't even participated in so much as a brisk walk in weeks. So yeah, long story short, I'm no LeBron James (I'd imagine even Kevin James could beat me soundly in one-on-one).
A couple of years ago, I ran into an issue with my friend Dom. We were playing Wii Tennis at my apartment when he became overly exuberant and accidentally heaved the remote into the side of my oven. The remote broke, so naturally I requested $40 from him. Problem is...Dom is cheap. The $40 wouldn't come easy.
Cut to a few weeks down the line, and we're significantly intoxicated at a bar in Lawrence, Kansas. We were joking about my lack of athletic ability, and tried to imagine what a hypothetical one-on-one contest in basketball would be like (he's really good and plays all the time). Some at the table predicted that Dom would win without me scoring so much as a single point. Others thought that I could pull off a lucky shot and grab the upset. As the conversation continued, it started becoming less hypothetical and more "let's do this tomorrow and put money on the line." After many beers, we somehow arrived at this conclusion – we'd play to 15 by ones and twos, and if I scored a single shot, I win the $40 he owes me. If he beats me 15 - 0, I owe him $7. I don't remember exactly how we arrived at those numbers, but that's what we settled on.
We arrived at the University of Kansas rec center the next morning, notably hung over. The money was given to our mutual friend Ben, who would score the contest impartially and award the cash to the winner. Below is what followed, and I apologize in advance for the image quality and general shakiness of the footage (it was shot on a still camera by my friend's girlfriend, who was apparently very excited about what she was watching).
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Ah, those were the days Dan.
I dub this:
COMEDY GOLD
The music only made it more perfect. Love it.
Nice form Dan really nice form haha. That was a great video :)
I never knew you were such a....well, I don't know what you would call that.
The Star Wars music makes this so epic.
I really didn't think you'd score so soon. Well done. Oh and I also tried out wrestling in high school because I thought it'd make me better at football (it didn't). I went 1-9. The truly sad thing was that somebody was actually worse than me. So, I feel your pain.
I thought you would have won from just a simple layup, but that was all net. Good job.
...intresting. What was Dom doing with a gun near the beggining?
Haha, those clips were from some really retarded sketches we made back in college.
That is epic. Nice shot dude, awesome video!
That shot reminded me of movies my gym class always watched when we had a sub... A desperate shot that had almost no skill at all.
I like this guys approach to getting the one basket. "Throw it up there, it has to go in at least once." lol
That was the entire plan, Cody. As you can see by my form during the final shot, it couldn't have been more of a blind heave.
Sweet! I believe in a just god again. If the Santa Cruz Banana Slugs ever play Duke, you know where my money's going.
That was seriously funny, and I am with smash on this one, the music was hilarious.
and nice photo for when they had the scores tallied.
It was really funny how he just "tripped" when you made that shot and he lay down on the floor crying because he lost hist precious $40 bucks.
Good Shot Dan!
Dan v. Dom. haha so over the top. very amusing.
Nice shot man.
Epic win.
LOL ROFL! Dang. Dan, Dom must've been pretty drunk. 1 shot=$40, and 15 shots=$7. LOL! It should've been the other way around. You rock Dan.
This was awesome! Nothing but net!