The offense has been faced with many questions this season. I thought it couldn’t hurt to ask them a few more. This week I am able to showcase Greg Sowden, Ben Dimond, Dan Gamache, Erik Kottom, and Tim Juba. To the average fan, they are the “O-Line,” but as we find out, there is much more to these five than blocking.
Pierskalla: I asked the kickers this question last week, but I’ll ask you guys as well. If you could play any other position other than O-Line, what would you play?
Sowden: I would play tight end. I played tight end 4 years and 60 pounds ago and I always loved scoring touchdowns, but O-line is great because the people that matter know how important we are.
Gamache: O-line of course. No really if I had unlimited ability and skill I would play linebacker and crack some skulls.
Dimond: If we are looking past my already apparent physical limitations then I would say running back or tight end. I enjoy blocking so I would want a position on offense and it would kind of be nice to play a position with any sort of statistical measurement of performance.
Kottom: I would definitely play tight end.
Juba: I would play receiver because I have mad hands.
Pierskalla: Out of you five, who has the smelliest equipment?
Dimond: We all are pretty good about washing our stuff. I am next to Kottom and even though he (and I) sweat a lot, we keep up with our scents.
Sowden: I know that Kottom has the wettest for sure. During two-a-days he brought and extra shirt out to practice and he sweated through both of them by the end.
Gamache: Well Ben farts an awful lot, so I would say him.
Juba: Kottom does sweat a gallon or two everyday.
Pierskalla: Out of the five of you, who is the best dancer?
Juba: Kottom has the extreme arm waving going on and the ladies seem to love it.
Dimond: Well now that Primus is gone that may be up for grabs still.
Sowden: To be honest, I think I might be the ONLY dancer. Although Juba looks like he can “Drop it like its hot.”
Gamache: Yeah it looks to me like Sowden likes to dance the most.
Pierskalla: Who has the best and worst jokes?
Sowden: Jim Gagliardi has the worst. If he doesn’t count than Dimond’s are on par with Jim’s. They are always laughing at each others jokes. Its nice having Kottom around because he laughs at everyone’s jokes no matter how bad.
Juba: Yeah Kottom is the funniest, but not because of his jokes.
Dimond: Greg is a pretty goofy kid and very sarcastic which is fun. Kottom and I quote movies all the time and pretend we are funny.
Gamache: All of us are equally corny so all our jokes are bad.
Pierskalla: What is your dream job?
Kottom: I would love to be a football analyst.
Juba: I want to be a high school teacher and coach football.
Dimond: As of yet I do not have one but I do know that I want to be in a position where I am home for dinner most nights and can be there for my family when needed. A high Salary is not important as long as everything we need can be supplied.
Sowden: Teach high school and have my summers off to be on a lake somewhere.
Gamache: I would like to own a professional Football team, but thinking more realistically (and more based on my field of study) I would like to be a CNO (Chief Nursing Officer) in a major hospital.
Pierskalla: What is one thing that people need to know about the O-Line?
Gamache: We are the ultimate Band of Brothers. We go into battle every Saturday deep in the trenches and fight side by side. Each one of us would put their neck out for the other. We have a great relationship where we help and encourage each other, while at the same time push each other to be a better person. We are all brothers.
Dimond: We understand the job we have to do is not one of glory but that it is of the utmost importance. The flow of the offense starts with us and we know that we have to step up this year and buy some time for the QBs. We also are pretty good friends. For having 3 juniors, a senior and a sophomore, we’re pretty tight knit.
Sowden: We have a lot of heart and will do anything to succeed.
Juba: We are a nice bunch of guys that love football and are looking for hot dates.
Kottom: We’re the big hot guys. When we say big we mean fat and when we say hot we mean sweaty.
Pierskalla: Who is the hardest guy to block in practice?
Gamache, Kottom, Juba: Travis Truhler because he is so damn short. Cody Socher has the most physical ability and the most size, he’s going to be good.
Dimond: If we are going against the # 1’s, then definitely Mike Schumacher, but in scout I would say Joel McBride or Phil Orzechowski.
Sowden: Kottom’s man when he misses him. Just kidding Erik.
Pierskalla: Who do you think would win an eating contest?
Kottom: I think Gamache would win.
Sowden: That’s easy, Juba.
Dimond: Kottom hands down.
Gamache: JUBA, JUBA, JUBA! It’s evident every Friday night at Dumonceaux’s.
Juba: I would win for sure. I once ate 39 hot wings in 3 minutes and 19 seconds. It was easy.
The offense might still have some questions to be answered, but I’m all out. Thank you to our fans who were at the Homecoming game, we appreciate the support. We hope to see you at Royal Stadium for the this week’s clash with Bethel and stay tuned to more “Inside the Huddle.”
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